A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to update. I have exams in a few weeks and school circus performances this week, so I haven't had much time to write. I am sorry for keeping everyone waiting so long. Another chapter here. Once again I hope no one is OOC, but if they are I apologise. Thank you to everyone who reviewed my story... THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Okay so onto the chapter. R&R!! =D
Disclaimer: Same as previous.
Little did she know, how right she was.
The next hour of class went slowly for all involved, even Courtney found herself losing interest in English Lit; while Izzy almost broke the chair she was sitting in from all her impatient twitching. When the bell rang signalling the end of class, the students were all too happy to rush to their next class. However when they reached the change rooms, the reality of the subject came crashing down on them.
"Ugh! Could they make these things any shorter?" Courtney exclaimed, tugging on her phys ed shorts.
"I know what you mean girl. These don't complement Shawni's figure!"
Heather scoffed while changing her shirt. "Something actually does compliment you?" Heather smirked while LeShawna fumed. "Never would have guessed."
LeShawna was about to attack Heather, but Courtney and Bridgette held her back.
"Just ignore her. She's not worth it."
LeShawna just nodded at Bridgette and went back to trying to lengthen her shorts. Courtney and Bridgette resumed changing.
"Ugh! I hate Phys Ed! I seriously don't remember putting it down."
Bridgette sighed as she adjusted her top. "At least you have coordination skills. I trip at least once a day, and Phys Ed just increases that risk."
Courtney sighed and began lacing up her trainers. She looked up when Gwen started to speak.
"I didn't put down Phys Ed. None of us did." Courtney gasped in shock, as Gwen continued. "Turns out that just our homeroom has to do it."
"Say what now?!" LeShawna, and most of the girls in the change room looked appalled.
"Duncan told me…" At the mention of the punk's name Courtney scoffed lightly. Gwen ignored her and continued. "… at lunch that he heard Chris on the phone. He was talking about our homeroom, and that we had to do Phys Ed."
"You mean that crazy white guy is making' us do this?"
Gwen nodded her head, while the girls groaned. The guys meanwhile, were in much higher spirits.
"Finally!" Duncan cheered. "A class I can actually get into!"
Geoff gave him a fist pound. "Right on bro! This is gonna be great! Right DJ?"
DJ smiled as he pulled on his shirt. "Yeah. I just hope it's not track. We already have training after this. Don't really wanna run twice."
"Run?" Owen chocked out. "Gee… I really hope we're not doing that."
Everyone in the change room knew the exact reason why Owen wouldn't want to run.
"Whatever man." Duncan scoffed. "As long as we're not doing a girly sport. I'm cool."
Tyler was jogging on the spot. He was already changed and just waiting to go. As soon as the others were done, he charged out of the room and into the gym. As the rest of the guys walked in they noticed that it was empty. The teacher and the girls were not there.
Geoff looked around confused and turned to Duncan. "Thought you said Chris said we had the class with the girls."
Duncan scratched the back of his head. "I did man. I mean at least that's what I heard him say. This bites."
Moments after Duncan had spoken the door burst open and the girls came rushing in. The guys were staring at their outfits; short navy shorts, with white three quarter length white shirts with blue sleeves, the school logo on the chest. As their eyes travelled higher, they noticed that many of the girls had looks of irritation and anger on their faces. They stood near the boys, waiting for the lesson to start. The tardy bell rang, and the students looked around for the teacher. Noah was about to take out his book when there was a loud static sound, signalling a megaphone.
"Hello students…"
The group turned to see Chris standing on the bleachers. He had a megaphone in one hand and a giant smirk on his face. He raised the megaphone and began to speak again.
"I'm your Phys Ed teacher. Isn't that great?"
The entire group groaned in unison. Chris chuckled at their discomfort, and hopped off the bleachers.
"Today we're going to play a little game. It's called…" The students looked at him, curious as to what they were going to play.
"Dodgeball!" He cried whipping a ball from behind his back.
He discarded the megaphone and began to explain the game.
"Dodgeball consists of two teams. You have to hit the opposite team with the balls. If you catch the ball, the person on the other team is out and you get to bring a player back in the game. If you get hit with the ball… you're out!"
He smirked. "Any questions?"
Lindsay spoke up. "So what do I do when the ball comes at me?"
"You dodge!" Chris cried, throwing the ball at Lindsay, expecting for it to hit her. However inches away from her face she caught the ball.
