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Author's Note: Thank you for the wonderful reviews and for reading my story . . . here's the next chapter ;).
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Chapter Nineteen: Cheers and Smackdowns
School gym:
After a couple of weeks of anxious anticipation the day of the big game had finally arrived. The signs were made and everyone at school was excited about it. The students and faculty were currently in the gym having a pep rally trying to hype up the players as well as wanting to get all the students involved in the festivities.
Olivia and Elliot were sitting on the top bleachers with Connie, Mike, Chester, Casey, and Melinda. Fin wasn't sitting with them because he was in sitting with the football team on the first row listening to their Principal Jack McCoy's words of encouragement.
"I want everyone to have fun tonight at the game, but I also want everyone to be safe. There will be no alcohol allowed on school grounds. If anyone gets caught with it they will be expelled no questions asked, are we clear? School's out at 2pm so as soon as we're done here you're all free to go home because we have the parade at 3pm and the game starts at 7pm." Principal McCoy informed the whole student body. "Now that we got that out of the way, I'll let Coach Curtis say a few words."
Everyone started cheering after they heard that school was out early.
"Coach Curtis is so hot," Connie dreamily stated.
"We all know you're in love with him," Mike teased.
"Who's Coach Curtis?" Casey asked confused.
"You've been here for this long and you haven't seen him?" Melinda asked.
"Nope, I guess I'm not too much into sports," Casey shrugged.
"Me neither, but Coach Curtis makes me wanna join a team," Connie chuckled.
"Well who wouldn't? He's a fine hunk of a man. Rey Curtis is a grade A-side of beef; he's yummy," Melinda said chuckling and high-fiving Connie.
"Ugh, please I just might lose my lunch," Chester said while pretending to dry heave.
"Don't be a hater Chester," Melinda laughed.
Everyone slowly stopped talking when they saw Coach Curtis approach the microphone.
"Thank you Principal McCoy." Coach Curtis smiled at the students. "I know everyone is hyped about the game tonight so I just want to say that I know we're going to bring the championship home this year."
'YEAH, WOOH, and WINNERS,' were among the cheers that could be heard throughout the gym.
"All right, all right settle down," Coach Curtis said while smiling at the students' enthusiasm. "We all know that the team hasn't been the same since Stabler left his position as captain, but we've been training really hard, and I know that this will be our year to shine."
More cheers could be heard throughout the gym. After the coach finished his speech the cheerleaders took the stage with Kathy grabbing the microphone.
"This is for you Elliot," Kathy said as she blew him a kiss before they started their routine.
Elliot groaned in disgust before grabbing Olivia's hand and helping her to her feet. They then made their way down the bleachers to leave the gym as everyone stared at the couple's retreating forms.
As they made it to the bottom Kathy ran over to the couple stopping them in their tracks.
"Where are you going, baby?" Kathy sweetly asked as she ran her hand over Elliot's chest.
Elliot roughly grabbed her hand and shoved it away from him, "Don't you fucking touch me!"
Kathy gasped in surprise as she took a step away from Elliot, "What's with you?"
"What's with me?" he seethed.
"Yes, you've never rejected my affection towards you before," she said as she rubbed her wrist.
"That was before you fucked Eckerson, thanks for that by that way. You showed me your true colors," he angrily spat.
"Are you still upset over that? Get over it, it happened over a year ago!" she weakly tried defending herself.
Elliot took a deep breath trying not to explode with the rage he felt. He was about to tell her off in front of the whole school when he heard a voice shouting at him.
"Fuck off Stabler, and leave her alone!" Andy shouted as he neared.
"Go fuck yourself Eckerson! Take this slut with you while you're at it," Elliot hollered as he faced Andy.
"Slut?" Kathy screeched just as she was about to slap Elliot a hand stopped her in midair.
"Don't even think about it!" Olivia hissed as she roughly yanked Kathy's hand before pulling back and slapping her hard across the face.
"Get off!" Kathy squealed as she grabbed her throbbing cheek.
The whole school was quiet while watching the scene that was taking place. Fin was immediately making his way over in case Andy tried doing anything stupid. The guys sitting at the top of the bleachers were also making their way over to the group to make sure things didn't get too out of hand.
"Don't touch her you bitch," Andy in turn grabbed Olivia's forearm.
"Big mistake asshole!" Elliot growled enraged when he saw that Eckerson had the nerve to put his hands on his girlfriend before tackling him to the ground and accidentally bumping into Olivia which caused her to fall as well.
After that all hell broke loose as teachers finally jumped in trying to stop the fight.
"Shit, Olivia!" Casey hollered when she saw her sister go down.
"Are you okay?" Coach Curtis asked concerned as he helped Olivia to her feet.
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you," Olivia weakly smiled.
Elliot got a few good shots in before they were eventually stopped. Principal McCoy held a bleeding and bruised Andy back with the help of the football team while Coach Curtis and Fin held Elliot back with Olivia's help.
Chester was looking at everyone when he noticed that Kathy was trying to sneak her way behind Olivia while holding a thick textbook. It didn't take a genius to figure out her intentions so he quickly moved in between them and took the shot to the head that was meant for her.
"Chester!" Casey shouted when she saw Kathy strike him with the book.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Connie yelled while she took the book away from her with Mike's help.
Elliot had instinctively pulled Olivia behind him not wanting her to get hurt.
Casey knelt down next to her boyfriend, "Are you alright?"
"Hmm, I'm fine. Now I know what they mean by knowledge is power," Chester joked.
"Dawg, that was cool of you to take the hit," Fin chuckled helping Chester to his feet.
"How did you know what Kathy was planning on doing?" Melinda curiously asked.
