A/N: Thanks for being so patient with me, sorry i took so long I'm going to try and update faster. Anyway thank you guys, favorite, review, follow and all that good stuff.
Chapter 12
The girls walked closely together all four of them laughing and talking animatedly as they walked to the park's exits. They talked about all the animals they had gotten to see and every funny thing any of them could remember. They had been there for basically all of the day and had made it around to do pretty much everything except for the roller coaster as only Charlotte was tall enough. Nonetheless, each of the girls had lots of fun, especially Bayley who was now hopped up on sugar thanks to Hunter, much to Stephanie's displeasure.
Sasha and Rebecca bonded over the sharks and the aquariums. While Bayley had went and touched every animal in their 'petting zoo' and managed to get all of her older sisters to touch some of the animals to, well all except for Sasha who refused. Charlotte had seemed content on watching her younger sisters have fun as Rebecca seemed to get along with everyone and all of the girls were having so much fun. Even Hunter was having fun as he had enjoyed the Shark section with Sasha and Rebecca. He even convinced them to take a family picture with and shark cut out.
"Okay girls everyone got everything?" Stephanie asked earning a group nod as the family headed back to the car.
Each girl had got to chose one item from the gift shop, Bayley had picked a stuffed dolphin toy which she named Willy like the movie, even though Charlotte corrected the girl saying that Willy was a whale and not a dolphin but that didn't stop the youngest. While Sasha had gotten one of those shark head grabbers so she could mess with whoever sat in the front seat and Charlotte had gotten a sea turtle snow globe for the desk in her room. Rebecca on the other hand had refused to get anything from the gift shop as she held onto a small shark tooth which was given to her by a scuba diver who was cleaning the tanks and saw her through the glass. The diver very kind to all of the girls and even took Rebecca to get the tooth wrapped in metal wiring to be put on a keychain at the gift shop. Once they reached the car Sasha and Rebecca hopped in the back seat while Charlotte and Bayley sat in the middle row with Hunter fastening Bayley into her booster seat.
"Where do you girl's want to eat?"
"Why don't we go to Pizza Hut?" Bayley suggested swinging her legs happily in her seat
"No gross" Charlotte said as Sasha sat behind her getting her Shark head ready to mess with her
"CiCi's?"
"No...why do you want pizza so bad?" Bayley shrugged in response before stating
"I like pizza...everyone likes pizza"
"Yeah but I don't want pizza" behind the oldest was Sasha's shark head moving back and forth on the head rest as sasha was quietly singing the Jaws music from when the shark would come up on their prey, "Sasha stop that!"
"NEVER!" Sasha began quickly opening and closing the shark head on Charlotte's hair as she made loud chomping noises pretending to be the shark, "YOU'RE SHARK FOOD!"
This caused both Rebecca and Bayley to laugh at the girls while Charlotte merely began swatting at the shark head before Stephanie scolded both girls and began quieting the car, "Sasha stop attacking Charlotte before I take your toy and put it up with the rest of them"
This confused Rebecca but Sasha and the others knew exactly what they were talking about. Whenever Sasha or Bayley kept playing around too much with a toy it was put in a box on the top shelf of Stephanie and Hunter's closet. Never to be seen again. After this silence filled the car except for the light buzz of the radio, at least until Rebecca randomly spoke up.
"I would actually like IHOP" this caused the girls to giggle while Stephanie turned in the passenger's seat to look at the girls, "Charlotte was talkin' about it last night and I've never been"
Stephanie looked at the girl in silence before she turned back in her seat and asked if IHOP was alright with everyone else, to which they all agreed and enjoyed talking for the rest of the ride about the day. Upon arriving the girls all eagerly jumped out after Charlotte help Bayley out of her seat and let the two behind her out of the back. They were seated rather quickly and the family had a decent meal, well all except Rebecca who mentioned more than once that the pancakes here were weird. They were supposed to be lighter and looked more like what Americans considered crepes, but she still ate them and enjoyed them.
