THINGS
YOU DO FOR LOVE
Hi! I'm so thankful for the reviews! Whew, I thought I won't have any… hehe… Well then, here's chapter 12!
Chapter 12: Who?
It was twenty minutes past the hour of seven, as the school bell rang. The students inside class IV-A settled down on their seats and silence slowly crept inside the room. As complete silence was achieved, their adviser, Mr. Mwu La Flaga, tapped his table and greeted "GOODMORNING CLASS!" he's as energetic as ever! Although, he's always been like this every morning so it's no surprise.
The class stood up, responded and they all sat back down
Everyday, normal days at school or even during intramurals, the reading of the bulletin is an SOP (standard operating procedure). This is the time when advisers take up twenty minutes every morning to discuss to his/her class different things and concerns. It could be about school activities, class activities, etc., literally, everything.
These past few days, the bulletin reading session was filled with sports update and latest line-ups. Their adviser really is into sports and kept on saying that the school's reputation depends on some people in his class.
Obviously, everyone locked their eyes on the four most watched players in the class: Athrun, Kira, Lacus and Cagalli
The four didn't mind though. Eyes staring at them are not an unusual thing anymore; in fact, they got pretty used to it. Adding up to that, the four were too tired to even care why they're staring at them like that.
Apparently, out of the four, Lacus was the only one listening to their adviser's blabs. Cagalli had her head laid on her desk, Athrun is slumped on his chair and Kira is actually asleep!
She sighed seeing her companions' states. She shook her head as Mr. La Flaga approached her. Lacus' eyes widened, seeing that their adviser is now in front of her and his hands on his waist. 'Just when did he get in front of me?! He was at his table a wink ago!' Lacus thought alarmed, shaking her head and looking up to her seemingly angry adviser
"I suppose you could tell me why they look like that…" La Flaga spoke, his eyebrows hitting the skies in a skeptical manner
Lacus curved a smile and looked around. The room was now empty "Where did everybody go?" She asked, her question pretty out of topic
Mr. La Flaga posed a frown "Bulletin reading is over. About five minutes ago, Ms Clyne…"
Lacus smiled, feeling a bit embarrassed "I'm really sorry sir…" she stood up, bowed her head and sat back down
"What's going on in here? The day hasn't even started, yet my star players looked like beaten vegetables already!?" He asked with a loud voice, waking Kira. Kira jolted up, surprised.
"Well, good morning Mr. Yamato…" La Flaga greeted sarcastically
"Not now coach…" Kira uttered, placing his head on his desk lazily
La Flaga flared like a forest fire. His face turned bright red then he jumped up. He took his silver whistle from his pocket and blew the unimaginable loudest bang
Kira stood up automatically. Cagalli literally fell from her chair and Athrun hits his desk underneath with his knee. "Ouch!" he shouted, jolting up and rubbing his knee "What's with the wolf coach!?" Athrun exclaimed, his face crumpled
"You know it can kill the ears" Kira followed, rubbing his ears.
"It'll kill you, not just your ears if you don't get your butts out there and play! What's going on with the four of you!?" La Flaga's face was now redder than before as he stomps his way back and forth, the four-some watching him take each humungous step
Kira yawned and scratched his head "Easy there commander. We played basketball…" his eyes were still sleepy and Lacus laughed at the way he looks
"PLAYED BASKETBALLL!? WHEN!? YOU BETTER MAKE THIS ONE GOOD YAMATO OR YOU'LL GET NO MERCY FROM ME!" La Flaga sure is pissed
"We played from five in the morning to six… The four of us…" Athrun replied, rubbing his eyes "Yeah, one hour of non-stop basketball" Cagalli supported "REALLY TIRING!" Lacus finished
La Flaga's face flushed for a while. "Why?" he asked, gentler
"We thought a little game in the morning gets us boost up for the whole day. I think we kind of got carried away though…" Kira responded smartly. 'Bite on the bait wolfie…' Kira thought, having eye-contacts with Cagalli, Athrun and Lacus
"He's really good at reasoning, isn't he?" Athrun whispered to Cagalli "You bet" Cagalli assured
"Well you better get yourselves prepared! NOW! You have a soccer game in ten minutes! And you Attha, Clyne, you two should run towards the volleyball court double time! You'll have a game against South high in five minutes!" La Flaga sputtered every word as if he's talking to deaf people.
