Two more chapters yay! so i know this is getting really off track, too much comedic relief, actual things should happen in the next chapter or two. please review! loves you all! 3
Chapter 12
"Gym class, ugh!" Dinah groaned as she strode out of the girls' dressing room the next day.
"Cheer up, we're playing basket ball today." Kathryn tugged her reluctant friend along. When the girls entered the gym Edrear and Edaniel were already there, both looking rather confused as they stood around in basketball shorts and gray t-shirts with the school's logo on the front.
"This is exceedingly odd." Edrear commented as he observed identically clad teens do random warm-ups and stretches.
"Exceedingly pointless more like." Dinah grumbled as she touched her toes. A whistle blew and the whole class jogged over to the gym teacher, Coach Inman.
"Alright! Who wants to be captain?" he called waving a basketball in front of the class. Edaniel jumped up and down excitedly. Edrear just stuck his hand in the air. "OK then, you two new boys pick your teams, boy, girl, boy, girl got it?" Edrear nodded in a rather military fashion as Edaniel just surveyed the class.
"Um….Nick." Edaniel said after a moments consideration. Nick trotted over and gave Edaniel a high five.
"I suppose I'll pick Derek." Edrear shrugged, uninterested. Derek slumped over.
"Kathryn's my girl." Edaniel put on a suave smile as Kathryn rolled her eyes.
"Since when?" she whispered as she passed.
"Since ever." Edaniel stuck his tongue out at Derek.
"Dinah." Edrear said automatically. A few of Kathryn's other friends made "oooh" sounds as Dinah jogged over.
Seeing as Edaniel and Edrear didn't remember any of the other students names, besides Sarah, (plus I don't want to make up random new ones that will only be referenced to in this one little bit of dialogue) the rest of the teams were chosen by pointing. Once the teams were assembled Coach Inman blew his whistle and tossed the ball into the air. Edrear jumped higher than Edaniel and smacked the ball over to his team. Dinah caught the ball for some odd unexplainable reason and Edaniel snatched it from her surprised grip. He chuckled to himself and made a beeline for the basket. He tried for a lay-up but Edrear jumped in at the last minute and swiped the ball from over the basket. A series of "ooh"s and "ah"s sounded through the gymnasium. Edaniel burned with jealousy; he was used to getting all the attention. Edrear passed the ball to Derek who was instantly tackled by Nick.
Coach Inman just laughed as the two scuffled about on the floor. The ball rolled away to be scooped up by Kathryn. She fired from mid line and the ball swished through the basket. Cheers erupted from her teammates. Dinah gave her a high five despite being on the opposing team. Kathryn handed Edrear the ball to throw in. He tossed it to Dinah who automatically tossed it back. Edrear pushed past his brother and slammed the ball through the net.
"Woo! Nice Shot Edr- I mean Edward!" Dinah yelled from across the court.
Nick took the ball and chucked it to Edaniel who spun out of his brother's reach. Edrear chased him down the court and tried to block the shot but Edaniel took the jump, using Edrear's head as a springboard. He dropped the b all through the basket with almost feline grace before running face first into the backboard.
"Ouch," the class murmured together.
Just then the game ceased to be a class activity but a personal competition between Edaniel and Edrear. Everyone looked on in wonder as the brothers preformed inhuman feats with the basketball. From jumps over the basket to impossible slides and ways of avoiding one another, the boys continued on. Coach Inman thought this was the best class ever and didn't care that everyone else was just sitting around. (A/N I want to be in this gym class so bad now)
By the time Coach Inman blew his whistle to signal that the students could go dress out the two spirit guardians had nearly popped the baskets from both backboards and were probably going to have quite a few bruises. But neither was even breathing hard.
"You guys are like… Superman on steroids!" gushed Sarah, sidling up to Edaniel.
"Yeah, are you guys even human?" Kathryn's question caught the boys off guard. Seeing their stunned faces Dinah interjected.
"Of course they are! Their dad's a Martial Arts instructor so they've been doing hard core training and things since before they could walk." She lied smoothly.
Edrear nodded quickly. Edaniel shook himself from his stunned state.
"So you guys are like ninjas?" Nick asked, glaring at Edrear.
"You bet. We're the most awesome ninjas ever! We've got like 14 black belts" Edaniel smiled.
"Wow," Kathryn looked a little shocked. Sarah practically melted and you could feel the jealousy radiate off of Nick.
"You guys would be the coolest guys in school if you weren't such freaks." Nick commented snidely.
"They're not freaks," Dinah said rather snappishly.
"Yeah, they kind of are but I don't care. What's a little superstition compared to ninja skills." Sarah gushed. "You guys are coming to my party right?" They nodded dumbly. Dinah rolled her eyes.
"Hope to see you there," Nick whispered in Dinah's ear as he left. She felt her cheeks get hot.
The rest of the school day passed in a blur to Dinah.
"That was one fun day." Commented Edaniel as the troop was walking back to the mausoleum.
"You guys over did it." Dinah felt suddenly angry.
"What do you mean, Dinah?" Edrear asked.
"Today, with the whole basketball thing. Why not just yell the fact that you guys aren't human over the schools intercom?" Edrear and Edaniel looked taken a back.
"We were just playing like everybody else." Edaniel defended.
"No you weren't. No one else would even think about jumping over the basket or using someone else's face to slam dunks the ball." Dinah felt like ripping her hair out but knew it would be pointless so she refrained.
"I'm sorry Di." Edaniel frowned looking like a five year old being scolded by his grandmother.
"My most sincere apologies, Miss Dinah. I was overly competitive." Edrear bowed.
"Whatever," Dinah let out a sigh, "Ugh, the party's tomorrow. Promise you'll be on your best behavior!"
"Sure thing Sugar," Edaniel grinned.
"I wouldn't dream of less," Edrear said.