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Chapter 4:

The rest of the day went by extremely fast. I had a hard time concentrating in the rest of my classes. The only things I could think about were Maura and my basketball game. When the end of the day finally arrived I had trouble keeping in my excitement. I met Frost in front of the fountain like I did every day after school. "So Frost," I began. "What do you want to do for about," I looked down at my phone, "forty minutes before I have to be here again?"

"Hmm, that's a tough decision, Jane. I don't know." We stood in silence while we were deep in thought. "Do you want to go shoot some hoops on the courts in the back of the school? You could use the practice." Frost teased. I smacked him in his arm. We both couldn't help but laugh.

Frost is my best friend. I don't know what I would do without him. Instead of going home, we ended up staying at the school and shot hoops at the outside courts. We shot hoops in silence until I couldn't hold my questions in any longer. "Frost?" I shot a basket.

"Yes?"

"Have you seen that honey blonde girl with the expensive looking dresses around?"

He shot a basket. "You mean the hot one that was in our math class at the beginning of the year?" He asked with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, her." I replied after making another basket. Frost gasped. "Janie! I didn't know you thought she was hot, too!" I rolled my eyes and sighed, "You know what I mean. Anyway, she was in the bathroom today –" Frost cut me off.

"Wow! She was in the bathroom," He started sarcastically, "at least we know she's not a robot." He laughed.

"Stop Frost, I'm serious." I retorted seriously.

"Oh, sorry. You were saying?"

I began again. "So, when I saw her in the bathroom today she was crying. She looked completely broken." I had stopped shooting hoops and stood with the basketball in my hands facing Frost. "Frost, I think she's being bullied."

Frost's face was now covered in concern. "Really? Why would anyone want to bully her? She seems so nice and innocent."

"Well, when she bumped into me as she ran to the bathroom six of the cheerleaders were laughing and pointing at her."

Frost replied with a light chuckle. "Oh, well that explains it. They were cheerleaders. Cheerleaders can be brutal when it comes to other girls. Who were the cheerleaders anyway?"

"It was Brittany, Melody, Olivia, Debbie, Emily, and Kate."

By now we had started shooting baskets again. Frost snickered. "Go figure, I would have guessed it were those six. They're always walking around talking about how much better they are than everybody else." Frost started mocking them in a girly voice. "OMG, did you see her makeup? It totally looked like a clown did it." He then burst out mockingly into a hideously girly laugh. He continued as I shot more baskets. "Did you see the clothes she was wearing? Her nail polish didn't even match her—shoes!"

It was finally time to head back inside. I walked into the gym with Frost. "I guess I'll go change." I commented to Frost as we were walking. "Ok, guess I'll wait here then." He responded.

When I walked into the locker room only two other girls were changing. Our coach had set out our uniforms on our designated lockers. She was such an awesome coach.

When I was completely changed in my uniform, shoes, and shooting shirt I walked out of the locker room. Frost was on the basketball court sweeping it with a "court broom". He was such a gentleman. I could only guess that he volunteered to sweep the court because that's the kind of person he is.

Eventually, it was time for the game to start. I was put at post since I am already tall for my age (5'7"). The game started off well. We were winning by a significant margin before halftime. After halftime is a different story. The other team had caught up and we were both struggling for the lead. The lead changed too many times to keep count.

The adrenaline in my body was pumping extremely fast. I had just gotten the ball off of a rebound and dribbled to the other side of the court for a layup. My left hand extended. Suddenly, I was knocked to the ground by an elbow hitting me directly in the nose. I could hear it crack a little. I was lying on my back when I felt blood start to pour out of my nose. I went to sit up when I was grabbed on my shoulders by two hands that pulled me back to the ground.

It took me a second to focus on the faces that towered above me. I immediately recognized my ma then Frost then my coach and – Maura. 'She came.'

She was holding and pinching a towel to my nose. My ma was being hysterical. I could only catch a few words she was mumbling as she paced back and forth. She was saying something about why I have to bring my roughhousing to school when I do it at home with my brothers already. She was also saying stuff about how I was always the difficult child 'cause I'm always getting hurt.

Maura began to speak to me, "Jane, you need to stop wiggling around and hold your head back. I'm gonna start lifting you up off of your back slowly, but make sure you keep your head tilted back, ok?"

"Ok." Maura started to lift me up, still holding the towel over my nose, and I tilted my head back. I was now sitting up.

"Could you hold the towel on your nose while I lift you up and bring you to the locker room?"

"Yeah." She lifted her hand slightly as I grabbed the towel and pinched my nose. I winced a little because of the pain. I was lifted off of the court by Maura and Frost. Then, I was brought into the locker room.

The crowd cheered; and the game continued.

When I was set down at a bench Maura stood in front of me and examined my nose without speaking. "So, you came." I said nasally because of the blood clotting in my nose. A smile appeared on Maura's face while still examining my face. "Of course I came, Jane. I wouldn't miss it." I winced in pain as Maura touched a sensitive spot on my nose. "It looks like you have a hairline fracture to your nasal bone. Not a big deal." She looked me straight in the eyes. "This is gonna hurt a little, ok?"

" All ri —Ow, Maura, What the hell!? You could have warned me!"