'Gotcha' Kira thought as he smiled secretly. He knows he got La Flaga convinced
Cagalli rolled her eyes then called onto Lacus. They went straight for the volleyball courts clicking glances at Athrun and Kira before they completely got out of the room
"You know commander, this isn't soccer training. You should try to lower your voice…" Athrun stated as he lazily walks towards the door "If you don't learn, I won't change!" La Flaga shouted just before Kira and Athrun went out of his sight
"They sure have a reason to be confident. The whole committees worry-free when they're the ones playing…" La Flaga shook his head reluctantly as he slid his whistle back to his pocket and went through the door where Athrun and Kira went out
On their way to the soccer field Kira and Athrun took a detour at their lockers to change to their spikes.
"Coach is pretty fired up lately, have you noticed?" Athrun started, closing his locker door and tapping his shoes heel to toe
Kira just done tying his spikes, stood up and stretched as he answered "Come to think of it, I never saw him use the wolf out of field bounds… Guess he's taking the intramurals more seriously this year" he finished, jumping a few and making last stretches
"Don't you think it's kind of weird…? I mean, what's with this intramurals anyway?" Athrun asked as he started walking
Kira shrugged "The only big thing for me this year is Lacus" he smiled brightly, looking far away
"Daydreaming dude… It's freaky…" Athrun uttered, poking him on the head "Well if your big thing is Lacus, mine is Cagalli" he countered
"I'd figured you'd say that" Kira then ran as they reached the field
"But seriously buddy, something strange is going on this year… All teachers are puffed into EACH and EVERY game" Athrun spoke intently, highlighting on the BIG parts
"We'll get the puzzles fixed, when we talk to the girls…" Kira confidently patted Athrun on the back as the team welcomed them for the game
VOLLEYBALL COURT
"2-1! Serve!" the referee whistled as Cagalli poses for a perfect serve. Then she bends backwards, and hits the ball with full force, as always. The ball spins as it passes over the net, and swoops towards the ground. It nearly hit the ground though as the maroon, short-haired girl dives in to receive it.
And she got it. The ball is alive and Cagalli's killer serve was defeated.
Cagalli stomped grumpily and was about to lose focus. "Cagalli set!" Luckily, Lacus' shout woke her up. She noticed the ball coming straight towards her and she hits it over smoothly
"Thanks girl!" she shouted back, tapping Lacus' hand
"Keep your eyes on the ball people!" Miriallia shouted, asking Lacus and Cagalli to both step a little further back. The other side was able to return Cagalli's smooth hit with a clear high shot. 'They think we're easy kittens' Cagalli thought as she receives the ball and shouts "Set it up Mir!" Mir smiled and nodded. She tosses the ball as Cagalli runs then jumps for it. As she was about to spike the ball so that it'll properly dig the ground, the same maroon-haired girl jumps in to level her with her blocking. Cagalli was aghast and she lost the urge to hit it the way she planned to do so. She was about to land on the ground, the ball still on air, as Lacus jumps up and spiked the ball for her
The maroon haired girl was devastated. She didn't expect her to take the shot.
Cagalli hugged Lacus; she's totally saved her out there!
The game grew as much as the tension rose; especially the heat building between Cagalli and the maroon haired girl.
Change courts, in favor of OPH (Orb Private High; lame, isn't it? I'm really sorry…)
South high asked for time-out
Cagalli was on her feet, insisting that she doesn't want to sit. Lacus was standing as well; she's looking at the maroon haired girl that's been giving them a pretty hard time
"She's good…" Lacus uttered, taking her sight away from lady maroon and drinking from her jug
Cagalli shook her head hastily "Don't let her get to you…" she answered wiping her face "Although I must admit, she is pretty tough…"
"I've never seen her since now… Have you noticed her before? Say, since intramurals?" Lacus asked, glancing again at lady maroon.
Cagalli shook her head, looking at Lacus questioningly. "Why are you going on about her anyway?"
Lacus shrugged. Cagalli chuckled, "You don't know?!"
"It's not that… but… I've been having this feeling that I've seen her before…" Lacus poked her head "Silly me… I've just mentioned a while ago that I've never seen her since now…"
Cagalli waved her hand in front of Lacus, while shaking her head "Speak out exactly what's on your mind girl" she stated, her eyes firm and exact
"Well she's…" but as Lacus was about to speak, the referee whistled and the game is to continue
"I'll hear you out later!" Cagalli shouted as she ran to her position.
Service is coming from South High. Lady maroon is the queen of the moment as she steps out for her service
She posed the exact same way Cagalli did. She even hit the ball the way Cagalli did. Everyone was surprised. It's totally and insanely the same!
