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Chapter Five- United We Stand… Divided We Fall
Nathan walked, or rather limped into the gym on Friday morning. He had woken up early that morning with pain shooting through his bad knee. It did that at times, and that's when he walked around with a cane, and kids feared him the most. There were stories that he'd whack bad kids in the head with the end of the cane, and leave them unconscious on the floor. Nathan liked to laugh at their stories. He never did that, he never even thought of doing that. Heck, he hated using the cane, but it did help him walk better, as did the knee bandage he wore.
Today nobody told his cane stories, they were all buzzing about the days events, everyone trying to find one of his gym classes to sneak into. Or skip class to watch outside the door, for today was the day. The day for what? Well, the day for five celebrities to walk casually through the school and reside in Coach Scott's gym classes. Oh how girls had cursed themselves for not signing up for a semester of gym as their counselors told them to. Oh how the gym classes attendance would sky rocket today, leaving other classes with five or ten kids in them, the rest hoping to catch a glimpse. Oh how many hall passes would be issued for the bathrooms right outside the gym, or to the water fountain, with excuses like those bathrooms are never used, it'd take the least time, or those water fountains have the coldest water. Or, heck, a pass to the principal's office, if it meant taking a peak in the gym. Arriving tardy to have the opportunity to bypass the gym on the way to class, and those lucky students, yes, the ones with the lockers right outside the gym doors, how those students were envied today.
Nathan, however, didn't like teenage girls hanging on his gym doors or out in the hallways, and had the security team already on it to block off the hallway. He was ahead of the thoughts of the student body, he knew every trick in the book. The security team had lists, like an exclusive club, who could be let in and who couldn't. It was going to be a long day.
Nathan walked in the middle of the gym and looked at his watch, his class would be arriving in ten minutes. He had his clipboard for attendance ready, he liked the old fashioned way, rather than sitting at a desk, calling roll, then marking it in a computer. He'd rather look for the people, or have them come to him, to make sure they weren't marked absent… or skipping, and he usually did. He was the only teacher to do that too, mostly because he roamed the halls, seeing faces and remembering they were there that day.
As his class started walking in, he blew his whistle, "Okay, today we're going to be doing something different, everyone on the bleachers," Nathan yelled at his gym class, who were picking up basketballs, then put them down and looked at him in disgust, and sat on the bleachers.
Not to long after, the five came in through the back gym doors, chattering to each other, not knowing they all were going to be there. "Normally, I would play a little one on one with my brother, Lucas over her," Nathan said, as Lucas walked over to him and they did a man hug, "But as you all can see, I'm on the injured list today, so, my man Jake here," he said, and Jake walked over, "Will do the ass-kicking for me. Jake, you better beat him, or you will no longer be welcome in my gym."
"Your gym? Dude, I believe Coach's name's still up, it's Whitey's gym, and I'm pretty sure Whitey would be happy to have me in it anytime I please." Jake said, laughing.
"Whatever, dude, just play, and Brooke, Peyton, so glad you both volunteered to be cheerleaders, let's see, Brooke can be Lucas' cheerleader, and Peyton can be Jake's, now, you can go one-on-one or pick and choose from my gym classes, who's gonna be on your team, and Brooke, Peyton, you can pick through the girls, all of them except one, Allisha, cause she's going to sit on the bleachers and paint her nails and braid her hair and read magazines like she does every class," Nathan said, looking up at her and smirking. He loved doing that, giving them hope… then stepping on it, "Besides, she doesn't believe I know you guys, funny huh?" Nathan started laughing as he limped over to the end of the bleachers, where he could still see the action of the gym, the eager faces on all the guys to be chosen for a team, and the girls, wanting so bad to be cheerleaders with Brooke or Peyton. Well, all the girls except Allisha, she sat there and pouted.
"Nate, why do you do this to that poor girl?" Haley asked Nathan, looking up at Allisha sitting on the top of the bleachers all alone.
"Well, she said that I was a liar for saying I know you, and Brooke, and Peyton, and Jake, and heck even my own brother isn't my brother."
"Ouch… well you know its not true… I know its not true… Brooke, Peyton, Jake, and Lucas all know it's not true, so what does one girl have to do with it?"
"I guess nothing."
"Great, I'm gonna go tell her she can cheer with Peyton, then I'm gonna come back and take a look at that knee of yours," she turned around and walked up the bleachers before he had any chance to protest.
Nathan sat on the bottom row of bleachers, resting his leg awhile, it was bugging him, when Haley came back, and he saw Allisha cheering with Peyton, "All right, lemme see that knee of yours."
"What do you know about my knee?"
"I'm a doctor, I graduated med school while being a famous singer, now lemme see it."
"You're a doctor?"
"Well, yeah, I needed something to fall back on if I couldn't make it as a singer, shut up, I know what you're going to say, that I didn't need to worry about not making it, cause I have the voice of an angel or something," she said, rolling up his pant leg to look at his knee, "Your problem is your brace is on wrong, genius," she said fixing it, "That's why it hurt so much… better?" she asked when she was done. Her hands were soft and swift, and it did feel better.
"Yeah, it does, a hell of a lot better. Thanks."
"Anytime," she said as he rolled down his pant leg, "But I don't think you should go out there and join them, if it's been bothering you, you might want to sit this one out."
"Fine, if it's doctor's orders."
"It is," Haley said smiling at him, then couldn't help herself, and leaned in and kissed him.
