A/N: I love you guys. Seriously. You guys deal with my crap i.e. dealing with the long period of time between my chapters. I know you guys will eventually get tired of waiting. Jeesh it's like feeding a hungry dragon or something. You never know when it's going to come back and bite you in the as- well you get the picture. Anyway to the story:
Soccer and Forgetfulness
(Poppy is 12 James 13)
PPOV
"Pick up the pace girls I'm gonna get gray hairs before you guys get finished with this lap." Mrs. Jenkins yelled at us. That was a little contradictory because she had iron gray hair. But then again Mrs. Jenkins loved to contradict herself. However I did pump my arms a little faster and I passed a couple of girls.
We were running around the soccer field. We had about 10 minutes till our game started. I had adrenaline racing through my body. Honestly I felt a little high. James would be in the crowd today and I wanted to look good in front of him. After all I WAS a showoff. Plus he would never let me get over this if we lost.
I finished the lap and skidded to a stop in front of Mrs. Jenkins. I bent over and put my hands on my knees and breathed slowly in and out. I soon got my breathing back to normal.
After the rest of the girls got back to her Mrs. Jenkins had us practice shooting at the goal. Chelsea, our goalie, was very good at deflecting the balls we kicked at her. (that sounds SO dirty) after about five minutes of that Mrs. J had us circle up and she gave us a pep talk. I only half listened. After all I'd heard it all before. "Ok Poppy you can yell it this time." She said to me. I nodded. We stuck all our hands in the middle of the circle. When our hands were all there I took a deep breath and screamed as loud as I could "FILLIES ON TWO… ONE… TWO…. FILLIES!!" we pulled away from the group and I went to start out on the field as center forward. The girl across from me looked to weigh about 3 times as much as I did. Good she would be slow and wouldn't be able to move as fast as I would.
The referee blew the whistle and I dribbled the ball around the girl and started to head up the field to their goal. I was just about to shoot when I felt someone ram into me from behind. I tripped-well flew- over the ball. My face hit the ground. There was a sickening crack as I landed on my hand. I dimly heard someone screaming. I realized it was me right before I blacked out.
JPOV
I hear the crack all the way across the field. Well then again I WAS a vampire. But still. I could smell the blood that spurted out of her nose. Although I could tell it wasn't broken it sure would feel like it was. Her arm, however, was a different matter. It was definitely broken. I had heard her scream. It was a sound of pure pain.
I got up out of my seat and walked to the side of the field where they were carrying Poppy. I wanted to be there when she woke up. They laid her on the ground. All of her teammates gathered around her as they waited for her to wake up. I could smell their sweat. It made me a little hungry. First poppy's blood now this? I wasn't going to be able to take much more.
I pushed my way through the girls and knelt down beside Poppy's limp body. I put my hand just above her wrist and let a little of my power flow into her. She moaned a second before her eyes started to flutter. When she finally opened her eyes she looked around her in confusion until they landed on my face. "James where am I? Who are these people? Why does my arm hurt?" she looked down at her arm. A large bruise was already starting to form where the bone had been poking at the skin. Ouch. "I think my arm's broken." She said. I rolled my eyes. "Thank you for that Captain Obvious." She smirked at me even though she had to be in pain and said "Always my pleasure James…. And who are these people again?" Mrs. Jenkins knelt on the other side of Poppy. "We're your soccer team. You've known all of us for a couple of months now." Poppy shook her head. "I don't think so. I don't even know any of your names." The soccer girls started to shift uneasily on their feet. Poppy started to try and sit up but I pushed her shoulder back down "I think it would be in your best interest to lie down until the paramedic comes." I told her. She scowled at me and said "Look James. I'm in a strange place I don't know who any of you people are and I have a bloody nose… can I at least have a tissue." I sighed a little. Poppy Poppy Poppy always right to the point. She had never been one to beat around the bush. She sat up despite my protests. She tilted her head back. after about a minute or so she cleared her throat and spit out a blood clot. That reminded me of my hungriness.
The EMT's finally arrived. Took them long enough. I let them take her. I had to get away from the game or I'd probably go mad from holding back my hunger. After the ambulance drove away the coaches decided to postpone the game until a "later date." I left and went to get something to eat.
PPOV
I woke up under my covers in my bedroom. I'd had an exhausting day. First I'd gotten my arm broken then I forget everything… but now I remember everything. They'd said I had had a concussion. That realization had probably helped me get my memories back.
My cast was starting to itch. I'd decided to go with a purple cast because purple was my favourite colour. Stupid cast. I knew that by the time it was supposed to come off I'd be half mad because of this cast. I shook my head and laid my head on my pillow. I studied the ceiling. As I did so dust motes were dancing through the air. I was mesmerized by them. I sighed and closed my eyes promising myself that I wouldn't fall asleep I'd just close my eyes.
I woke up to someone shaking me. It was my mom. Ugh bore. She told me I had to get ready for school. I sighed and got up from my bed. I began to get ready for the long school day ahead of me.
A/N: Jared if you're reading this (which I SINCERELY hope you're not) tell me what you think. PM me or something. Tell me what you think of my stories……
Lauren