The rest of the weekend went by rather quickly as Hunter was called into work Sunday morning, even though Stephanie doubted the girls noticed. The whole day nobody even woke up til almost noon and even then none of them noticed his disappearance. Instead they all sat in the movie room and plopped down in their respective chairs to watch TV and didn't move for the rest of the day except to eat and use the bathroom.
Stephanie would usually make a comment for the girls to get out of the house but decided against it as this was another peaceful moment in the house amount the four girls that she did not want to ruin. She had noticed that Sasha and Rebecca had grown quite close as they sat next to each other more like in the car the other day and now on the couch. She smiled at the thought of this and went on with her day, cooking dinner, packing lunches for tomorrow, cleaning the dining room and finally talking with Sable about Rebecca's school information.
By the time Hunter came home Stephanie had done everything she needed to and the girls were all bathed and in bed. She sat at the desk in the office with her right leg pulled up to her chest as she read through emails and files on a couple workers in their company. She wore a large, white button up shirt take belonged to Hunter and fit over her like a dress even though she wore a pair of shorts under them.
"Hello Mrs. Smith"
Stephanie looked up and laughed at Hunter, "What?"
"You know...the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith...after the fight scene Angelina Jolie was wearing...you know what you're wearing" Hunter said laughing
"Of course you were paying attention to what Angelina Jolie was wearing"
"What are you in here doing?" Hunter said, ignoring Stephanie's joke, as he place down his suitcase on the small couch in the corner of the room and began to undo his tie, "I see the house is still intact"
"Yes well nothing ever happens when I'm around and I'm just in here looking at some stuff while I wait for them to fax over Rebecca's information"
Hunter pulled off his tie and undid the buttons on his white collared shirt before walking behind Stephanie to get a look and see what she was looking at on the computer, "You're trying to get Rebecca into the school that soon?"
"Yes why is that a problem?" Stephanie twirled around in the chair and looked at him, raising her eyebrow in a pointed look
"Oh..no. I'm just saying that you're moving pretty fast, she's just got here and she isn't fully accustomed to America yet, let alone her adjusting to a new school system"
Stephanie looked down at her feet before thinking, she knew that this was true but she didn't want to wait to get the girl enrolled in school. As a foster parent you have a duty to provide the adopted child with certain things in order to keep them and especially with her and Hunter having adopted three already, they were under heavy supervision. It wasn't that social services didn't trust them it's just that having three kids is a lot to handle and adding another to that who was in critical conditions over a week ago is almost impossible. Even though Stephanie and Hunter both assured Sable that they were prepared to take care of Rebecca Sable told them that it was just a protocol for an overcrowded family, especially one with Stephanie and Hunter's busy schedules in their company.
"I know but the sooner we get her in the school the better, I don't want her to get behind on her studies"
"Studies? She's not in college she's in elementary school"
The two went back and forth for a while talking about Rebecca and the rest of the girls while back in Sasha and Rebecca's room there was a light knock on there door.
"Go away" Sasha groaned but this was ignored as the door was pushed open revealing Bayley's small figure with her thumb in her mouth, "Ugh Bayley go back to bed"
"I can't...I left Mr. Beary downstairs...I can't sleep without him" Bayley said walking further into their room so she stood in between both of their beds
"Well then go get him"
"I can't...it's dark down there and I'm scared"
Rebecca sat up in bed and smiled sweetly at bayleyy before saying, "Don't worry Bay..I'll go with you"
"Ugh..she could've asked Charlotte" Sasha said pulling the blanket over her eyes
"I tried but she's not in her room"
"I don't mind it'll be like our own little adventure" Rebecca said as she swung her legs off the bed and made her way to the door with Bayley, " A cool adventure...you sure you don't wanna come Sasha?"
"Yes I'm sure now go away"
"Alright..come on Bayley lets go"
With that both girls left the room, closing the door slightly behind them and moving in silence as they headed downstairs. Bayley looked through the railing checking around for any monsters as she grabbed onto Rebecca's hand, squeezing it tighter with every step down.