Everyone gawked at her, until Chris spoke up. "Or you just do that…"
"Oh…" Lindsay giggled. "Okay then!"
Chris cleared his throat and continued talking. "I'm gonna split you guys into two teams. You're going to go in those teams, and you're going to deal with it. Got it?"
A chorus of unenthusiastic 'yeahs' prompted Chris to continue.
"Okay then. If I call your name, stand over there." He said pointing to one end of the gym. "Noah, Beth, Cody, Lindsay, Owen, Izzy, Justin, LeShawna, Trent, Gwen and…." Chris grinned evilly surveying the group.
"Heather."
"Ugh! Are you serious? I have to be stuck with weird goth girl and LeShawna?" Heather exclaimed with a look of disdain plastered on her face.
Chris smirked at Heather's discomfort. "Think of it this way… at least they can't pelt you with balls…"
"Darn," Gwen grumbled.
LeShawna patted her back. "At least Juvie is on that team." She said pointing to Duncan. "And Little Miss CIT," pointing to where Courtney was standing. "I'm pretty sure someone will hit her." She said with a small smile.
The two chuckled and hi-fived, making their way towards the rest of their team. When they got there Cody waved at Gwen, she offered a small wave in return, before turning back to LeShawna. Cody's gap tooth smile grew even more before turning to Noah, receiving a five-dollar note from him. Cody chuckled at Noah's irritated grumbling.
"Told you she forgave me." He smirked.
Noah grumbled. "She's still not going out with you."
Cody sighed dramatically. "Ah, tis true. But it doesn't matter, because the Codemeister is going to use his charms on another lucky lady." He finished with a smile.
Noah's eyebrows raised in interest. "And who might the lucky lady be?" His voice heavily laced with sarcasm.
Cody smiled. "Secret."
Noah once again raised an eyebrow, but made no move in trying to find out who the mystery girl was.
"The rest of you!" Chris shouted. "Are on the other team."
Duncan rolled his eyes.
"Duh." Harold wheezed.
Chris sent a glare in their direction. "Okay then. Only five on court at a time in a normal game… but seeing as there are so many of you guys… we'll have… Nine! So that means two out per game. It's best out of three people. You have two minutes to strategise! Go Go Go!!!"
Both teams formed into a tight huddle. On the first team, Heather was taking charge.
"Okay! We need a plan people!"
"We should put the strong people on first." Cody offered. "If we beat them in straight sets, then we don't have to use people who can't play as well…"
"Hmm…" Heather pondered. "That's a reasonable idea. Everyone agree?" There was a chorus of nods. "So… who's off?"
Everyone looked at each other, before Noah sighed dramatically. "I'll do it."
Everyone watched him leave the circle and head to the bleachers. "Well," Beth said. "Who else?"
"I'll sit off this round."
Everyone turned to where Izzy had spoken.
"Okay then, that's the team for this round."
The second team meanwhile, were having a harder time trying to decide the team arrangements.
"Who's going off?"
"We can't just send someone off!" Courtney protested. "We need to strategise!"
"Why?" Katie questioned.
"Because," Courtney sighed. "We'll lose if we just run out there with no plan."
"Okay then…" Duncan started. "Here's the plan." Everyone leant in closer to hear what he had to say. "We go out there. We throw the balls at the other team. When they throw balls at us, we either catch it, or we dodge. End of plan, end of discussion." He turned to Courtney with a smirk on his face. "That okay with you Princess?"
She scowled at Duncan. "My name is not Princess!" She snapped. "And no it is not okay… they were just the rules. That's not strategy."
"I thought you loved following the rules Princess." He drawled.
She scoffed. "There is a big difference between rules and strategising. And since when do you follow them? I thought you were too cool for rules." She drawled sarcastically.
He smirked at her. "I follow rules. Well only the ones I want to." He turned to everyone else. "All in favour of my plan?" He watched as everyone apart from Courtney raised their hand. "All opposed? Courtney's hand shot straight in the air. "Well it's settled then. We're following my plan. Who's sitting out?"
Courtney was about to protest but Eva cut in. "Home-school would be more than happy to sit out. Wouldn't you Home-school?"
Ezekiel nodded in pure fear, as Eva pounded her fist into her other hand.
"Well it's settled. Home-school and Princess are sitting out."
"Me?!" Courtney squeaked. "Why me?"
