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For the rest of lunch, I didn't bring up Kendra or the party. I did not like seeing Ashley hurt at all. The bell finally rang, signaling the end of one of the most awkward lunches ever. I grab my bag and stand up.
"I'll see everyone tomorrow. Chelsea are you ready to go to class?" I ask.
"Yea let's go." She kisses Carmen goodbye and we head off to class in silence.
"Spencer wait up!" I hear from behind me. I turn around to see Ashley jogging to catch up. I guess we walked kind of fast. I stop and wait for her to get to me.
I turn to Chelsea. "I don't know how long this will be. You can get to class so that you aren't late. Just save me a seat."
"Ok see you soon." She turns and walks to class.
I turn back to Ashley who's closer. This should be Baywatch and she would be running in slow motion right now. Now that would make my day.
"Spencer!" I snap out of my day dream and look at Ashley as she tries to catch her breath.
"What's up?"
Finally catching her breath she replies "I'm sorry for the way I just acted before."
"Why did you act like that?" I say crossing my arms over my chest.
She sighs, "I just don't think that Kendra is good enough for you. I mean you are smart, sweet, and innocent. And she is just…not."
I blush at her compliments. "You never told me how you two know each other. I mean yea we go to the same school, but I never see you with anyone besides the cheerleaders and Aiden."
"We met through some friends. She hit on me and didn't like it when I turned her down." She shrugs.
"Why couldn't you just tell me this before?" I don't see why that was so hard.
"I just couldn't. Look just be careful with her ok?" She looked at me with real concern in her eyes.
"I will." The warning bell ring and I hate that I have to leave her so soon. "I'll see you later; don't want to be late for class." I smiled and she just stares for a while.
"Right. Later. Bye." She smiles and turns the other way. That was odd. I shake my head and continue to class.
I make it to my class just before the bell rings. I take my seat in the middle next to Chelsea. Not even a minute into the class, my phone vibrates. I look down to see that it's from Chelsea.
What did she want? See she is so nosey.
She apologized for getting a little crazy at lunch. That's all.
Oh. Why did she get all jealous? I look up to see if the teacher is looking before replying.
She wasn't jealous. She was just idk, but not jealous.
Yea you keep telling yourself that. I don't know why they think Ashley likes me.
She's just not a big fan of Kendra.
Why not? From what I heard she's nice, but she sleeps around a little. What? She doesn't seem like the type.
Who did you hear that from?
People talk. People are always talking according to Chelsea. She is just nosey.
Ok Well Ashley just told me to be careful.
Aww she cares about you.
Well yea, we are friends.
She wants to be more. I don't know why you can't see that. I roll my eyes. I don't know why she keeps saying that.
Whatever you say Chels. I'm going to learn now; I suggest you do the same.
Whatever, you know it's true. I just exit the text rather than respond because I know she will go on for forever.
Twenty minutes later I feel my phone vibrate again. I roll my eyes, Chelsea never gives up. I look at my phone and am surprised when I see that it's not Chelsea.
LAbabe4u: I'm so bored.
SLC823: lol, what happened to not talking to me for the rest of the day?
LAbabe4u: I couldn't resist and I am so bored.
SLC823: I knew you couldn't resist me. I'm like chocolate, irresistible.
LAbabe4u: I guess so, because I keep coming back for more.
SLC823: Haha I knew I would get you to admit that one of these days.
LAbabe4u: I just had to admit it to myself first.
So she really does like me. I just wish we could meet, and see how things go from there. If not, I'll end up chasing after Ashley, and that's not a path I want to go down. And then there is Kendra, who apparently gets around. Ugh life is wonderful isn't it?
Before I could respond, my phone is taken out of my lap. Holy shit, the teacher caught me, and I'll have detention. That's just fucking awesome. I look up to see the teacher still at the front of the classroom going on with her lesson. Ok now I'm confused. I look around to see who took my phone.
My eyes land on Chelsea. That bitch. She is looking at my phone with a confused look on her face. Oh God, this cannot be good.