"You know...there are no monsters here" Rebecca said with a knowing smile once they finally reached the bottom of the stairs and headed into the living room.
"How would you know...you only just got here"
Rebecca shrugged at this, she of course knew there were no such things as monsters. She just didn't believe in them or anything else that she couldn't see, she figured that if no monster attacked her while she was alone on the streets then they probably didn't exist. But if there were she was not afraid of them, "you're right..I don't know that..but I'll protect you if there are any"
"Thanks"
"Now...where did you leave your bear?" Bayley let go of her old sister's hand and rushed to the couch where she began reaching into the sides and under the pillows looking for the bear, "You know I didn't see it with you today"
"I had it….I know I did. Well at least I think I did" Bayley said, more to herself than to Rebecca, as she momentarily stopped her search to look at the Irish girl, "You don't think he ran away do you?"
"No..I don't think so Bay...I'm sure he wouldn't of just run off. Did ya take him inta any of the rooms?"
Bayley scratched her head and without saying anything walk to the kitchen causing Rebecca to follow after her slightly confused. The younger of the two looked around, opening and closing cabinets and the fridge, moving in and out of the kitchen and the living room almost on autopilot. She didn't say a word, which kind of scared Rebecca as she had never seen the young girl this quiet but she stood back and let her move.
"He's not here"
"Um..ok"
"I can't find him anywhere...I-I.." Bayley started to choke on her words and sat down on the floor of the kitchen crying causing Rebecca to immediately move to stand beside the girl, "I want Mr. Beary"
"I know Bayley..we'll find he's just probably lost somewhere" This made the young girl cry even more and Rebecca pulled back a little, shocked at her reaction. She never dealt with making anyone cry before, she had never dealt with anyone as young as Bayley period. She was the youngest at the foster home in Ireland and none of them had ever cried around her. Rebecca went to say more but stopped when she heard footsteps rushing into the kitchen.
"What's going on..I heard crying" Charlotte said this slightly out of breath as she seemed to have run in here, "Bayley what's wrong...what happened?"
"..." Bayley sat there crying, pulling her knees up to her chest
"She lost her bear"
"I didn't lose him...he ran away"
Rebecca gave a look to Charlotte, telling her that it was lost and Charlotte understood right away, "Bayley..can you remember all of the rooms you went into today..can you do that for me?"
Bayley wiped her eyes and looked up at her oldest sister and nodded, "The living room, the kitchen...uh...my room...the bathroom.."
"We didn't check the bathroom" Rebecca said
"Okay, then we'll go check there" Charlotte helped her younger sister to her feet and guided both her and Rebecca upstairs to the bathroom.
As they reached the bathroom the door swung open revealing Sasha holding Bayley's bear, "You left your bear in the bathroom...can we all go to bed now?"
Bayley grabbed the bear from Sasha's hands and hugged him tight to her as she began thanking her sisters. While Charlotte stood there with her arms crossed and asked, "You just happened to know where she left the bear?"
"No I had to go to the bathroom, and I found it there. I'm surprised that's not the first placed you looked...Bayley leaves everything in the bathroom" Sasha rolled her eyes and looked down at her now happy sister and smiled slightly, "You're welcome"
"Thank you Sasha"
"Alright lets get to bed" Charlotte said after a moment of silence before taking Bayley's hand and bringing her back to her room while Sasha and rebecca went back into theirs.
Once they both got settled in their beds Sasha rolled over and faced the wall before saying, "You're going to get used to stuff like that"
"Like what?"
