Here's Chapter 3, keep on R&R please! I hope you all like this chapter.
"Bill this ain't the last of this, you can't take my little girl like this!" Seth Yoast shouts angrily
"Be careful Seth, we wouldn't want to have to place a restraining order on you now would we?" Coach Yoast asks in a stern voice
"You wouldn't dare!" Seth sneers
"Wouldn't I?" Coach asks calmly "Good-bye Seth."
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"Gerry can you come here a minute please?" Mrs. Bertier calls
"I'll be right back" Gerry says to Leigh.
She nods, then waits til he is out of the room, then gets up and walks over to the bathroom connected to the room.
She looks into the mirror and presses lightly on her side and cringes from the pain, she lifts her shirt a little to take a look.
"Leigh?" Gerry asks coming back into the room.
Alarmed she pulls her shirt back down, and turns the water on and splashes some water on her face to hide the tears she cried. "Yea?"
He appears in the door. "You OK?" He asks studying her
"Fine, I'm fine."
"Were you cr-" he is interrupted by the phone ringing.
"Leigh it's for you" Mrs. Bertier calls
She goes back into the room, cringing as she leans over to pick up the phone. (Which Gerry noticed) "Hello?"
"Hi Leigh, how you doin?" Coach asks
"Fine"
"OK well everything is settled, I'm just going to pick up your belonging and stuff from your house."
"All right"
Coach hesitates "Well I'll see you tomorrow then."
"OK"
"Is Gerry there?"
"Yea"
"Can I talk to him?"
Leigh hands Gerry the phone and slowly sits down on the bed.
"Hello?"
"Hey Gerry, how's she doin really?"
"I Don't know Coach" Gerry answers in a hushed voice
"She saying she just fine, no pain or nothing?"
"Yup"
"Yea, well she will always say she is fine, just make sure she stays resting."
"I will coach."
"All right, bye Gerry"
"Bye" Gerry hangs up the phone just as the doorbell rings
"I'll go get that" Gerry says going out the door.
Gerry returns a minute later followed by Sunshine and Julius
"Hey shortie how you holding up?" Julius asks Leigh
"I'm fine" She answers curtly
"Yea cause she's tough, ain't nothing gettin trough to her. Right?" Sunshine asks
Leigh doesn't answer
"So when are you allowed back at the games?" Sunshine tries again
"I'm coming back to school Monday" Leigh says
"Don't you need to be resting up some though?"
"Boys would you like to stay for dinner?" Mrs. Bertier asks from the doorway.
A murmur of yes's and thank yous follow.
"Gerry come in here and help set the table please." Mrs. Bertier says
"Hey man I'll help you out" Julius says
"Hey we cool?" Sunshine asks Leigh when they are alone
"Course we are. Why wouldn't we be?"
"Well cause-"
"Listen someone would of found out sooner or later right? So no big deal." Leigh gets up. "Come on let go to dinner"
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"Oh Leigh you should of let Gerry help you in here, or we could of brought you your food, no need for you to straining yourself."
"I'm OK really" Leigh insists
"Gerry says coach called" Cheryl says
"Yea he did, he's coming back tomorrow."
"So are you living with us?" Cheryl asks
"Yea, coach is just picking up some of my old things."
"Yea and he said to make sure you rest up." Gerry says lightly
"He always worrying, he's got nothing to worry about I'm fine." Leigh states
"Yea, but Leigh your hurt" Sunshine says
"I'm fine, like I said I was. May I be excused." Leigh asks
Mrs. Bertier nods and Leigh gets up and goes outside and sits on the front porch.
"May I?" Julius asks
"Go ahead Julius." Mrs. Bertier says
"Hey shortie. What you doing out here?"
"Shortie?"
"Yea, your short so shortie is good for you." Julius explains "So what you doing out here?"
"Nothing"
"So you like Gerry."
"What?"
"Got your attention there." Julius laughs "But you do, I can see you do."
"Don't know what your talking about"
"Sure you don't, he likes you too. In case you were wondering."
"I wasn't"
"OK, OK. So how you doing?"
"I said I was fine"
"I know what you said, but I want to really know how your doing."
"I don't know." Leigh sighs " I hate that everyone wants to talk and that everyone feels sorry for me."
"So you want everyone to ignore you?" Julius jokes
"Yea, like that would ever happen." Leigh smiles
"True, it never would, but everyone is just concerned about you, and you don't talk to anyone bout it so people worry cause they don't know what's going on with you." Julius explains.
"I guess so."
Julius and Leigh look up at Sunshine and Gerry come outside.
"Hey Gerry, we were just talking about you man." Julius greets Gerry
"Yea? About what?"
"Nothing really, I was just telling her it's good to tell people how your feeling."
"That's always a good thing." Gerry agrees.
"So why don't you do it?" Sunshine asks catching on the Julius
"What?"
"Why don't you tell someone how you really feel?" Julius challenges him.
Gerry glances from Julius to Sunshine to Leigh, then back to Julius. "Fine, I will."
"All right go for it man." Julius answers
"You want to go out with me Leigh? Cause I really like you and your really someone special, I've known that since the day I met you."
