Adi POV
"Whatcha doing, mate?" Kai asked, sitting next to me in the grass. "Oh wait, I know. We're doing track and field today aren't we?"
"Pretty much." I slid my legs apart, touching my toes to stretch. I looked across the track to where Emma was flirting with the Rugby team. So pathetic. Remember when I was talking about some people here having no morals? Yeah. She would be one of them. Her gym shorts, which were black SOFEES, were rolled up so that you could literally see her butt cheeks. And she cut her shirt, which was supposed to be a simple grey tank top, to make a 'V' down her chest. She was wearing a pink and black poka-dotted bra.
I shouldn't have known that.
So what I mean by no morals? Anyway, we were running track today. I didn't mind though. Running I was good at, my mom always told me I had a runners build, plus running just came naturally to me. And if I do say so myself, I'm pretty damn fast.
"Alright everyone! Listen up," The coach yelled. He was a middle age man with grey hair and a serious bald spot, he wasn't fit either. And he was only nice to people like Emma and people on the Rugby team. "I want everyone in groups of twos. Boy, girl. When you have a partner line up on the other side of the field."
I nodded at Kai's invitation to be partners. Together we walked over to the far side of the tracks; I noticed Emma and Johnny pairing together. "Relays?" Kai asked. "Remember last year? When he made us run the whole field, hand the baton to your team member, and then they had to run the whole field too?"
"It was easy if you didn't think about it."
"Wasn't Emma's time like 10 minutes, or something crazy like that?"
"Yup, which was really sad because I finished in 51 seconds."
"Bet ya 10 bucks you beat your record."
"Dude, not cool, I was going to bet you 20 bucks saying I could beat it."
"How about this, if you get 48 seconds you owe me 10, anything lower than that and I owe you $20 oh and so would Josh and Rip."
"Knock at least 4 seconds off my time, and get 60 bucks?" I thought about it, looking at the track which was starting to look really, really long. "Deal." We shook hands.
"We don't have any new people, so everyone remember how to run this?" Coach said. "Okay I want the first runner to stand in on a marked lane with their partners behind them." I walked to lane 2, with Johnny in lane 1 and people I didn't know in lanes 3, 4, and 5.
"You might as well give up now, Adi." Johnny said, talking over the coach. "We all know I'm going to win this and beat the school record." The record was 48 seconds, last year he got 50 beating me by 1 freaking second.
I ignored him, rolling my shoulders back. Behind me Kai told me to kick his ass, while Emma twirled her hair in Kais direction. I leaned down, getting into position with my hands on the ground.
"On your marks, get set…GO!" I shot forward, much faster than I would have expected. I didn't turn my head to check my surrounding, that would slow me down, but I knew I was neck and neck with Johnny. When the first curve started I suddenly shot forward with an extra dose of adrenaline when I remember how sexist Johnny was.
And I hate sexist people.
The curve straightened out revealing the hundred yard dash. I cleared that too in no time and started on my second curve. I readied the baton as soon as I locked my sight on Kai. He started running too, with his hand reaching out for the yellow thing. I stuck it in his hand and let go. He took off as I slowed my pace to a light jog. Then I stopped and turned around, Johnny just put the baton in Emma's hand. And everyone was staring at me with wide eyes.
"Addison Rivera, new school record." Coach paused, and boy did he look happy that some back talking, trouble making girl broke the record (SARCSIM), but he still had amazement in his eyes. "The new record to beat is 43.7 second."
There was a moment of silence.
Then, "COACH! THERE IS NO WAY A CHICK CAN RUN FASTER THAN ME. ME! THAT'S FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE—43.7 SECONDS ISNT EVEN A REASONABLE TIME! I MEAN COME ON, COACH!" He continued his rant, but I tuned him out when Kai stopped and landed our team in first place for relays. However I wasn't focused on that, and as soon as he stopped and looked at Johnny's red face then back to me, I started screaming too.
"OH YEAH—SUCK IT, KAI! I BEAT THE RECORD." This is where I started dancing, but I quickly sobered up and held out my hand. "20 bucks, Kai, cough it up." He started grumbling but handed me the money. "I thought you would have learned by now…you can't win with me."
"Well you're some freaky genetic mutated chick…or something!"
"Mutated chick?"
He sighed loudly. "Never mind." I started to watch the last group of runners finish. "Anyway, so don't forget we're all hanging down by the beach tonight."
"How could I? Hayes has been riding my ass about it all week."
"That's because it's going to get intense."
"It always is."
Mina walked down to us with a towel in hand decked out in a teal strapless bikini; she quickly rolled the towel out in the sand and gave us all a look while dropping her oversized bag on the ground.
"Please tell me someone has a brilliant idea."
"Mina, babe, what are you talking about?"
"I mean I'm hungry and would like to eat."
"There are pizzas in my car—to keep it warm." Josh said, tossing her the keys. Hayes and Josh had a glint in their eyes. "And, uh, Chase my man, why don't you help Mi by grabbing the cooler, yeah?"
"Whatever, mate." The two scurried off towards his car, leaving the rest of us with a coy Josh.
"The hell do you have planned?" I asked. Josh just grinned and we sat in silence until Mina came running back with 4 large pizza boxes and a very slow Chase trailing her. He dropped the cooler at my feet, and Hayes motioned for me to open it. I threw him a look before I slowly lifted the lid.
"Booze, guys? Damn, we're going to get such a hangover, and I have a fucking exam tomorrow."