"Bayley needing help...Charlotte swooping in to the rescue...and then there's me"
Rebecca looked over at Sasha, "It seemed like you were the one that swooped in..what ya did was pretty good..you found that bear for Bayley"
"It was by chance and you guys were coming up to the bathroom anyway..you would've found it without me anyway"
Rebecca laid her head down on the pillow and looked up at the ceiling, closing her eyes before saying, "Ta Bayley...you were the hero"
The two slipped into a deep sleep but not without Sasha letting a small smile take place on her face as she faced the wall so Rebecca could see her. She was never a hero, nobody had ever called her that before, she was usually the one to mess things up. She liked this feeling, maybe she could be a hero to someone, maybe even to Rebecca.
Three days later
"Rebecca are you excited about your first day at school?" Stephanie asked looking in her rear view mirror at the red head who sat nervously behind her.
Rebecca's information had come in and Stephanie had talked to the principal and counselors over the phone about the girl and they are now heading to the school for her first day and to get everything finalized. Rebecca wore a red and black plaid shirt tied around her waist revealing a black graphic T-shirt, a pair of dark blue jeans, red converse and a red snapback. She had dressed herself, even though Stephanie suggested something a bit lighter and more colorful, Rebecca refused and decided to wear this as it made her feel more comfortable.
"Yea...I think so...ya said that Sasha is goin ta be in mi class right?"
"Yep, she'll help you with anything you need throughout the day" Stephanie smiled, she had let the girls take the bus as she wasn't going in to talk to principal until later so it was just her and Rebecca in the car, "You have nothing to worry about"
The young girl nodded and looked out the window as the car pulled up at the school. The place was bigger than anything she had ever seen before and Rebeca began to feel nervous. As she hopped out of the car she grabbed the superhero backpack that she had chose and slung her arms through it before gulping down her nerves and following Stephanie into the building. The main office was connected to the kindergarten and first grade buildings so there were thousands of drawings and art on the walls leading up to the front desk.
"Hi, my name is.."
"Mrs. Helmsley, yes we know, we've gotten all of your calls about Rebecca here" a frail, older looking woman with bright blonde hair said as she looked down at Rebecca who barely reached the top the desk, "Principal Donnelly is in the first office to the left, you can go on in and Rebecca can wait out here if you'd like?"
Rebecca instantly shook her head and stood as close to Stephanie as possible, grabbing her hand in the process, causing Stephanie to laugh a little before saying, "No I think she can come in with me"
"Alright go on in then dear"
After about thirty minutes of talking and signing papers, Rebecca was official enrolled and Sasha was called in to the office to help guide her new sister around. She wore a purple sweater, grey leggings and purple sneakers and her hair was pulled back by a grey headband. She walked cautiously into the office, slightly nervous as she was not informed as to why she was wanted there. She began to go through her head all of the things she could've done to get herself sent to the principal's office. Yes she had pushed that Enzo Amore kid, but he was asking for it making kissy faces at her, and yes she had spit her gum into Alexa's hair, not that she noticed. But still none of that should be reason for her to get called into the office. Once she reached the door she began to put on her most innocent, puppy dog face on but stopped and smiled once she saw Rebecca and her mother.
"Oh..I thought I was in trouble"
"Well did you do anything that you should be in trouble for?" Stephanie questione, raising her eyebrow at her daughter
"No..that's why I was confused" Sasha walked over to stand beside Rebecca and smiled, looking over the girl's outfit.
"Well we called you here because Rebecca is now enrolled and you are going to be her guide. We normally don't put siblings in the same classes but we have made an exception for you two, as long as you both don't cause any trouble"
"You don't have to worry about that Mr. Donnelly" Sasha said with a wide smile as she slung her arm over her sister's shoulder, "You won't hear anything about us"
" I'm counting on it. Mrs. Helmsley we can get you the rest of the information on Rebecca and get these papers faxed and then we'll be good to go" He smiled before turning back to the girls, "Alright then, you both can head off to class, Rebecca you give this to your teacher and tell her to call me during your morning recess" Principal Donnelly said before handing the girl a stack of papers
"I'll see you girls after school alright?" Stephanie said causing rebecca to nodded before both Rebecca and Sasha hugged her, "Sasha I want you to look out for Rebecca ok?"
