Chapter 6

Bubbles' Side

When the groups had finally been made everyone took their positions. Butch and Buttercup had become partners (figures…they don't like each other but if it means winning in a competition then well…they'll do anything to win) and they were our opposing team. So Butch and Buttercup the following people: Leslie and Nate, Page and Casey, Josh and Jenny, Loren and Charles, and also Tyler and Pearl. Boomer and I had: Mandy and Billy, Sab and Nick, Marissa and James, Latoya and Brent, and also Matt and Princess.

When we took our positions, I looked behind me. I then noticed that Matt was right behind me!

"Hope we win!" he cheered giving me a high-five.

"Yeah me too." I said. Then I remembered, I was supposed to be keeping my guard up!

"Oh, and make sure you don fall." he said

I then turned around and faced Boomer. I think he saw that my face was red and that Matt had placed himself RIGHT behind me for the tug of war. I then looked at him and walked behind me so he could be in between the both of us.

Then Mr. Brown started us off.

"Pick up the rope!" each group did so.

"Take the strain!" we all tugged on the rope a little so it would be even and nobody had more rope than the other.

Ms. Duemo then walked over to the rope and tied a bandana in the middle, when she stood back Mr. Brow put his whistle to his mouth.

"Ready..." he called.

"Get ready." Boomer said he put his arms around my waist.

"Boomer you're supposed to put your hands around the rope, not me!" I said laughing a little. He was kind of tickling me.

"Oh yeah." he said smiling then putting his hands around the rope.

"Set….." Mr. Brown called again.

I looked over on the other team. I could see the Butch and Buttercup were in the front. They planned on being the acres.

Mr. Brown looked from side to side…"GO!!!" he shouted blowing his whistle.

I tugged and tugged my hardest in order for us to win along with everyone else. I saw on the other team that they were trying just as hard as us. Everyone's faces were read from the strain.

"PULL…PULL...PULL!!!" everyone cried from each team.

Then suddenly it felt like we were…winning! Our group took steps back so we would be able to pull the bandana and Butch and Buttercups team over the red line.

"Pull….PULL!" everyone wailed from our team. When I looked over at the other team, stangly enough…it didn't seam like we were affecting them!; and they hadn't move away from the spots that they had first been in! I then looked at the rope. I gasped!

Suddenly

SNAP!

Everyone on our team was thrown back into the grown. I felt my back was on Boomer. Then I heard laughing.

"I had a feeling we would all fall." said a voice. WAIT! That wasn't Boomer!

"I spun around to look who it was. Then I came face to face with…MATT!

"Huh?!" I said puzzled.

He laughed again and then helped me up. I scanned and scanned the gym for Boomer. Then I spotted him and…..Princess was on him! He was holding her then laughed.

"Well wasn't that something Bubbles?" I heard Boomer say.

Princess' head spun around to Boomer. "I'M NOT BUBBLES!!" she cried.

"Huh?!" said

Princess looked deep into Boomers eyes.

"Does this remind you of the old times?" she said moving closer to him.

Boomer!! I bet he did all this and made everyone switch partners and the only reason he wanted to be my partner was that he didn't want me to even say YES to Matt! Well if he really liked that Princess so much he should just go out with her and stop harassing me!

I saw Boomer push her away and look around for me. Like he even cares I thought. I spun my head around and saw Matt.

"So what next?" he said rubbing his hair. (I guess that was a hobby he does when he's nervous)

"Oh I don't know." I said.

He suddenly looked up. "Oh you know…well when the rope broke and all… your hair band flew out of your hair." he pulled it out of his pocket.

"Oh thanks! I hadn't even noticed that it wasn't there any more." I suddenly felt his hands go in my hair.

"Your hair smells like lily's you know." he said putting my hair band in my hair. "There!"

I blushed. "Thanks!" I said.

I looked over at Boomer using my peripheral vision. His mouth was wide open and he was red in the face. Boomer…was Mad! He then started to walk over to us.

"Oh let's go." Matt said. jogging over to Mr. Brown and Ms. Duemo who were asking what new games should be played. I ran beside Matt. I didn't want to have deal with Boomer, he hurt me before and now he's trying to do it all over again. I was NOT going to let that happen!

We jogged over to the group and stood next to Butch and Buttercup, they were in the middle of their victory dance for their winning (Oh didn't I tell you? When the rope broke, the bandana had landed on their side of the gym- meaning that they had won the Tug- Of-War games)

"We WON!!" they said slapping high-fives!" suddenly they stopped and put their hands in their pockets looking away.

"Alright everyone." we'll have to play a new game. How does badminton sound?"