Chapter 8- I'm getting bored of this 'no reviews' lark! Spoilers: pivotal shit is about to go down. (as you can probably tell I am not very good at hockey).

The day had finally arrived; the hockey finals! and the grounds were packed with friends, teachers and parents who had turned out in the cold to see the final match of the season. They were into the last quarter now and 2-0 down, they had to pull something out of the bag and fast! The team was stood in the middle of the pitch in a huddle, mostly because it was freezing but Jen insisted on a team talk…

'WE NEED TO STAY CALM!' she shouted, probably not realising how loud she actually was.

'Woah, you need to stay calm', said Cath, always one to offer words of encouragement.

'Fuck off Cath, for some of us this is the last time we'll get to do this!' retorted Jenny referencing the fact that she was a year older that Cath and leaving school this year. 'Right change of plan, Elizabeth, I want you to swap positions with Lori, I think you'd play better in midfield, I need you all to just fucking bring that shit'.

Nobody dared argue with Jen and with that the whistle blew and play was resumed. Everything seemed to happen so quickly in Nikki's eyes, she saw the ball darting backwards and forwards between players. She even had the ball once or twice but it was quickly passed or taken. Looking back on it now, it was such a blur.

Ten minutes to go and cath managed to sneak one past the goalie! They only needed one more to draw! Then with literally seconds left, the whistle was at the lips of the referee, Jenny Wood flicked the ball off the end of her stick with such force it flew through the air and over the poor goalie's shoulder, she clearly hadn't seen that one coming! It was at that point that everything moved in slow motion, after the whistle blew. The crowd erupted there were shouts and screams and applause and girls running around everywhere, the clash of sticks, and out of it all came Jenny running towards her, their bodies collided and jenny lips met Nikki's in a moment of pure ecstasy not realising, not caring. Quick motion, Slow motion, a complete stop. They looked at each other terrified at the realisation of what had happened then at the realisation that everyone was now staring at them, open mouthed. Disgusted.

Suddenly, as if from no where although she had been spectating from the stands, Nikki's mother marched on to the pitch, she wasted no time grabbing her daughter by the hair and dragging her off the pitch, out of Jen's arms.

Jenny was left standing there completely frozen in the silence, until she felt something hit the back of her jersey… people were throwing things. She turned around to see what it was, a scrumpled match programme, and another, and another, and another with accompanying shout of 'Dyke!', or 'Lesbo!'… her heart was beating so quickly she had no idea what to do, what to say, her team were all just kind of stood there looking on.

Leg it.

Where to?

The changing rooms.

Jenny collected her things and locked herself in the toilet, her chest heaving; she didn't think anyone would want to see her in the changing rooms. The sat on the toilet lid and finally let the tears pour down her face. What the hell just happened? Just one stupid move, one moment where she forgot herself and now everything had changed. She must have been in the toilets for at least an hour, she heard the door open. It was Susie.

'Jen? Jenny? Are you in here? We were worried about you?' Loreena was with her.

'come on jenny its not that bad, everyone'll have forgotten about it by tomorrow, not even that many people saw anyways…', they were stood outside her cubicle door now.

'Please Jen, we need to go and find Nik, we don't know where she went',

Jenny stood up, ' I thought you were with her!', she burst out of the cubicle and yanked her rucksack over her shoulder. 'Come on, spilt up we need to find her!'.

She sprinted along the corridors flinging open classroom doors as she went until she saw her. Nikki was unloading books out of her locker into her bag.

'Nik, oh my god Nikki im so sorry, Nik?' Jenny walked towards her, as she got closer she could see the tars that stained Nikki's face 'Nik? whats happened?'

'Jenny im so sorry, I love you'.

Jenny was passed the point of caring, she held her girlfriend tight taking in her smell, she still smelled like the hockey pitch, she clearly hadn't had time to shower, jenny didn't care, 'I love you too, so much'.

'Jenny I have to go' Nikki was crying harder now, into jenny's chest.

'go where?'

'I don't know, away from here, away from you'.

'Why? Nik, you can't leave me, I need you. I know it sounds stupid but I cant do this on my own'. Jenny found herself in tears.

'I wish I could change it, my mums sorting everything out now, please don't make this any harder than It already is.'

'So what, is this it then?'

Nikki just nodded, 'I think so, im so sorry jenny'

Her next actions Jenny regretted for a long time, she looked at Nikki one last time, turned and ran.

AN: oooooooooooooooh please review it. Please. Please. Please.