After talking and trying to cheer up kerry, I went to gym class.
The gym seemed bleaker than before, As it had a dirtied school emblem with the three symbols of the houses taken down. There were less students in here than before, as there were 20 before, now there were only about 15. I can't say I blame those who dropped out of this class. The professor seemed kind of like a bitch.
"Hey skye." Cleo approached from behind me.
"Sup." I casually responded.
"*Sigh* Another day in this hellhole of a class." She said.
"Yeah…" I responded.
"-And another day without haydn." She frowned.
"Cheer up Cleo. We can at least be at ease knowing it's the end of the week" I said. We wouldn't have class for the weekend so that was good. It would be a much needed rest after such a long and stressful week.
"Yeah. I guess that's good." She nodded her head.
"Hehe." I giggled as we joked around.
"Alright maggots!"
My laughter quickly stopped as the pessimistic gym teacher came into the gym. She blew her whistle loudly which signaled us to line up in order.
Coach waters was wearing the same outfit from before, White T shirt, Blue spats and a Red headband. Her muscled legs revealed themselves to the class as she strutted to the middle of the gym.
"Alright Bitches! It's time for another dose of punishment." The sadistic gym teacher, Coach Waters said. then she spit on the ground.
"..." She looked around and noticed that weren't as many students as their were before.
" Haha. Cowards." She said to herself.
"Anyway, We're playing Volleyball today!" She explained.
I heard sighs and moans coming from some other students.
" Quit your bitching! It's less painful than dodgeball." Ms Waters responded.
"-As I was saying. We'll be getting back into teams again." She said. Once again people sighed.
"Fine! I'll make it more fair this time." She stated.
"Those who are 18 or younger get on this side of the court. Those who are 19 or older get on this side." She ordered. Everyone did as they were told. Me,Cleo and about six others got on the left side of the court while the seven older students got on the right side. It was still uneven but fairer than last time.
The coach then set up a volley net between the two teams which stretched about 20 feet long and 5 meters thin.
"Hey powder-puff, Catch!" Coach Waters threw the ball to cleo who caught it... Barely.
"Woah." Cleo said as she clutched the volleyball as it almost slipped through her hands.
"Did she just call cleo 'Powder-puff'?" I said to myself.
"You get first serve." She stated to cleo.
"O-Oh Ok." Cleo replied nervously.
The coach then went to the bleachers of the gym where she kicked up her feet and relaxed.
"Now, Start!" She blew her whistle which echoed throughout the room, Signaling the start of the game.
Cleo got her hands in position, Jumped up and served the ball. She hit it with all her might and the ball reciprocated by launching to the other side of the field. The other team not being prepared managed to miss hitting the ball back causing it to fall to the ground and scoring our team a point.
*Bleep*
"Match. 1-0, Nice job Powder-Puff." The coach Updated us on the score.
"Can you stop calling me, Powder-puff?" Cleo asked. "Sure thing…. Powder-Puff." The coach Laughed heartily at cleo's expense.
"-Now, It's the other team to serve." She stated. The other team began to get into their positions to serve. Since the other team was older than us, They were likely to use some tricks we didn't know; So I applied my Strategy accordingly.
"Cleo, Move to right a bit more." I asked.
"Huh, Why?" She responded.
" I think that they are trying to fake us out." I said as I squinted at their positions.
"O-Ok then. If you say so." Cleo followed me instructions and moved a little bit to the right.
"Ha!" The other team hit the ball with all of their might and just as I predicted the ball slightly curved to the right. "Cleo Now!" I shouted.
"Right!" Cleo bent her knees and jumped in the air! Using her right hand, She hit the ball back at the other team causing it to slam back on their side, Winning us another point.
*Bleep* The coach blew her whistle.
"Damn! You're on a roll today, Powder-Puff."
" The score's 2-0." She Reminded.
"I think we can win this skye!" Cleo said to me.
