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Betrothed is a bad word

I woke up in an amazingly white room. I don't mean normal white either, I mean so white that you have to shut your eyes or you get a headache, but if you shut your eyes you still see white because the room is so white, white. I moaned and hid under the covers. I was in a bed?

"Oh no, Miss Stronghold, I need to make sure you're feeling better," the Nurse lectured and pulled the covers away from me. I moaned again and was about to protest but my Mum was stood in the corner watching me, so I just sat there and let her examine me.

"You seem fine, but how do you feel?"

"Yeah, I'm good," I replied but I had this sickening feeling in my gut that my life was over. Oh wait, it was.

"Lash, Mum?" I asked, my eyes pleading with her to tell me she was joking. The Nurse looked a bit confused but she didn't interfere and left after explaining that I could leave.

"I'm sorry, dear. Maybe he's a nice boy once you get to know him," she reasoned and I shook my head. I just kept staring at my hands.

"In case you were wondering, after you phased through the floor when you fainted, I flew down after you," she said quietly, "Do you think you could maybe, I don't know, give it a shot? Nothing can change it anyway so you might as well."

"Oh God," I grumbled under my breath. She was guilt-tripping me, and it was working. "Fine," I sighed and she smiled.

"Great! Now get to class, it's second period now so you're in Gym. You'll probably be partnered with Lash because most of the faculty are trying to make this arrangement work, is that a problem?"

"No, but does Lash know yet?"

"Well, all your friends do, they all sympathised with you and said they give you their full support, while at the same time they were congratulating Will and Layla. So cute! But, I don't think so, no."

"Woohoo!" I cheered sarcastically and rushed out of the room. Gym was going to suck.

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I crept into the Gym room as I was a little late and I didn't want to attract unwanted attention. Failed that.

"Ah! Miss Stronghold! Nice of you to join us! Now get down here so you can work with Lash," Coach Boomer… boomed. All my friends turned around and gave me a mix of sympathetic, disgusted and worried faces. I sighed for what was the umpteenth time that day and slowly walked down to put my protective gear on.

"What? What are you talking about? My partner's Speed! Not that Blair, Blake, Blaise chick! What's going on?" Lash demanded loudly and obnoxiously from where he sat by Coach Boomer's chair.

"Just DO IT!" Coach Boomer yelled and Lash got a new wind-swept hairstyle. He shut up and walked down to meet me.

"What's going on?" he hissed and I smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"We're betrothed," I replied and walked to the middle of the stadium thing.

"Heroes or villains?"

"Heroes," I smirked. I wondered why Lash hadn't objected and I realised he was stood completely still with a very shocked expression on his face.

"B-b-betrothed?" he whimpered, "You're kidding, right? Please?"

"That's what I said, sort of," I told him and picked Will and Warren as our opponents. Lash ran his hands through his hair and chuckled weakly. I pitied him, slightly. I mean his reputation was going down the tubes as well as his life, whereas I was just losing my social life. Will ran over and patted me on the back.

"You ok?" He asked. I nodded. I was ok, just not overly pleased.

"Is he ok?" He asked with what could only be described as a small giggle and I looked over at Lash. He was drip white and looked about to die. I rolled my eyes. So dramatic. Oh, wait, I fainted… Never mind.

"Lash, you ok?" I asked just to check he wasn't going to ruin my chances at thrashing my brother.

"Umm, yeah, I think so," he murmured and joined me in our starting positions. "Umm, do you mind if I sit with you at lunch?" I did a double-take and asked,

"Why?"

"Speed's not gonna be talking to me when he finds out," he sighed and I looked at Speed. He was laughing and pointing at Lash and the Coach was stood smirking next to him. Great, now everyone will know.

"Why not?" I replied and he smiled gratefully. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after all.

"Being betrothed to a hottie, not bad going really," he smirked as he grabbed my ass with his super-stretchy slinky arm. I put my head in my hands. I spoke too soon.

"Shame I can't say the same for you," I replied snidely and stuck my toungue out at him. He mocked being shot in his chest and laughed. Crazy moose. The Coach whistled and I lunged myself at Will. With Lash on my team, I might win, and I was going to find the 'nice' Lash Mum had reckoned was deep inside him somewhere if it killed me. I was going to start the Hunt at lunch

"You'll change that opinion of me once we're married,"Lash called over andwinked at me. I shuddered involuntarily.Bad boyLash was going down. ASAP.

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