After a few minutes, she hands me back my phone. There is a message already on my phone when I get it. I open it and it simply says: We need to talk.
I don't respond because what would I say? Either way we were going to talk. I sigh and continue to listen.
After class, Chelsea just headed out of class with a quick 'later' to me. This is just great. How am I going to explain this to her?
When I sit in my next class, I realized that I haven't responded to LAbabe4u.
SLC823: Why wouldn't you admit it to yourself?
LAbabe4u: because I refused to believe that I could like someone this much without meeting them.
SLC823: Aww that's cute. I'm glad you admit it though.
LAbabe4u: It was going to happen eventually.
SLC823: True. So now you like two girls. That must be a record for you.
LAbabe4u: very funny. And to be honest it's a little scary.
SLC823: scary why?
LAbabe4u: I don't normally get these types of feelings. But for some reason I can never get you two off of my mind. I just don't know how to deal with them I guess.
SLC823: Just go with the flow. Don't try to figure it all out now.
LAbabe4u: Great advice, thanks.
We continue with our normal banter for the rest of the period. She was kind of disappointed when I told her that I couldn't talk to her for the last period because of basketball.
After this class, I went to the gym for basketball class and practice. After changing in the locker room, I went to the gym saw the other girls stretching. I picked a random spot and began to stretch.
"I'm going to love coming to practice if this is what I get to see every day." I hear Kendra say from behind me.
"Oh I see you aren't stuttering anymore." I laugh and continue my stretching.
"Shut up! You just caught me off guard." She says and starts to stretch next to me.
"That's shocking. You seem like the flirty type."
"Usually I am. But I wasn't expecting that from you. I mean I didn't even know you liked girls." There's a silence. I don't know what to say. I mean she is gay so she won't hate me for being gay, but she might say something to other people. "Are you into girls? Or were you just being flirty?"
I freeze at her question. Do I tell her the truth or lie my way out of it? Can I trust her? What did Ashley mean by be careful with her?
"It's ok if you don't want to tell me. But I'm guessing that by your silence and worried expression that you are." I stand there unable to move or speak. Am I that readable? "I won't say anything to anyone. I understand what it is like to be in the closet and not want anyone to know." She smiles at me and I smile back. It feels nice to have someone know what I am going through.
"Thanks for keeping my secret. I'm not really ready for anyone to know yet. This is all so new to me." I admit.
"No worries. If you ever need anyone to talk to, or want to chill you have my number. It can be hard." Kendra says as she moves into another stretch. I watch as she bends over to stretch her legs. Wow, is the only thing I can think.
A whistle blows me right out of my staring. "Ok ladies. Today is our first practice. I am excited to start this new season with all of you. Our first game is in two weeks, which means that we have a lot of work to do. I want all of our newbies paired with the veterans."
I was paired with Jessica. She's a cute dark-skinned girl with nice hazel eyes. She's the best player on the team, so I am kind of nervous to be paired with her.
"I want the veterans to work on defense with the new girls. Basically blocking, and standing positions." Coach Roberts yells from across the gym.
Throughout the practice, Jessica definitely did not take it easy on me. She elbowed me in the ribs so many times that I lost count after the fifth. And it was in the same spot so I know there's a bruise there. I of course did not show her my pain because I didn't want her to think I couldn't handle her.
The bell rang for seventh period, but practice was not over, we still had to stay for another hour.
"Ok I want a newbie versus veteran game. This is basically so that the new players can see how it is to play in a real game. This is also for me to see who will be starting and who won't." Everyone looked around, checking out the competition. "Ok let's start." She blew her whistle and we started the game.
Of course, I had to guard Jessica. She is ridiculously strong, so every time she hits me I feel the wind get knocked out of me. She won't let me get in the pain, so I got smart. I started shooting three's. To my surprise, I actually made most of them. Jessica soon caught on to what I was doing so I starting passing it to Kendra. She was the only one that seemed to be open. And let me just say that she is quick. I'm glad that I'm not guarding her.