"Sure mom"
"And Rebecca….nothing too intense ok. I don't want you running around and hurting your chest"
"So I can't play?" Rebecca asked slightly saddened at this
"No you can play with the other kids just don't go and push yourself too hard"
With this the two nodded and said their goodbyes before they made their way to the second grade building with Sasha giving a brief description of their teacher and a couple of the kids in their class. Once they got back to their classroom everyone was lining up to go outside for their recess. Sasha introduced Rebecca to their teacher, Mrs. Friedman and a bunch of kids in their class crowded the new girl.
"Everybody please calm down. It seems we have a new student joining us, once we get back from recess we can have you introduce yourself" Ms. Friedman said with a bright smile, settling the class as they headed out after Rebecca placed her backpack in a empty cubby hole and got in line with Sasha.
The class made their way outside to the playground, everyone immediately running to the swings or to see their friends in the other two first grade classes that had recess with them. However two boys that immediately noticed the new girl from one of the other first grade classes stayed behind and came up to the sisters.
"Hi my name is Sami and this is my friend Kevin" a small boy with ginger hair like a Rebecca said to the girls introducing him and the bigger, pale skinned boy beside him. Both were dressed in matching maroon colored shirts and blue jeans as they smiled eagerly at Rebecca.
"Ugh..don't talk with these guys, they're losers" Sasha said grabbing her sisters hand, pulling slightly to lead her away from the two boys
"I'll have you know, we're the top guys in our class" Kevin said pointing between the both of them
"Yeah..sure, come on Becky" Sasha once again trying to pull her sister along
"Becky is it...that's a great name...a solid name" Rebecca laughed at this while Sasha rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "we uh...we justed wanted to introduce ourselves and let you know that you are welcomed to join in on our kickball game if you'd like"
"Kickball? Is it like handball...but with yer feet?" Rebecca asked causing both boys to stare at her with wide eyes
"Woah, you have an accent too...that uh" Sami cleared his throat trying to make his voice deeper, "That's cool"
Kevin punched Sami in the arm before laughing and looking to Rebecca, "We're from Canada so...you know us foreigners got to stick together"
Rebecca laughed at this, "Stick together?"
Sasha rolled her eyes, "Ignore them, they're just a couple of weirdos...I mean look at how their dressed?"
"What's wrong with it...I think it's cute"
Sami smiled and elbowed Kevin, "Cute huh"
"Hey! Sami, Kevin! Are you dudes playing or what?" called one kid from the field not to far away
"Yeah" Kevin shouted back before turning back to Rebecca, "You can come play if you want...you too I guess Sasha"
"No thanks"
"Sure" the girls said at the same time
Sasha turned to Rebecca and gave her a strange look, "No mom said not to do anything too intense"
"It's just a small game of kickball"
"You don't even know what it is" Sasha all but shouted
Rebecca smiled and looked at the two boys before looking back at Sasha and frowning at the look on the girl's face, "That's why I gotta play and find out"
"What? No! That's not how it works" Sasha shouted after her sister while Rebecca just smiled and ran off with Sami and kevin to the field where the teams were being picked.
There were enough kids for each team to have five players and the two captains were already chosen. One was a boy with stringy blonde hair who stood tall over everyone else and the other was a tanned boy with black hair.
"I pick first Cassidy"
"No way man..and stop calling me that" The tall boy said back before looking out at the kids, "I'm picking first and I got my boy Enzo"
"Aye alriiightt lets do this man" Enzo, who was a short kid with black hair and blonde highlights, said in a thick New York accent before making his way to stand with the captain.
