Chapter 7: realization

The morning was gray and cloudy

The sky threatened to pour

Hilary sat through the whole morning

She hadn't slept all night

She couldn't face Tyson…

She couldn't stand him being so angry with her

So she had shut her self up in her room

Her mom was worried about her

But Hilary didn't care

Last night the bladebrakers had come to visit her

But she had escaped them somehow

She couldn't face them either

They were bound to ask her questions she had no answer to

She groaned

I can't believe I'm being so selfish

The guys need me

Today is their final match

And all I'm worried about is my feelings about Tyson

Hilary felt torn

Her throat was unusually dry

I need water she thought

Opening the door to her room she snuck in the kitchen

A loud clap of thunder made her jump

"Control ur self Hilary" she scolded herself

She open the fridge door, pulled a water bottle out and made to look for a glass when she heard someone enter

"Hilary"

It was her mom

"Mom what are u doing here?" she asked dumbly

Her mother didn't reply

Instead she smiled

"Hilary sit down"

She beckoned toward the chair

Hilary sat

She pointed at the glass in the center of the table

"Tell me what do u see?"

Hilary looked at the glass for some time

"Its half empty" she said

"That is correct" her mom gave her an odd look

"So is ur team"

Hilary looked puzzled

"What do u mean?"

Her mother sighed

"Hilary sometimes in life u have to make sacrifices, sacrifices to keep something together… ur team is void of enthusiasm that u provide…u are their cheerleader after all!

And right now ur team is half of what it used to be" she pointed to the glass

Then she took the bottle from Hilary's hands and poured more water in the glass until it was full

"Put this foolishness aside Hilary…ur team needs u"

Hilary stared at her mom for sometime

Then she smiled

"Thanx mom"

She hugged her

"Hilary I don't mean to be rude or anything…but I think the final match is about to begin"

Hilary glanced at the clock

She's right!

Hilary panicked

"Gotta go mom"

Almost knocking her mother over she tore through the door and out on the streets

Her mother steadied herself and muttered something that oddly sounded like "teenagers"

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The bladebrakers had failed miserably

They hadn't seen Tyson all night and the morning was also devoid of the navy haired boy

Hilary had clearly refused to see them and they had given up when Hilary refused to open the door after an hour worth of knocking and hammering

Now they sat in the locker room

The finals were to start in a few minutes

And Tyson was no where to be seen

Kai leaned against a locker

Personally he wasn't worried

Even if Tyson didn't show up he had a plan

But yes it was better that he showed up

Suddenly the door banged open

And everyone jumped

Hilary paraded in

She looked tired and not to mention worn out like she had been running

"Guys" she said taking a deep breath she continued "I'm sorry I refused to meet u the other night…I-I was busy" she panted

"Relax Hilary, it doesn't matter now" said max

"Yeah we have something important to tell u"

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Hilary was at the verge of tears at the end of their story

"So u see the whole thing was a misunderstanding"

Before Hilary could comment, the door banged open again

This time it was Tyson

He stared at all of them for sometime

Then he started to move towards the other corner of the room

Oh yes he was still the same

And the sight of kai and Hilary brought back gruesome memories to him

And anger began to pulse through his system again

"Tyson" Hilary said softly

"Bet she used the same tone when she was talking to kai that night" Tyson thought

"Tyson…I…."

But before Hilary could continue

Tyson started to scream at her

"DON'T TALK TO ME, EVER…U MEAN NOTHING TO ME AND U MEAN NOTHING TO THE TEAM U ARE NOTHING BUT A GROUPIE, A TAG ALONG…

U HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK TO ME BEACAUSE U LIKE TO PLAY WITH HEARTS…….U R NOTHING BUT A BLOODY WHORE!"

Silence greeted his words

Every one turned to look at Hilary

As if in slow motion Hilary's ruby eyes filled with tears and as they began to fall she turned right around and ran out of the locker room

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