Duncan smirked at her. "Because darling… you don't think my plan will work. And on the sideline you'll get the best view of it working."
Courtney was about to snap at him, when Chris' voice echoed in the gym.
"On court dodgeballers!"
The team began walking towards Chris. Courtney scowled at Duncan and started to walk to the bleachers. She was stopped when someone grabbed her wrist. She turned around to see Duncan. She was about to snap at him when he whispered into her ear.
"Don't worry Princess. If you're a good girl I'll let you play next round." He leant back. "Okay?"
Courtney scoffed. "Fine! But only because I refuse to be stuck with him," She said jabbing her finger in the direction of Ezekiel. "For longer than absolutely necessary."
Duncan smirked at her, and as she turned slapped her butt. She let out a high-pitched squeal, both her hands flying to cover her butt. She turned around to glare at Duncan, who was smirking at her.
"Pervert!" She hissed.
"C'mon Princess…" He drawled, smirking seductively at her. "You know you liked it."
Courtney was about to reply, when a shrill whistle interrupted her. Her and Duncan turned to see Chris standing with his hands on his hips. "Sometime today people!"
Duncan sent Courtney a flirty wink before walking off court. She scoffed and walked to the bleachers where Ezekiel was sitting.
"You alright?"
Courtney turned to where he was sitting. "Apart from getting groped by a pierced imbecile, yes I'm fine."
He nodded at her. "That's good eh."
Courtney was about to reply when…
"PLAY BALL!"
The two teams were on opposite sides of the court, each team having started with four balls. Within the first minute Sadie had gotten out, due to her being distracted by Justin. Katie followed not long after. Balls were flying in all directions, and Chris on the referee chair was having a difficult time keeping up.
A ball from Owen came flying towards Duncan, but missed when Duncan dropped to the floor. DJ picked up the stray ball and pelted it towards Justin, getting him out while he was trying to distract Eva and Bridgette. As soon as the whistle sounded it sounded again, as Heather was hit by a well-aimed ball from Bridgette. The Queen Bee stalked off the court, trying to ignore the snickering from LeShawna and Gwen.
The next few minutes were difficult to follow. Team Two had massive losses, with Geoff, Eva, DJ and Bridgette all getting out one after the other. Tyler got hold of a ball, but instead of hitting Trent like he aimed, he hit Chris, getting him automatically sent off the court. Owen threw a ball at Duncan, which the punk was able to catch, sending Owen off and enabling Sadie back on the court. This didn't last long as she was sent off moments after entering, after getting hit by Gwen. Karma bit back however when Duncan got out Trent, Gwen, LeShawna and Beth, while they were congratulating each other. Harold managed to get Lindsay out, but was hit by a ball from Cody.
It was down to the final two. Duncan and Cody. Everyone sat with baited breath. Duncan was the clear favourite, but no one dare say anything to jinx him. Duncan picked up a ball, while Cody stood there preparing for the attack. Duncan faked throwing the ball making Cody flinch, before throwing the ball seconds later. What happened next shocked everyone in the gym.
The ball was flying towards Cody. He had no time to throw himself out of the way. He managed to grab a ball and deflect the incoming one back towards Duncan. Duncan wasn't expecting it didn't move and was hit in the stomach by the speeding ball. As soon as it rebounded onto the ground, Team One burst into applause, hoisting Cody into the air. Team Two sank in their seats, while Duncan sat dumb founded on the court, where he had fallen.
The whistle sounded causing everyone to look to Chris.
"Well done Team One. Team Two… what can I say? Pretty pathetic. You might want to come up with some strategy this round. Two minutes before the next game. Hup hup."
Team Two were once again huddled, while Team One congratulated Cody.
"Great game guys. We almost won. Now with a plan," Courtney said glancing at Duncan. "We might just win. Any suggestions?"
"You mean you don't have something already planned Princess? Thought you would have been doing that last round, while you were on the bleachers. With all of us having a specific play to make." Duncan drawled sarcastically.
Courtney ignored Duncan and looked to the others. "Well… any ideas?"
"I've got one…"
Everyone turned to where Ezekiel had spoken.
"Yeah? And what's your great idea Home-school?" Eva snarled.
He shook nervously before revealing his plan. "Well… In the last round, lots of people got out at the same time when they were grouped together. If you group them together, it's harder to dodge, as you're limited in where you can move. If we can get them to group up, then it'll be easier to get them out."
