Scarlett figured out which room was Ben's the next morning and went there first thing. She knocked on the door, waiting for an answer. She bounced lightly on the balls of her feet, feeling nervous. She didn't want this nightmare to follow her, she would rather she was seeing things than for this all too be real. Finally the door opened and a sleepy looking Ben stuck his head out.

"Scarlett?" He yawned. "What's up?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.

"It's early- too early- isn't it?" She realized.

"A little, but don't worry about it, come in." He stepped back from the door so she could walk in. His room was huge, bigger than her and Audrey's room. There was a giant four poster bed, the blankets all wadded up, obviously he had just gotten out of bed. He wore royal blue pajamas with Yellow lining, his dark blonde hair was messy and he was still rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

"It has to do with yesterday." Scarlett stood by the door, unsure where to go.

"Have a seat." Ben nodded at a couple of plush chairs by the window. She hesitated but went over, sitting down. "Give me just one moment." He smiled and walked out of the room, through another door. Scarlett kept her back to the window, refusing to look out… just in case.

A few minutes later Ben walked back out, this time dressed for the day, in his usual blazer. He walked over and sat in the other chair.

"Alright, What's up?" He asked, not seeming at all bothered by the early morning intrusion.

"Okay, um… Yesterday, while we were all talking, I looked out into the woods and I thought-"

"You thought?"

"I thought I saw a wolf. Like a big, dark wolf."

"A wolf?" Ben frowned.

"Yeah, we get them back home and I had some… bad experiences with one, so I got kind of freaked out, hence me bolting, but I talked to Audrey and she said I should tell you so you can have the woods checked… or something."

"Well Audrey was right." He nodded. "We take things like that serious. Students go into the forest all the time and we don't want to risk anyone getting hurt." Scarlett stood up, wiping her sweaty palms on her pants. "I'll make the call to get someone out here to check as soon as they open up."

"Great. Thank you, Ben I just… It was a huge wolf, make sure they're properly prepared." She insisted.

"I will, promise." He smiled brightly, standing up. "How are you liking school? I noticed you and Audrey have hit it off."

"I like it." Scarlett nodded. "And Audrey is probably the best friend I've ever had." She admitted.

"Great. I'm glad." Ben grinned.

"Yeah, anyway I'll go, let you get to… whatever it is you can find to do this early. Thanks Ben."

"For what?"

"For listening." She replied, heading for the door. "I'll see you later." She walked out of the room, letting the door close behind her.

"Come on, Scarlett." Audrey led the way towards the locker rooms. She had explained gym class to the girl before, reminded her to grab the yellow shirt and blue shorts the school had provided. They went to the room to change and headed out to the field.

"So what do we do in gym?" Scarlett asked.

"Well right now, the boys play Tourney, they need extra practice, and the rest of us do something else." Audrey explained. They headed out to the field, where the boys were all dressed in their Tourney pads, getting ready to play.

"Alright, we have a big game this week, we are going to have to work hard to get up to the level we need to be at." The coach announced. "So, anyone not on the team, you get an easy week, take a seat on the bleachers, team, on the field." Scarlett remained on the sideline as everyone split up to go to the right places.

"Scarlett." Audrey called, Scarlett turned.

"I'll watch from here." She smiled, and looked back to the field as the guys set up to play. She remained silent as they started to play, crossing her arms over her chest as Ben, Jay, Chad, Carlos and all the other boy son the team ran, shouting to each other, laughing. They scored a goal, and the whole time, Scarlett watched with her arms over her chest.

"Impressed?" Coach asked the girl.

"No." She answered, looking up at him. "I could do better than that."

"Oh yeah? You think so?"

"I know so." Scarlett replied. "Got an extra set of pads?" She asked. The coach gave her a small smile.

"Sure do, storage shed over there, let's see what you got." Scarlett headed for the shed and a few minutes later, she came out, shoulder pads on, helmet on her head.

"Alright, Blondie, let's see what you've got." The coach nodded at the girl, sending her out to the field. Scarlett headed out there and by this time, everyone else had realized there was a new player in the game.

"Coach, we can't play with a girl, I don't want to hurt her." One of the boys complained.

"Good, then that will make hurting you that much easier." Scarlett replied, adjusting her grip on the stick.

"Come on, Samir. Less whining, more playing." Chad called out. The boy who had complained darkened, but took his position. The coach blew his whistle and Scarlett took off. She was fast, Ben got the ball, looking for someone to throw it to, Scarlett was already halfway down the field.

"Scarlett!" He called, she turned, still running backwards, Ben chucked the ball and she jumped to catch it. She jumped over Samir, who had tried to dive in her way. She threw the ball to Chad, who threw it to Jay. Scarlett sped up, seeing another player going after Jay, She didn't know the rules on tackling, as she hadn't seen a lot of it, so she slid into their path, wincing as the player's cleat cut into the flesh of her leg, but he went down to the ground, like she wanted and Jay scored a goal.

"Yes!" Ben cheered, Chad ran over to help Scarlett up.

"You're bleeding." Chad exclaimed. Scarlett looked down at the cut on her leg, a small dribble of blood making it's way towards her sock.

"Yeah, I am." She nodded. She shrugged it off. "I've had worse." She smiled

"Nice job, Blondie." The coach held his hand up for a high five. "If I could put you on the team I would."

"It's cool. I don't want to be on the team… as long as I get to play in class."

"Consider yourself the permanent class team captain."


Sorry about the delay. I was super busy with baby sitting and I went to see Suicide Squad. Plus now I have Harry Potter and the Curse Child to read. But here is Chapter 8. I'm honestly still working on planning this story out and I have over thirty chapters planned, but I am sure I know how it's going to go down, the question is whether or not I'm going to make this a stand alone or not... I'm not good at stand alones.

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