Leigh studies Gerry "Really?" she asks doubtfully
"Yes. Really"
"Then yea I would."
"Really?"
"YES!" Sunshine and Julius answer for Leigh. Which causes them all to laugh.
"Uh guys I'll be back in a minute. OK?" Leigh says getting up.
"Need some help?" Gerry asks
"Yea thanks" Leigh smiles taking Gerry's hand.
She goes inside the house.
"That's an improvement." Sunshine observes.
"Yea it is." Gerry answers
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"Cheryl?" Leigh knocks softly on the guest room door.
"You can come in it's your room too." Cheryl answers
"Yea I can, so what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You upset about all that's happening?"
"I guess."
"Cheryl I'm here if you want to talk and coach is coming home tomorrow. So were all here for you."
"I know, Good-Night"
"Night" Leigh shuts the door.
"Is she still upset?" Gerry asks when Leigh turns around
She jumps "You scared me!" She exclaims
"Sorry" The two of them go sit down on the couch.
"Julius and Sunshine left?" Leigh asks
"Yea they did. Want to watch some T.V?"
"Sure."
Gerry flicks on the T.V. and Leigh leans on him.
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"They look so cute don't they?" Mrs. Bertier asks in a hushed voice.
"I don't know about how much I like this, but yes they do." Coach Yoast says as they look at Gerry and Leigh asleep on the couch.
"How's she been doin?" Yoast asks
"Fine I would think. She doesn't seem to eat much, but who could eat when all this is going on? Julius and Sunshine came over last night. Leigh seems to be a very strong girl."
"Sometimes that's what worries me.Leigh, wake up." He says tapping her.
"Ohh" She groans moving her position.
Coach glances at her worriedly
"He coach, mornin."
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asks
"Fine"
"Well we have to get going, get your things."
"All right." She grimaces as she gets up and slowly walks to the guest room.
"Oh Coach, hey listen me and Leigh, I mean, nothing, uh" Gerry stammers after seeing Coach is there.
"Don't worry about it Gerry, we'll be seeing you tomorrow." Coach says
"Bye Gerry." Leigh says going out the door. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Leigh."
Cheryl follows them out silently.
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"Leigh I want you to go and rest some, all right?" Yoast says when they get into their house.
"But coach-" Leigh starts,but stops when she sees Coach's face.
"Cheryl what's wrong?" Yoast asks Cheryl taking notice in how quiet she has been.
"Nothing I've just been thinking." She smiles.
"All right well don't be thinking that hard. Wouldn't want you hurting your brain."
Cheryl smiles "You got it."
Chapter 4
"Bill this ain't the last of this, you can't take my little girl like this!" Seth Yoast shouts angrily
"Be careful Seth, we wouldn't want to have to place a restraining order on you now would we?" Coach Yoast asks in a stern voice
"You wouldn't dare!" Seth sneers
"Wouldn't I?" Coach asks calmly "Good-bye Seth."
*****************
"Gerry can you come here a minute please?" Mrs. Bertier calls
"I'll be right back" Gerry says to Leigh.
She nods, then waits til he is out of the room, then gets up and walks over to the bathroom connected to the room.
She looks into the mirror and presses lightly on her side and cringes from the pain, she lifts her shirt a little to take a look.
"Leigh?" Gerry asks coming back into the room.
Alarmed she pulls her shirt back down, and turns the water on and splashes some water on her face to hide the tears she cried. "Yea?"
He appears in the door. "You OK?" He asks studying her
"Fine, I'm fine."
"Were you cr-" he is interrupted by the phone ringing.
"Leigh it's for you" Mrs. Bertier calls
She goes back into the room, cringing as she leans over to pick up the phone. (Which Gerry noticed) "Hello?"
"Hi Leigh, how you doin?" Coach asks
"Fine"
"OK well everything is settled, I'm just going to pick up your belonging and stuff from your house."
"All right"
Coach hesitates "Well I'll see you tomorrow then."
"OK"
"Is Gerry there?"
"Yea"
"Can I talk to him?"
Leigh hands Gerry the phone and slowly sits down on the bed.
"Hello?"
"Hey Gerry, how's she doin really?"
"I Don't know Coach" Gerry answers in a hushed voice
"She saying she just fine, no pain or nothing?"
"Yup"
"Yea, well she will always say she is fine, just make sure she stays resting."
"I will coach."
"All right, bye Gerry"
"Bye" Gerry hangs up the phone just as the doorbell rings
"I'll go get that" Gerry says going out the door.
Gerry returns a minute later followed by Sunshine and Julius
"Hey shortie how you holding up?" Julius asks Leigh
"I'm fine" She answers curtly
"Yea cause she's tough, ain't nothing gettin trough to her. Right?" Sunshine asks
Leigh doesn't answer
"So when are you allowed back at the games?" Sunshine tries again
"I'm coming back to school Monday" Leigh says
"Don't you need to be resting up some though?"
"Boys would you like to stay for dinner?" Mrs. Bertier asks from the doorway.
A murmur of yes's and thank yous follow.