"Don't get too cocky! We still got a ways to go!" I said as I looked cleo in the eyes.
I was happy to see cleo take her mind off of haydn. The game of volleyball seemed to be a good distraction for her and maybe it could take my mind off of the horrifying visions I had seen earlier.
"Match Point! 5-2."
Coach Waters blew her whistle as the game of volleyball had ended. We had won the game by 3 points astoundingly. Cleo had scored 3 of those points alone and was now celebrating.
"We won, Skye!" she cheered as she ran towards excitedly.
"Yup! Mostly thanks to you. Are you a professional at this or something, cleo?"
"No. I've never even played volleyball before." She responded.
"What? Really? You must be a natural at this, then." I said.
"Teehee. Maybe I should be a volleyball player instead of a duelist?" Cleo joked.
"Heh. Don't count your chickens before they hatch." I Teased.
Coach waters began to take down the net that separated the gym. Her face seemed slightly less grumpy than before as if she was amused by what she saw.
" I Can't believe the younger team won. Are those old bones too creaky for you older team?" She asked sarcastically.
"We're only about 1 or two years older than they are madam…" One student replied.
"Don't you give any sass boy! Two Laps for you!" She blew her whistle at the poor student.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" He began to run around the gym like a yellow bellied chicken.
"... The rest of you are dismissed" She said as she began to clean up the gym.
"Alright then, Let's go cleo." Me and Cleo exited the building and when we did the sunshine immediately hit out eyes.
The sunshine has warmth in its brilliance, reflecting a shimmer from the ends of my eyelashes, deep brown though they are.. It's the kind of sunshine that comes at any time of year, illuminating summer meadows and alpine slopes all the same. I wish there was a word for the feeling it brings, for now I'm calling it "sunjoy."
"Wow! It sure is a sunny day. It would be a beautiful day for kayaking or bird watching." I observed.
"Yeah… I just can't enjoy day's like this without haydn-"
"Cleo…." I looked at her with a tempered face. I was mad that was she focused on Haydn instead of enjoying the moment.
"Im sorry. I just function without him! He's my world! And I just can't imagine living without him" Cleo exclaimed with tears in her eyes.
"Cleo… I know it's hard but you have to think positively." I suggested.
"I don't know if I can. *Sniff*" Cleo began to cry, Tears began to stream for her eyes and she covered them with her hands. Feeling terrible I tried to consul her by putting my arm over her shoulder. "There. There." I said.
Cleo cried some more with watery tears and she felt as if whole world was about to crumble. She sobbed and tears flooded like the waters rushing down from a waterfall and the only time she'd stop was to fill her lungs with fresh air. She fell into skye's arms and hugged her like she had never hugged before.
"I'm Sorry, Is this a bad time…?" From behind us, A familiar voice called out.
"Huh?" I looked back from cleo's arms to see the headmaster - Gerard Bullard. He was still as big and burly as always and was wearing his headmaster uniform, with all the buttons and strings attached.
" . What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I'm sorry to interrupt at such a ….tumultuous time." He Affirmed politely.
"-but There's something I need to talk to you about... Privately" He said.
"..." I paused, Cleo needed me right now. I couldn't just leave her like this.
"Can it wait? My friend is kind of in a crisis." I explained as I looked at Cleo who was still crying her eyes out.
"It's urgent but if you need some time I can wait."
"..." I paused again and looked at cleo.
"S-Skye go." Cleo uttered.
"Huh?"
"Don't worry a-about me, I'll be fine." She wept then looked into my eyes.
"Cleo, Are you sure?" I asked.
"Y-Yeah *Sniff*. I don't want you to miss out on something because of me." She answered and wiped tears from her face.
"Ok then. See ya later." I said back to her.
"Ok. I'll go with you, Sir." I said.
"Well then, off we go. Follow me." Mr Bullard proclaimed. The headmaster turned around and lead to me his office which was indeed a long ways from the gym. There, He would give me a shocking message.