"I saw Kathy with the book, but I didn't have enough time to warn Olivia so I reacted," Chester groaned.
"Thank you so much," Olivia smiled in gratitude before giving him a quick hug.
"Can't thank you enough man, I owe you one," Elliot said while patting him on the back.
"This is unacceptable! I want you four cleaned up before I see you in my office. Go now!" Principal McCoy ordered.
Nurse's Office:
Elliot was sitting on a bench near the nurse's office while Olivia carefully disinfected his cut up knuckles with the first aid kid she got from the nurse. He didn't want to go in because he knew Andy was in there and he didn't want to have to beat the shit out of him again; okay maybe he did, but he promised Olivia he wouldn't.
"There all done," Olivia said as she placed a gentle kiss on his bandaged knuckles.
"Thanks Liv," Elliot said as he caressed her cheek.
"No, thank you. I'm sure if you hadn't stopped Andy, I would've cleaned his clock," she said laughing.
"Yeah, I bet you would have," he chuckled.
"Hey, don't be a smartass," she playfully chided him.
"I'm sorry, baby. I don't know what came over me, but when I saw him put his hands on you; I just lost it. The next thing I know we're on the ground and I'm beating him senseless," he said trying to make sense of the situation.
"It's okay, I was so close to doing the same thing to Kathy before that dick interfered," she nodded in understanding.
"That's why I love you so much, Liv. You're amazing, you know that?" he whispered in her ear before nipping on her earlobe.
"People tell-l-l me all the time-e-e," she replied breathlessly at his actions.
"Ahem," Coach Curtis cleared his throat.
Both stopped what they were doing to look at the Coach heading their way.
"Coach," Elliot greeted.
"Stabler, that was some fight. I believe that tackle was why you were captain and Andy wasn't," Coach Curtis said with a small smile before turning to Olivia. "How are you doing? Did you make sure you weren't injured?"
"I'm fine, thanks," Olivia quickly said hoping that Elliot didn't hear that last part, but by the look on his face she was pretty sure he did.
"What are you talking about?" Elliot asked confused.
"She went down when you tackled Eckerson, took a nasty spill too," Coach Curtis informed Elliot.
"What? Why didn't you say anything?" Elliot turned his attention towards Olivia.
Olivia shrugged, "I said I was fine, didn't I?"
"Yeah, you did," the coach smirked at her response.
"Liv . . ." Elliot started to say before Olivia cut him off.
"Stop, El I'm fine. I just got a little scrape which I already disinfected and put a band aid on, so it was no biggie. That's why I didn't think it was important enough to mention. Besides, my biggest injury is my hand which is still throbbing from slapping Kathy," Olivia smirked as she silently pleaded with Elliot to drop the subject.
"If you're sure," Elliot said which in turn earned him a growl from Olivia.
"I'll be back, I have to use the little girls' room so don't do anything stupid while I'm gone," Olivia sternly told Elliot before turning to the coach. "I'm leaving him under your supervision; he'd better be in one piece, and sitting here when I get back."
Both Elliot and Coach Curtis laughed at Olivia's words.
"Wow, she's feisty isn't she?" Coach Curtis laughed.
"You have no idea," Elliot mumbled.
"I talked to Principal McCoy; I explained everything that went down since I was right there. I also had to tell him about your history with Eckerson and Kathy. He said he wouldn't punish you or Olivia this time, but if it happened again there would be repercussions," Coach Curtis informed him.
"Thanks Coach, but if Kathy and Eckerson keep budding heads with Liv and me things are going to get outta hand again," Elliot sighed in frustration.
"I know, and Principal McCoy already warned them about that so if they keep harassing either of you just tell me, and I'll make sure to deal with it," the coach replied.
"So what happened to them?" Elliot asked curious to find out if they were punished.
"Well they both got suspended for staring the fight; Eckerson got pulled from the game, and Kathy can't be on the squad tonight. Oh, and they're not allowed to attend either," the coach replied.
"What about the game? Without Eckerson you're a man short," Elliot informed Coach Curtis.
"Nah, don't worry about it. I've got it covered, I already found a replacement. It's a good thing Eckerson is expendable, not like you were Stabler. I still haven't found a suitable replacement for you," Coach Curtis smirked as he got up to leave.
Elliot frowned, "You know what my reasons for leaving the team were; it was never anything against you. I also appreciate what you did for me, thanks for everything Coach C."
"I know," Coach Curtis smiled before leaving. "Oh, and Elliot I wish you nothing but the best with Olivia and your relationship. The way she looks at you Stabler, you know she's in it for the long run."
Elliot smiled at the coach's words and when he saw Olivia approaching.
"Miss me, my love?" she teased.
"Always, come on let's get out of here," he responded as he held her hand as best he could with his bandages.
"What about Principal McCoy?" Olivia asked confused.
"Don't worry about it, it's taken care of," he smiled.
"What do you mean?" she smirked at his response.
"I'll tell you about it on the way. Come on, I want to grab a bite to eat. I'll even give you half of my sandwich if you give me half of yours," Elliot said as he tugged on her arm.
"All right, jeez," Olivia laughed as they made their way out of school.
Sub shop:
"Here's your food, enjoy," the waitress smiled as she gave them their order.
Elliot and Olivia both thanked the waitress.
"This looks tasty," Olivia smiled when she noticed Elliot staring at her.
"Yes, it does," Elliot replied but didn't take his eyes off her.
"I meant the food, you perv," she snorted.
"Oh, yeah that does too," he chuckled as he handed her half his sandwich.
"Thanks, and here's half of mine," she smiled because she remembered that their friends found that little ritual of theirs strange. After some time they both decided to go their separate ways and meet up later for the game.