The other captain rolled his eyes and said, " Fine by me..I got Dean"
"I got Kevin"
"I got Luke"
"Sami"
"Karl"
"Pick her" Rebecca heard before looking over to see Kevin and Sami both talking and pointing at her
Cassidy looked the girl up and down before nodding, "I got the new girl"
"Ha...you want a girl on your team, you must really want to lose...I got Baren"
Rebecca walked over to Kevin and Sami and smiled at them both before she looked up at Cassidy who stood tall over the whole grade. He told Rebecca that his name was Colin but everyone called him big Cass,
"This is Becky guys, she's from Ireland" Sami said with a big smile, slinging his arm around the girl's shoulders
"Well Becky, how you doin'?" Enzo asked as he made his way over to the girl, with a big smiled on his face
"Um, good...what's the craic with ya?" This earned her some stares before the guys all laughed and patted her on the back, welcoming her to the team.
There were only two kids left to pick from and it was Cass's turn but Seth spoke up first, "You can have Samoa Joe, I'll take Bo"
Everyone laughed at this except for Becky who was confused, Samoa Joe was a big, Samoan, guy with a mean looking face but he seemed like he was the better athlete then the Bo kid. He was scrawny with a long ponytail and a big smile plastered across his face.
"Fine man, I'll take Joe off your hands, now let's start the game" Cass said stilling laughing slightly while the last two kids moved to their teams side.
"You picked first, we kick first" Seth said with a smirk on his face before running over the kick while Cass's team began taking the field while Rebecca just followed Sami around, not really sure what to do.
"Hey Becky, you can take second base, it's the easiest and i'll be right here. All you have to do is catch the ball if it comes to you, and touch the base or the person running that's on the other team" Sami said, noticing that Rebecca was following him.
"Okay"
The game kicked off with Seth first up the kick. He managed to get the ball past Kevin and get to first base before the ball was back to Cass. Then it was Bo who stepped up to kick, however Dean and the others laughed wildly as the boy tried to kick the ball but missed, swinging his leg for far out that he nearly lost his balance. This happened two more times before Cass yelled that he was out and Seth groaned, running his hands down his face.
"Dean come on and kick, so we can win this"
Dean stepped up and kicked the ball far past Enzo, allowing Seth to run to third base while dean stopped at second and began to talk to Becky, "So new kid...what's your story?"
"Huh?"
"You know...where ya' from...ya got red hair and the whole.." Dean began to make
weird movements around his whole body with a concentrated look on his face, " you know?"
Rebecca stared at the boy and laughed as Luke was strikes out. He reminded her of this boy that she had met at the foster home, he would often use wild gestures to explain himself even though nobody ever understood. Dean on the other hand was taken aback when he heard Rebecca laugh at him. It was his job to make all the guys laugh but the girls never thought he was funny.
"Dean run!"
This snapped the boy out of his shock as he say Baren running towards him. Dean tried to turn and run to the next base only to stumble, causing Baren to crash right into him.
"Hey Becky, heads up" Enzo threw the ball to Becky and she caught it only to hold it In confusion before she remembered what Sami said. She bent down and tagged both of the boys with the ball earning cheers from her teammates while Seth's groans could be heard across the field.
"Sorry" Becky said with a shrug before Sami came up and guided her to the kicking side where Enzo was stepping up.
"Don't worry about it" Dean muttered with barely any breath, so low that nobody heard it, as Baren laid flat out on top of him
Once Becky made it to her team's side she saw, Sasha standing off to the side and waving to her sister causing her to come over with a smile, "Hey"
"Hey yourself…"
"That doesn't make sense" Becky said confused
"Forget it just….how are you feeling?"
Becky looked over herself then nodded to Sasha, "I'm fine, don't worry"
Sasha gave an unsure look, "You know if anything happens to you it's on me right?"
"Nothin's gonna happen lass, it's just kickball" Becky smiled and placed her hands on Sasha's shoulders before turning and going back to the game where Sami was kicking with both Enzo and Kevin on a base.
"Watch and learn" Sami said before rubbing his hands together as he waited for Dean to roll the ball. Dean winded up and rolled the ball, as it came towards Sami he took two steps and swung his leg, missing much like Bo did earlier.
