Chapter 15: A Challenge

Mr Foura looked at the girl in surprise.

'what did you get yourself into?'

'er… nothing much. I was...er…biking when I tripped over a rock.' The bluenette replied.

'a rock.' He repeated, raising his eyebrows.

'um…yeah.' She said, laughing nervously.

'you know, Miko, you sure are weird sometimes.'

'I know.' She smiled sheepishly.

'nice lie.' Deseara muttered, rolling her eyes.

'oh can it. That was all I could think of at that moment.' Her friend defended.

The three girls walked towards the locker room, preparing to change for Phys-Ed. As soon as they entered the room, they heard giggles and screams coming from inside. They looked at each other and scowled, that voice was recognizable anywhere.

Sure enough, Sarah and her posse were crowded around their lockers.

'so was it good?' Alaynna asked.

'you have no idea.' Mariah sighed. 'he was so…so…hot.'

'Ray may be good, but he isn't as skilled as Kai.' Sarah said.

'what about Bryan though?' Alaynna asked.

'he's so rough, but that just makes me want him more.' A blonde said.

'as much as I would like to stay and listen to your social lives, fascinating as it may be, I would prefer it if you girls could move outta the way so I can get out of here as fast as possible.' Miko said lazily, leaning against the wall opposite of them.

'you're just jealous.' Sarah sneered.

Deseara laughed, 'of what? A bunch losers screwing each other? Sorry to disappoint you, but no.'

'argh you little bitch!'

'that's getting old, Saigon, don't you have anything else to say besides that?' Misha said, pushing Mariah aside and opened her locker. Sarah grabbed her by the arm and shoved her, causing the brunette to hit the bench. 'who do you think you are? You cant just walk through us like that.'

Suddenly the blonde was slammed against the locker.

'you touch any of my friends again, I'll make sure you regret it for the rest of your life.' Miko growled, her grip tightening.

'oh whatcha gunna do?' Sarah said, even though he voice was shaking.

'it wont be pleasant.' the bluenette said darkly, letting go of the girl and striding over to her locker. The rest of Sarah's friends were terrified, they huddled together and scurried away when Miko approached.

Deseara snorted. This was ridiculous.

'what do you think we're doing today?' Misha asked.

'dunno, I hope its not laps.' Deseara muttered. 'you okay?' she added as her friend rubbed her arm.

'yeah.' She growled. 'for a girl like Sarah, she has a pretty strong grip. And sharp nails.'

'okay class. Listen up.' Their teacher said, clapping his hands for silence. 'I will divide you into teams and we'll have a little match of soccer outside.'

Sarah smirked at the three girls. 'we'll kick your ass so bad. We were on the JV team last year for soccer.'

'yes Sarah.' Deseara sighed. 'soccer is the one you play with your hands.'

A look of confusion crossed over her face. 'what?'

Miko and Misha burst out laughing.

'girls.' The teacher barked, 'are you paying attention?'

'yes sir.' They chorused.

'Misha, deseara you'll go in the A team and Miko B team. Lets see, oh and Jeff you can go into B.'

'I don't want him on the same team as me.' Miko said calmly.

'miss kiwatashi, that is not something you can decide.'

'fine, then don't blame me when I kick him instead of the ball, accident of course.'

The teacher sighed. 'alright. Jeff, you and Kai switch.'

'okay people! Choose you goalies and lets begin.' He blew his whistle and the ball was dropped. Sarah shot forward, so did Miko.

'bring it on bitch.' The blonde hissed.

'oh im shaking.' The bluenette rolled her eyes.

Sarah kicked, the ball soared over Miko's head and got intercepted by Misha, who, unfortunately was on Sarah's team.

'you missed.' Miko said.

Cheers were heard from one end of the field. It was now 1-0 Sarah's team.

'told you you were gunna get your ass kicked.'

'this is only the beginning, watch and learn Saigon.'

Miko weaved in and out of the players, heading towards Johnny, who was standing in front of the goal. Jeff ran in front of his sister, preparing to intercept it. So Miko kicked it, it sailed towards his head. He ducked and it sailed over, barely missing him.

'holy shit.' He hissed.

The ball sailed past Johnny's outstretched fingers and slammed into the net.

1-1

Sarah seethed.

Once again Miko was moving down the field, Jeff ran over and crashed into her, making her fall.

'Oops.' He said and ran off with the ball. Miko growled. This meant war.

When he came towards her again, she did a slide-kick, making him trip over her leg, before he could get up again, she had the ball in her possession.

It went on for a while until the teacher blew his whistle again. By that time, both siblings had a few bruises on their legs and Miko was nursing a sprained wrist and Jeff was rubbing his shoulder, she had kicked the ball into him.

'Remind me never to play soccer with that girl again.' Johnny said. Being the goalie, he had endured the most nervous moments of his life, every time Miko came close, he wasn't sure if she was going to kick the ball into the net, or into him.

'Doesn't look like she's going to forgive you anytime soon.' Kai said to jeff, who nodded. 'I know…'

'Does it hurt?' Deseara asked.

'No shit it hurts, he kicks hard.' Miko grumbled.

'I think he did a good job.'

She looked up sharply. 'Oh what do you want now?'

'We're here to invite you to the best Christmas party of the year.' Kai said.

'Me.'

'Well, actually, all of you.' Bryan said.

'Why in the world would we want to go?' Deseara scoffed.

'Yeah, what she said.'

'Because.' Kai answered, a glint in his eyes. 'We have a challenge for you.'

'Oh yeah?'

'For one week, we must all act civil towards each other, that means, no insults no hitting, punching, and yes, kicking counts too. Whoever breaks the pact loses.'

'Fine. But what happens when we win?' the bluenette asked, knowing what was coming.

'If you win, we'll stop bothering you about…well, you know, forever. But if we win, you have to come to the party, and we can't prevent what happens there.' Kai smirked.

'What do you think?' Miko asked the other two.

'I dunno about this…'

'We don't have any other choice, it's the only way we'll get them off our backs.'

'I guess so.'

She turned back to the boys and held out her hand.

'we have a deal.'