In the end, we lost but not by much. At the end of practice, my ribs were hurting from where Jessica hit me. I didn't let it show but it was hard for me to walk.
I took a quick shower in the locker room after practice, and then I got dressed as fast as I could.
"You ok there newbie?" Jessica said while laughing. Some of the other girls joined in, they were all the veterans.
"Yea why wouldn't I be?" I snap back.
"You look a little hurt there. I wasn't too rough with you was I?" Jessica says with a smirk.
"No, I'm fine actually. Is that all you got?" I say and by the look on her face I can tell she wasn't expecting that.
She walks closer to me and gets into my face. "Listen newbie, you ne-" She gets interrupted by the locker room opening.
"Is everything ok Spencer?" Kendra asks as she stands next to me. It is definitely nice not to be alone.
"I'm good, let's just go." I grabbed her arm and left the locker room. "That girl is a bitch." I say once we get outside.
"Yea I know. Ana told me about her." Ana was the veteran that Kendra was partnered with. "She likes to try to scare the new girls away, but I'm glad you know how to stand your ground."
"I don't like to be violent, but I'm not going to let her try to push me around." I reply. "Oh and thanks for having my back."
"No problem. I told you, I'm here if you need anything." She says sincerely.
Well now that she says that, something comes to my mind. "Hey can I ask you something?"
"Sure go for it." She smiles at me.
"How do you know Ashley? I mean were you friends or something?"
"We…uh…" She pauses and scratches the back of her head. "Maybe you should ask her that. I mean you two are friends right?"
"Well yea but she won't really tell me anything, that's why I'm asking you." We get the parking lot and stop by a row of cars.
"Ok well we knew each other about a year ago. She was my first friend here and everything was great. Then things with us started to become different." She sighed and her eyes looked a little watery.
"Different how?" I hope I'm not crossing any lines by asking her this.
"She…we star-"
"Hey Spencer!" I turn and look at Ashley heading towards us.
"Hey I'm gonna go. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye Spencer." Kendra says and walks away.
What the fuck happened between them? Why is it so hard for one of them to tell me what happened? I guess I will just have to ask Kendra some other time.
I look towards Ashley and she is wearing short black shorts and a tight white shirt. I would love to watch cheerleading practice if that's all she wears.
"Hey, how was your first practice?" Ashley says smiling at me.
"It could have been worse." I say and start walking to my car, Ashley follows.
"Why are you walking like that?" Ashley asks. How can she tell? I am walking perfectly fine, well sort of.
"One of the players kept elbowing me in the ribs. She doesn't really like new people." I give a little laugh, but she doesn't.
"Do you want me to take you to the hospital? I mean you can have a fractured rib. Or worse it could be broken! I'm going to hurt that little bi-" Aww she is so cute when she rambles.
"Ashley! Whoa calm down." I laugh. "I'm fine, it just hurts a little. And I might have a little bruise tomorrow. But I am fine really." I smile trying to reassure her.
"I'm sorry. I just don't like that she did that to you." She blushes. We get to my car and it's a little quiet. "Do you need help treating it? I mean I get a lot of bruises from cheerleading practice so I know how to help. And I have this cream that takes away pain really fast. I know th-"
"Ok Ash, I'm going to need you to stop rambling." She blushes again. "And I would love it if you helped me, it does hurt pretty badly."
"Awesome. Normally Aiden would take me home, but since I'm your nurse for the day, I'll just go to your house, if that's ok." She says unsurely.
"That's fine. Get in the car." I say as I walk to the driver's seat. She gets in and puts her seat belt on. I look over at her and smile.
Whenever I'm around her, she makes me so incredibly happy. It's like nothing in the world can ruin my mood.
I start the car up and as soon as I go to pull out, my phone vibrates. I pick my phone up and see that it's from Chelsea.
I'm coming by your house at 5 today. We still need to talk.
Oh shit, I completely forgot about that. What am I going to tell Chelsea? And Ashley will be there when she comes by; will she still want to talk then? This is just great.
Well my mood is definitely ruined.