As the ball went over the net, Cagalli felt something knocked on her back. Mir was actually pushing her forward because the ball is going to drop dead in front of Cagalli
"Incoming!" someone shouted from the crowd and Cagalli shook her head quickly and fortunately, she was able to hit the ball clear
It dropped just beside lady maroon which struck everyone watching, especially the whole South High volleyball team
"She just let it kiss the ground!" Mir exclaimed, pointing at lady maroon
Lacus and Cagalli were awed at her sudden stiffness. Lady maroon didn't move a muscle and her eyes were staring at someone in the crowd
Lacus is a pretty good observer and she traces the girl's sight. She glanced at the crowd watching, hoping to see who lady maroon's distracter is
Luck wasn't on Lacus' side at that moment for she couldn't figure out who she's looking at. Pretty disappointed for her curiosity wasn't satisfied, she went outside the court lines and prepared for her serve
Lacus bent slightly than how Cagalli does and her service is gentler; although, it is very deceiving. Just as it seems like it's not even going over the net, the ball hits the very net and drops swiftly on the other side. The South High players went mad.
"That's what you get for being such air-heads!" Cagalli whispered loud enough for her team to hear. They were all smiling.
Lacus made four more successful services, heating the other side even more. But at her fifth serve, lady maroon unbelievably received her ball.
Lacus was shocked, and so did the whole OPH team. But it can't let them down.
Lady maroon on the other hand felt pretty superior. She then started acting all bossy and playing all over the court, stealing shots that were supposed to be taken by other members. She's intercepting her own teammates receives!
"What's with her?" Cagalli asked, glaring at lady maroon. If there's one thing Cagalli hates in sports, it's being bossy and feeling all high and mighty. "She just received your service once, that doesn't give her the key to royalty…" Cagalli's lips pouted as she takes her place
The game went on and at some point, it seemed like it'll last for eternity. Cagalli and Lacus asked for substitutes but apparently, the other players and even their vice-coach disagrees to their request. They won't let them out even just for a minute or two!
"What are they thinking!? Gee, I'm sweating like a faucet here!" Cagalli exclaimed, throwing her head backwards and wiggling it. "And worst, sight is getting black every now and then. It's gonna kill me soon!" she ended, breathing heavily than she ever imagined she would
Lacus on the other hand spoke nothing. She's feeling the intense heat that her body is generating. Her arms are really red and it feels numb. Sure, she and Cagalli are varsities and are supposed to be stronger, but they've been playing four mind-blowing rounds already! It's 'best of five' match. OPH won the first two rounds but SH bagged the third. Their nearing to the end of the fourth round and the scores are tightly gaining on each other
Fllay, Eugene and another person was watching the game from afar.
"Well, there's the real Lacus…" Fllay uttered, looking at Eugene. She then rolled her eyes as she saw her cousin's reaction
He was dumbstruck "Who the hell is this girl!?" confused, he asked, his voice hushed but loud enough for Fllay to hear
"She's Meer Campbell… Leader of South High cheering squad" Fllay answered
"Cheering squad!? For Pete's sake, I never saw her around campus! Who are you trying to kid here!?" Eugene was madder than the mad hatter
"Cool off hot stuff…" Meer spoke, her voice giving shivers down Eugene's spine
'She even sounds just like her…' Eugene thought, not giving a single look at Meer's face
"I've been in the cheering squad years ago… your cousin here is ignoring the fact that I've been gone for so long…" Meer explained. At her words, Eugene noticed something
'I can tell she's not Lacus. She may look and sounds like her but… something is definitely DIFFERENT' Eugene thought, responding nothing to Meer's explanation
"She's been living in France for the past few years." Fllay added
"So, that's Lacus… My, my, we do look so much alike…" Meer stated in awe, staring at Lacus as she hits the ball
"Is this the first time you saw her?" Eugene asked, more confused and still not looking at Meer
Meer smiled brightly and nodded. "I've heard lots of people saying there's a Lacus here that looks just like me… Great coincidence…" she spoke, grinning "I'll go with your plan Fllay…"
Eugene looked at her for the very first time, and then to Fllay
Fllay looked like a villain in any soap opera. Her smile was purely out of evilness. "Wonderful…" She uttered seductively, knowing she got what she wanted
"What the heck?!" Eugene uttered, losing track of what's going on
Okay, so there. Any comments, questions, even suggestions, let me know. Thanks and please keep on reading, and if you have time, drop a review! God bless, see you all soon!