"Hey show, off why don't you actually kick the ball" Enzo shouted from second base
"Shut up" Sami stepped up again and went to kick the ball but missed as Dean's ball seemed to curve away from him, "Hey you're doing that on purpose"
"Alls fair in love and kickball" Dean said with a shrug
Sami turned around and saw Becky and the rest of his team looking at him with crossed arms and he huffed, slightly frustrated before turning back. He stepped up once again for his last kick, Sami took a deep breath and looked hard at Dean before giving a nod that he was ready. Dean winded his arm up and let the ball roll, Sami taking two steps and closed his eyes as he kicked with all his might. He missed and ended up flat on his butt as his kick knocked him off balance.
"I thought ya were supposed ta kick the ball?" Becky asked, standing over Sami
"Yeah..I just haven't warmed up yet"
Cass pushed Sami aside and stepped up to kick, managing to kicked it so hard that the ball sailed through the field and over to the fence that separated the playground and the woods behind the school. This caused everyone on the opposite team to groan but Kevin and Enzo began running, Enzo with his arm up in the air shouting 'home run' as he rounded the bases and made it back to homebase with a smile.
"Aye, that was a home run Cass!" Enzo shouted before turning to Seth and Dean and shouting, "How you doin'?"
Cass smiled at his friend and brushed off his bright blue shirt and began walking the bases as Bo ran to the fence and got the ball, finally getting it back to Dean just as Cass made it back to homebase. Samoa Joe stepped up with an angry look on his face as he seemed to stare hard at Seth who stood on first base. Dean looked over at Seth and shook his head before he rolled the ball only for Joe to kick the ball so hard that it flew start at Seth. It hit him square in the chest and he caught it as the force knocked him down and took the breath from him lungs.
"Y-you're...you're out" Seth said trying to catch his breath
Joe huffed and stomped away, brushing past his team as he went to the back of the line. Enzo turned and looked at the man and raised his arms in confusion, "What was that...you basically handed him the ball"
He got no answer, but now it was Becky's turn to kick and she looked nervously at her team but she was met with only encouraging faces and a thumbs up from Sasha on the side.
"You got this red" Enzo shouted
Seth on the other hand laughed as he saw her approaching the base, "Hey Dean you better light this one up, we got a girl kicking"
The rest of his team laughed, except for Dean who frowned and looked at the ball before looking at Becky. He didn't want to embarrass the girl, especially after he felt a connection with her, he guessed. He had never met a girl who laughed at his jokes before, or who dressed like Becky did. She was tough and he could tell.
"Are ya gonna roll the ball or just sit there like a dope?" Becky said causing Dean to raise an eyebrow at the girl who just smirked back at him. He took a deep breath and thought about what Seth said but shook his head and rolled the ball so slow that is merely stopped before it even reach the base, "Aye what was that?"
"Dean what the heck man, come one..get this chick out"
Dean nodded and shook off his head before rolling the ball at a more normal speed but it vered to far to the right causing Cass to shout out, "That's ball 2 man...two more and she walks"
"Dean, move let me do it" Seth said shoving Dean out of the way and grabbing the ball. He pulled back his arm and fired the ball down towards Becky.
She was taken back at first by the speed of the ball but she remember playing soccer before back in Ireland and swung her leg at the ball, kicking it as hard as she could. Everyone stopped and and watched at the ball flew towards Bo who was taken by surprise and let the ball slip through his hands. Becky stood and watched this before Sami pushed her forward telling her to run, causing Becky to run off around the bases.
"I got her" Baren shouted as he got the ball and went to chase her but Becky simply out ran him earning cheers from her team
"Over here" Luke called out as he stood tall over the third base in the path of Becky
Baren tossed him the ball just as Becky slid passed him and rounded the third base and rush to home where she was met with Seth standing in front of the base with the ball. Becky thought for a second before she remembered her days playing soccer and slide under Seth's legs and touch the base causing the rest of her team to cheer for her. All of the guys began to pat her on the back and laugh along with her while Seth fumed in his anger. However Becky's chest began to tighten slightly in pain from the exertion. She however just bent down and caught her breath before she ignored the pain and smiled at all of her team that started congratulating.