"Gerry come in here and help set the table please." Mrs. Bertier says
"Hey man I'll help you out" Julius says
"Hey we cool?" Sunshine asks Leigh when they are alone
"Course we are. Why wouldn't we be?"
"Well cause-"
"Listen someone would of found out sooner or later right? So no big deal." Leigh gets up. "Come on let go to dinner"
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"Oh Leigh you should of let Gerry help you in here, or we could of brought you your food, no need for you to straining yourself."
"I'm OK really" Leigh insists
"Gerry says coach called" Cheryl says
"Yea he did, he's coming back tomorrow."
"So are you living with us?" Cheryl asks
"Yea, coach is just picking up some of my old things."
"Yea and he said to make sure you rest up." Gerry says lightly
"He always worrying, he's got nothing to worry about I'm fine." Leigh states
"Yea, but Leigh your hurt" Sunshine says
"I'm fine, like I said I was. May I be excused." Leigh asks
Mrs. Bertier nods and Leigh gets up and goes outside and sits on the front porch.
"May I?" Julius asks
"Go ahead Julius." Mrs. Bertier says
"Hey shortie. What you doing out here?"
"Shortie?"
"Yea, your short so shortie is good for you." Julius explains "So what you doing out here?"
"Nothing"
"So you like Gerry."
"What?"
"Got your attention there." Julius laughs "But you do, I can see you do."
"Don't know what your talking about"
"Sure you don't, he likes you too. In case you were wondering."
"I wasn't"
"OK, OK. So how you doing?"
"I said I was fine"
"I know what you said, but I want to really know how your doing."
"I don't know." Leigh sighs " I hate that everyone wants to talk and that everyone feels sorry for me."
"So you want everyone to ignore you?" Julius jokes
"Yea, like that would ever happen." Leigh smiles
"True, it never would, but everyone is just concerned about you, and you don't talk to anyone bout it so people worry cause they don't know what's going on with you." Julius explains.
"I guess so."
Julius and Leigh look up at Sunshine and Gerry come outside.
"Hey Gerry, we were just talking about you man." Julius greets Gerry
"Yea? About what?"
"Nothing really, I was just telling her it's good to tell people how your feeling."
"That's always a good thing." Gerry agrees.
"So why don't you do it?" Sunshine asks catching on the Julius
"What?"
"Why don't you tell someone how you really feel?" Julius challenges him.
Gerry glances from Julius to Sunshine to Leigh, then back to Julius. "Fine, I will."
"All right go for it man." Julius answers
"You want to go out with me Leigh? Cause I really like you and your really someone special, I've known that since the day I met you."
Leigh studies Gerry "Really?" she asks doubtfully
"Yes. Really"
"Then yea I would."
"Really?"
"YES!" Sunshine and Julius answer for Leigh. Which causes them all to laugh.
"Uh guys I'll be back in a minute. OK?" Leigh says getting up.
"Need some help?" Gerry asks
"Yea thanks" Leigh smiles taking Gerry's hand.
She goes inside the house.
"That's an improvement." Sunshine observes.
"Yea it is." Gerry answers
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"Cheryl?" Leigh knocks softly on the guest room door.
"You can come in it's your room too." Cheryl answers
"Yea I can, so what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You upset about all that's happening?"
"I guess."
"Cheryl I'm here if you want to talk and coach is coming home tomorrow. So were all here for you."
"I know, Good-Night"
"Night" Leigh shuts the door.
"Is she still upset?" Gerry asks when Leigh turns around
She jumps "You scared me!" She exclaims
"Sorry" The two of them go sit down on the couch.
"Julius and Sunshine left?" Leigh asks
"Yea they did. Want to watch some T.V?"
"Sure."
Gerry flicks on the T.V. and Leigh leans on him.
*************
"They look so cute don't they?" Mrs. Bertier asks in a hushed voice.
"I don't know about how much I like this, but yes they do." Coach Yoast says as they look at Gerry and Leigh asleep on the couch.
"How's she been doin?" Yoast asks
"Fine I would think. She doesn't seem to eat much, but who could eat when all this is going on? Julius and Sunshine came over last night. Leigh seems to be a very strong girl."
"Sometimes that's what worries me.Leigh, wake up." He says tapping her.
"Ohh" She groans moving her position.
Coach glances at her worriedly
"He coach, mornin."
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asks
"Fine"
"Well we have to get going, get your things."
"All right." She grimaces as she gets up and slowly walks to the guest room.
"Oh Coach, hey listen me and Leigh, I mean, nothing, uh" Gerry stammers after seeing Coach is there.
"Don't worry about it Gerry, we'll be seeing you tomorrow." Coach says
"Bye Gerry." Leigh says going out the door. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Leigh."
Cheryl follows them out silently.
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"Leigh I want you to go and rest some, all right?" Yoast says when they get into their house.
"But coach-" Leigh starts,but stops when she sees Coach's face.
"Cheryl what's wrong?" Yoast asks Cheryl taking notice in how quiet she has been.
"Nothing I've just been thinking." She smiles.
"All right well don't be thinking that hard. Wouldn't want you hurting your brain."
Cheryl smiles "You got it."
Chapter 4