Part IV
"Hey, Sky, you listening?" John patted Sky's shoulder lightly. "Oh, sorry. What are you saying?" Sky snapped out of his la-la land. "What, you weren't paying no attention this whole time? I said, how about we try this new finishing move instead of the one we tried before." "Oh, okay. Good idea," replied Sky. "What, you aren't gonna even see if it'd work?" John question with his eyes widened. "I'm sure it'll be fine that way, anyway, can I leave early? I'm very tired." "What?!?! But it's only 5! You've only been here for an hour!" "Yeah, so, my mama wants me to come home early today. Bye!" Sky packed his stuff without anyone's approval and stepped out of the room. He was practicing with his friends, John, Tommy, and Rick. But he wasn't in that mood today. He sighed and started walking back to his house.
He was passing by the park on his way home when he spotted Tallie from the other side of the park. Group of kids were playing soccer. He stopped for a sec and stared at her, dazed. That's when the soccer ball hit him square in the left of his face, without him knowing it. "Owww!!! S---!!" Skyler collapsed on the ground, covering his face. "Watch it you fool!! Don't stand there like a moron!!" A guy came to pick up the ball and yelled at Skyler. "Urrrrrrr.it hurts!" He uncovered his face and looked at his palm. Blood! Tallie must have seen him. She looked in his direction, surprised, and ran over to him. "Sky, are you okay?!!!!" Tallie panicked when she saw the blood on his face. "Oh my God! You're bleeding! Does it hurt a lot? Let me see." she got her handkerchief out of her backpack and started wiping out the blood on his face. Sky felt so stupid. He was embarrassed, to get hit by a ball right on his face. The worst part was that Tallie saw the whole thing. Now she probably thinks he's some kind of an idiot, to stand there and get hit like that. He felt so humiliated. "Are you okay? You're bleeding heavily.you have to go wash your face." Tallie was pressing down on his cheek with her handkerchief. He started blushing, his face turning red. "Maybe you should go to the doctor. Does it hurt a lot?" His heart now began pounding quickly. For the first time in 12 years she was being kind to him. But he didn't want her to see him like this!! Looking like an idiot. "Go away, I'm fine now," said Sky coldly. Wait, No!!! He didn't mean that!! Why the hell did he say that?! "What did you say?!" Tallie's eyes grew wide. After all she's done to help him out?! "I'm okay now. I don't need your help." Sky was trying to stop himself but the words kept on popping out, the words he didn't even mean to say. "Right so. You stupid s---.keep that dirty handkerchief if you wish." She picked up her backpack and started to walk. Sky continued to sit there, pressing down on his face with the handkerchief. "Damn!" he said to himself. "I'm so stupid."
That soccer ball left a huge bruise on his face. He came to school the net day, all bummed out. Ahhhh!! People are going to laugh, he thought. Indeed, John came up to him during lunch and started teasing. "Sky, what's that bruise on your face? It looks pretty bad," "Oh shut your mouth. Leave me alone." "Hey, okay. But really, what happened?" "I got hit by a soccer." Sky was about to explain when he saw Tallie walking towards them two. She stopped, glanced at Sky, and then resumed her attention back to John. "J, here's your lunch." Tallie handed him a box of sandwich. "Ohhhhh!!! Thanks, Tallie! I was starving to death.you didn't had to do that though." John felt good and bad at the same time. "No problem. I best be going now, bye." Tallie headed back to her class. Sky stared at her back for a while. That feeling inside him again started to bother him. He had never felt that way before. When Tallie gave John something she didn't give Sky, the usual response was to hit her or to whine, "what about me?!" but this time his heart was just saddened. It hurt too much "Yo! Snap out of it!!! What're you thinking?" John waved his hand in front of Sky's face. "Oh, oh. What'd you say?" "Gosh, you're weird nowadays. An' way, don't ditch practice tonight, okay? If you do, you best be dead." "All right."
It was late. Sky was extremely tired from all the practicing. They were to wrestle at George Washington H.S. the following week. He lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling. In his hand he held Tallie's handkerchief. It was clean now, for his mom had washed it. He was very confused. What happened to him? He was always so optimistic and jolly, not worrying about anything. But this time, something just kept on bugging him. Perhaps. "Oh my God!" Sky abruptly got up, silently being amazed. "I do like her. I really do like her!"