"That was amazing Becky"
"Yeah I didn't know you had in ya red"
"That was really something"
The bell rang causing everyone to slowly walked to where their classes were lining up at the playground entrance. Sami and kevin were still congratulating Becky with smiles and cheers as they walked with her. Once in line Sasha rushed up to her sister and pull Sami away from her before telling him to scram, "Get outta here Zayn, your class is over there"
"I was just congratulating Becky, I mean she won us the game" Sami said but Sasha just stared at the boy hard causing Kevin to pull him away after they both said goodbye to Becky
"Ya don' hav ta be so mean to him" Becky said but Sasha was having none of it
"I don't like him...besides I wanted to see of you were ok. I saw you after you ran...you pushed yourself too hard" Becky went to say something as their class line walked back to their classroom but Sasha cut her off, "Mom said not to push yourself and you went and played kickball"
"In me defense.. I didn' even know what the game was"
Sasha crossed her arms, "You shouldn't have played...how does your chest feel?"
"It was fun and me chest doesn't even hurt...that much" Becky said as a sharp pain rang through her just as she said the words, "Look, I'll take it easy next time...I just wanted to impress the guys" Sasha just rolled her eyes and ushered her sister to two seats in the back of the class by the window. The two desks where one in front of the other, the desk in front held a name card that said Sasha H on it and the desk behind it was empty.
"Here you can sit behind me"
Becky sat down and looked around the class as everyone else had filled in their seats. She noticed that none of the kids she played kickball with where in her class so she would have to introduce herself again. There three dark skinned boys who came in laughing and joking, one with a large afro and an orange dragon ball z shirt, another with twist in his hair and a green Bob Marley shirt, and lastly was a larger boy with a plain black shirt. There were two Indian boys that looked like brothers sitting in the front row, and a couple other girls spread out around the room. One with black hair and pale skinned took noticed to Becky immediately and smirked at the girl before wiggling her fingers in a small wave, to which Rebecca looked around confused before waving back, slightly unsure of herself.
Once the teacher came in and shut the door she looked at Becky and gave her a sweet smile as she said, "Well now that recess is over, we can properly introduce our new student."
Becky instantly felt nervous as all of the class stared at her with wide eyes. The boys quieted down a small blond girl smiled sweetly at her, and the pale skinned girl turned in her seat so her full body was facing Becky. Sasha turned in her seat and whispered for her to stand up but she gave a sharp frown before slowly pushing herself out of her chair, "Uh..my name is Rebecca, but ya can call me Becky"
"Why do you sound like that?"
Some kids laughed at this except for the two Indian boys and the pale skinned girl who glared at all of the other students, while Ms. Friedman quickly silence them before saying, "Becky's not from here and people from all over the world talk differently. Where are you from Becky?"
"Dublin Ireland,I just moved here about a week ago"
The teacher smiled and clapped her hands before asking the class if they had any questions for the girl.
"Is that your real hair color?" the short blond asked
"Yea"
" What was Ireland like?"
"Uh...fine I guess...it's a lot different than it is here"
"So were you like poor there?" this caused some of the kids to giggle again before being settled by the teacher but Becky just shrugged
"Uh...I guess...i don' know" Becky never really paid attention to money, she knew that Americans had a lot more stuff and all, but when she lived in Ireland there was nothing to compare it to. Living in Ireland was great, there were some good people and some not so good people
"Alright Rebecca, that was very good, you can take a seat...we are going to keep working on our addition and we are going to start counting by bigger numbers like 2's and 5's."
After that she sat back down but the rest of the class began to buzz slightly, still with peaked interest about the new girl, but more focused on their teacher who was now handing out little worksheets to everyone. Sasha turned in her seat to look back at her sister and smiled.
"See that wasn't so bad"
"Yeah..i guess…"