"Woah…"
"That's a good idea Zeke," Bridgette stated. "But how do we get them in a group?"
"She's right. They won't just do that willingly." DJ explained.
"That's easy. Same idea as when you're herding. You cause constant distractions around the outside, forcing them to head for the safer area in the middle. Where they group up, in order not to get hit."
"So… you're saying if we throw the balls on the outer edges, consistently, they will group up in the middle where we can get them out easy?"
"Yeah."
Duncan nodded. "I like it. Princess?"
Courtney beamed at Ezekiel. "It's brilliant. Everyone in?"
Everyone agreed.
"Alright then… Who's sitting this one out?"
"Ohh… Courtney! We will!"
Courtney turned to where Sadie had spoken. "Are you sure?"
The two nodded their heads rapidly. "We both played last round. And if you want we can time and see how much faster this game is to the other one."
Courtney smiled, placing her hand in the middle of the circle. "Great idea. Everyone ready to kick some butt?"
Everyone placed their hands on top. "Yeah!"
The whistle sounded, and the teams made their way to the court. As they were walking Duncan whispered to Courtney.
"I like it when you talk like that."
Courtney looked at him. "Like what?"
He smirked. "All aggressive like. Getting ready to kick someone's butt. It's really hot, Princess."
Courtney blushed red as Duncan walked ahead. When they reached, they noticed that Noah was once again off, but this time Izzy replaced Beth.
"Ready teams?"
Everyone gave Chris a nod.
"Then… PLAY BALL!"
Team Two was quick from the start. With Ezekiel's plan they had direction and purpose. Courtney, DJ, Ezkiel, Duncan and Geoff all threw balls at the outer edges of the court. They were thrown at different times, keeping Team One on their toes. While they were herding the opposition, Cody managed to get Tyler out. Within a few minutes Team One was successfully grouped together, signalling the beginning of the onslaught.
Courtney, Duncan and Bridgette aimed balls in the middle of the group, causing Heather, Owen and Gwen to get out. Meanwhile Eva and DJ were keeping the group bunched together. Trent managed to get Geoff out, with Bridgette following soon after. LeShawna aimed a ball at an unsuspecting Duncan, but DJ managed to catch it sending her out and bringing Tyler back in. Cody was soon out, after a deadly underarm throw from Courtney. Eva was out when Izzy projected a ball towards her, whilst flipping through the air. Lindsay threw the ball and managed to hit Tyler. When she realised who it was she ran forward to apologise, but was hit by a ball from DJ. It was soon down to Izzy and the remaining members of Team Two.
She did a high flip in the air, managing to avoid getting hit, all the while sending a barrage of balls towards the other team. She managed to get Courtney out, while Duncan narrowly avoided following her to the bleachers. Once Izzy landed she was not quick enough to avoid a ball from DJ. Izzy was finally out.
When the whistle sounded signalling victory Team Two erupted in cheers. Ezekiel was hoisted onto their shoulders, and once he was placed down, was hugged by many of the girls on the team. While Team Two celebrated, Team One were left to face the truth of their predicament.
They had lost.
"The scores are now tied! It's anyone's game people. The final grudge match. Team One versus Team Two." Chris rubbed his hands together happily. "Who will win? Who will lose? Why…"
"Why are you narrating? We're the only ones here Chris and we know what's happenin'."
He glared at LeShawna. "It's for dramatic tension. Duh!"
LeShawna shook her head. "Poor deluded white guy."
"I'm not deluded," Chris grumbled. "Or poor!"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"We'll find the answers to all these questions, in just moments!" He finished, with a wide sweeping arm movement.
"What is this? A tv show? I don't think so!"
Chris smirked at LeShawna. "Well if it was I'd be a really great host!"
"Uh, no you wouldn't." Heather sneered.
"Yes I would."
"I hate to say this," Gwen stated. "But Heather's right. You wouldn't."
"I would." Chirs whined.
"Dude get over it. You'd suck on tv which is why you're a teacher." Duncan stated, Courtney nodding her head in agreement.
Chris glanced at the teenagers surrounding him. "Do any of you think I'd make a good tv show host?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Not even in the slightest…"
"Nuh uh…"
"In your dreams…"
Chris glared at the group. "Enough! I'd make a great host and that's final!"
Before anyone could answer in the negative, Chris blew the whistle.
"PLAY BALL!"