"Hey, Sky, you listening?" John patted Sky's shoulder lightly. "Oh, sorry. What are you saying?" Sky snapped out of his la-la land. "What, you weren't paying no attention this whole time? I said, how about we try this new finishing move instead of the one we tried before." "Oh, okay. Good idea," replied Sky. "What, you aren't gonna even see if it'd work?" John question with his eyes widened. "I'm sure it'll be fine that way, anyway, can I leave early? I'm very tired." "What?!?! But it's only 5! You've only been here for an hour!" "Yeah, so, my mama wants me to come home early today. Bye!" Sky packed his stuff without anyone's approval and stepped out of the room. He was practicing with his friends, John, Tommy, and Rick. But he wasn't in that mood today. He sighed and started walking back to his house.
He was passing by the park on his way home when he spotted Tallie from the other side of the park. Group of kids were playing soccer. He stopped for a sec and stared at her, dazed. That's when the soccer ball hit him square in the left of his face, without him knowing it. "Owww!!! S---!!" Skyler collapsed on the ground, covering his face. "Watch it you fool!! Don't stand there like a moron!!" A guy came to pick up the ball and yelled at Skyler. "Urrrrrrr.it hurts!" He uncovered his face and looked at his palm. Blood! Tallie must have seen him. She looked in his direction, surprised, and ran over to him. "Sky, are you okay?!!!!" Tallie panicked when she saw the blood on his face. "Oh my God! You're bleeding! Does it hurt a lot? Let me see." she got her handkerchief out of her backpack and started wiping out the blood on his face. Sky felt so stupid. He was embarrassed, to get hit by a ball right on his face. The worst part was that Tallie saw the whole thing. Now she probably thinks he's some kind of an idiot, to stand there and get hit like that. He felt so humiliated. "Are you okay? You're bleeding heavily.you have to go wash your face." Tallie was pressing down on his cheek with her handkerchief. He started blushing, his face turning red. "Maybe you should go to the doctor. Does it hurt a lot?" His heart now began pounding quickly. For the first time in 12 years she was being kind to him. But he didn't want her to see him like this!! Looking like an idiot. "Go away, I'm fine now," said Sky coldly. Wait, No!!! He didn't mean that!! Why the hell did he say that?! "What did you say?!" Tallie's eyes grew wide. After all she's done to help him out?! "I'm okay now. I don't need your help." Sky was trying to stop himself but the words kept on popping out, the words he didn't even mean to say. "Right so. You stupid s---.keep that dirty handkerchief if you wish." She picked up her backpack and started to walk. Sky continued to sit there, pressing down on his face with the handkerchief. "Damn!" he said to himself. "I'm so stupid."
That soccer ball left a huge bruise on his face. He came to school the net day, all bummed out. Ahhhh!! People are going to laugh, he thought. Indeed, John came up to him during lunch and started teasing. "Sky, what's that bruise on your face? It looks pretty bad," "Oh shut your mouth. Leave me alone." "Hey, okay. But really, what happened?" "I got hit by a soccer." Sky was about to explain when he saw Tallie walking towards them two. She stopped, glanced at Sky, and then resumed her attention back to John. "J, here's your lunch." Tallie handed him a box of sandwich. "Ohhhhh!!! Thanks, Tallie! I was starving to death.you didn't had to do that though." John felt good and bad at the same time. "No problem. I best be going now, bye." Tallie headed back to her class. Sky stared at her back for a while. That feeling inside him again started to bother him. He had never felt that way before. When Tallie gave John something she didn't give Sky, the usual response was to hit her or to whine, "what about me?!" but this time his heart was just saddened. It hurt too much "Yo! Snap out of it!!! What're you thinking?" John waved his hand in front of Sky's face. "Oh, oh. What'd you say?" "Gosh, you're weird nowadays. An' way, don't ditch practice tonight, okay? If you do, you best be dead." "All right."
It was late. Sky was extremely tired from all the practicing. They were to wrestle at George Washington H.S. the following week. He lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling. In his hand he held Tallie's handkerchief. It was clean now, for his mom had washed it. He was very confused. What happened to him? He was always so optimistic and jolly, not worrying about anything. But this time, something just kept on bugging him. Perhaps. "Oh my God!" Sky abruptly got up, silently being amazed. "I do like her. I really do like her!"