Alli
After sixth period, I felt like a zombie. I was thinking about first period and the note. As I approached the locker, I silently hoped that it would be just me and Spinner.
But it wasn't.
Spinner was talking to Manny. But I noticed that he acted different around her when nobody was looking. He didn't pay attention to her. At all.
"Hey Manny, Hey Spin," I said, pulling my books out of my bag to put in my locker.
"Hey Alli," Manny said.
And that's when Spinner's mannerisms changed. "Hey Alli."
Spinner moved so I could get to my locker. I noticed from the corner of my eye that he was all over Manny now.
Whatever. I don't care.
"Spinner, where do we go to meet for practice?" I asked him. "You can tell me between breaths."
That time Manny pulled away. "Well, I'm uh, gonna miss the bus. So see you later sweetie." And then she walked away.
"I'll walk with you, Alli." He said.
"Okay."
"Where's Jimmy?" he asked.
"Um, he had an orthodontist appointment today," I said.
"Oh. OK."
"Yeah. So are you up for conditioning today?" I asked him, trying to change the subject.
"Not really, but its straight." He said.
"Coach said its 5 miles today."
"RUNNING?" he said.
"Yeah."
"Man. Well you should be a good manager and give me mouth to mouth when I'm passing out!"
SURE no problem! "Then maybe you should get Manny out there. Or better yet, you could save some of that breath you waste on Manny for running," I said, very smart-alecky.
He scowled. "Well fine then. I guess ya don't want none of this," he said, grinning again.
"You give yourself too much credit, Spin," I said.
"Yeah I know. But still, you know you want some of this."
"I think it's the other way around. Obviously you want some of this," I said, starting to succumb to his game.

Spinner
Yeah you bet I do. "You wish. Anyway, can you give me a ride home after practice? I have a feeling I'm not going to be able to move."
"Sure. But if you aren't showered there is no way you're getting into my baby."
"Okay. Just as long as I don't have to walk."
I got to practice and started talking to Coach.
"Hey," I said.
"Spinner, today we are running 5 miles," Coach said.
"Ah man. Why? We never ran that much last year," I complained.
"Well, I asked Alli if she could make up some conditioning routines since her school was the national champions for two years in a row in the U.S. And she was on that team."
"It was Alli's brilliant idea who came up with this?!" I shouted.
"Yes. She's going to work out with us. So that she can get into shape also."
This was my big chance to show her that 5 miles was STUPID! I was going to beat her at her own game. I was going to kill her in the 5 mile.
"Alright guys gather 'round," I heard Alli shout, "we are going to stretch this new routine stretch and run 5 miles. The course is clocked out with a white stripe. You have to run the course twice to do five miles."
The entire team's mouths dropped. I heard people cussing and shouting different things.
Coach stepped in and told them everything that he had told me. That really shut them up. They wanted to win just as bad as I did. And as soon as we were done stretching they were up and running. Leaving me and Alli. Coach had already gone inside.
"So Spin, you wanna run with me?" she asked.
"Sure, if you can keep up," I said, jokingly.
"Oh is that a challenge?" she asked, pushing me playfully as we began running.
"You best believe it!" I said.
We were running and pushing each other. We kept running until we were deep into the woods part of the course. Alli tripped and fell forward.
"AGH!" she yelled out.
"Hey are you okay?" I asked.
"No, I think I sprained my ankle. SHIT!"
I looked down at her ankle. It didn't look sprained. It looked broken. It was already swelling.
"Does it hurt right now?"
"No. I can handle pain. But I'm not going to be able to walk on it."
"I can carry you back," I offered.
"Okay. Thanks."
I looked at her. Even all hot and sweaty, she still looked pretty. She had dirt smudged on her face. I reached over and tried to wipe it off. It smudged.
I laughed, "Sorry. I didn't mean to do that."
She pulled her hand up to her face and wiped it. She smeared even more dirt on her face. "What?!"
"Dirt. It's all over your face."
She started laughing too. She pulled up some dirt and smeared it on my face.
We kept throwing dirt at each other. "Hey we should get going. People are going to be coming around."
"Please, you guys are out of shape. Nobody's going to be coming around for at least another twenty minutes." She said.
"Oh alright."
She pulled my hair again. I put my hand up to hers and pulled it down. She stopped smiling and started looking into my eyes. And I leaned forward, and kissed her.