Chapter 7

No one seemed able to play nowadays. It was the end of the school year, meaning everyone was inside the school or their homes, studying for those darn finals. They went over what was on the test and all realized they had some studying to do. It seemed only Aorta, Fish, and Abbey knew what they were talking about. However, Aorta joined the sports club, so she was hardly around after school anymore. So Fish started hanging out with Abbey.

They spent a lot of time in the pool or Fish's tank, chasing lightning bugs at the end of the day, and simply playing tag or some other random game. Everytime Fish was having so much fun, he always thought," I wish Aorta was here.." As she was always at football practice for the next year or something like that. Also, the fact she needed to study a bit AFTER the practices made it harder for her to even get out.

Fish was having so much fun with Abbey, however, he seemed to forget about that problem. He would see Aorta in school and a lot in the summer. No biggie! it was that exact moment when Abbey slid on a patch of wet grass outside her pool and did a baseball-like slide into Fish. As the sudden impact on his fins was very hard, it of corse brought him down, landing on top of Abbey.

Not too far off, jersey still on, and helmet off, Aorta was walking home to her den. She was severely sweating and her normally bouncy hair was plastered to her forehead and back. She was smiling, as the couch yelled at the boys on the team, and for good reason. She was the best, according to the coach. She was able to run, tackle, and make a touchdown within minutes. She even tackled and knocked some boys down about three times her size. She felt like nothing could break this happy fealing of hers.

She rounded the corner, and dropped her Oaky Oaks football helmet in surprise. Off in a distance was Fish laying on top of Abbey, looking stunned as if something wonderful happened, and Abbey, blushing like crazy, muttering something. Aorta bent down, and picked her dirty helmet up, and snarled. "Fine. I see how you want to play, Mr. Go off with another girl." She said to Fish, even thought he couldn't really hear her. Aorta then gripped her helmet tighter as she quickly walked home, her claws making long gashes in the normally hard plastic.

However, Fish was not enjoying this at all. His head banged off the glass in his diving bell, making him look a bit stunned. Hey, that really hurts you know. And Abbey was 'blushing' for two reasons. She hit Fish's helmet with some force, making the side of her beak bleed, and the fact she accidently brought him down apon her. She quickly began muttering how sorry she was and how she really didn't mean that.

After Fish recovered from his shock, he nodded, rolled off of Abbey, and rocked himself back up. He turned and offered Abbey a fin back up which she greatfully took. After Abbey checked her beak, which was bleeding even more as she stood up, said to Fish, "You should go now. I expect its after six now." She said. Fish nodded, remembering to be home back by at least seven. He gave Abbey a hug, as a thankyou for letting him play and began jogging home. As he went around the corner, he spotted a familiar figure in a football uniform. He yelled at her to stop.

Aorta kept on walking, but slowed a bit. Fish thought she didn't hear him and yelled again. Aorta kept walking at a slow pace, her claws once again digging into the helmet. Fish sighed and shook his head. 'Crazy wolven.' He thought to himself, running after her. As soon as he was about a foot away from her, she spun around, a wild look in her eyes. "Get away from me." She growled, spitting at the ground in front of him. Fish skidded to a stop, staring deep into her eyes. "What wrong?" He blubbed at her. However, she just lowered her ears and growled, showing true signs of hatred this time. Her eyes flickered down to Fish's neck where he still had that necklace on. She threw her head back and howled with laughter. "HA! Nice attempt to butter me up. Its not going to work!" And with that, she turned, making sure to hit him in the stomach with full-force of her tail and began walking again.

Fish stood there, stunned once again. What just happened? What made her so upset? Fish thought for a while, unaware of what she saw with Abbey, which was a huge misunderstanding. 'Oh. Maybe she had a rough practice.. and she's out of it..' He thought, rubbing his stomach gently. 'Yes. That was it..' He thought, grinning, He then climbed up the ladder, dived into his tank and crept inside. Guppy was watching the Giggle's on TV. Fish stared at it, his eye twitching. Four seahorses in red, yellow, blue, and purple T-shirts singing happy songs HAD to be scary at some point. He quickly paddled past her and went to his room. Removing his helmet, and rolling over to sleep, he was unaware for the shock that was to come tomarrow.