Jean has his hands over my eyes as we walk to who knows where. I can't tell because I can't see, obviously.
"Jean where are we going? We've been walking for forever now." I huff as I take another step forward. We were out in a random field. I knew that much because he asked me to meet him here at seven. I went home, got changed, took a bus and then walked to the edge of the field meeting him. And well here we are.
"Shh…" he says, "Just a little further."
"This isn't funny," I say as I feel my stomach twist nervously. I hear what sounds like water rushing and crashing against something, my nose stings with the scent of saltiness… the ocean?
"It's not supposed to be funny… stupid." He laughs.
We come to a stop and he leans in close to my ear.
"You ready?" he whispers as a smile creeps across my face I nod. He drops his hands.
I blink a few times. My eyes adjusting. My mouth drops open as I take in the view. The sky is painted beautiful shades of pink, orange, and yellow. The reflection of the sun sparkles brightly against the water. My eyes wander down as I watch the waves crash against the rocks below me.
My breath hitches, and my body tenses as soon as I realize how close to the edge I am. I instinctively take a step back and feel Jean's chest against my back. He wraps his arms around my waist and I sigh with relief.
"I wouldn't let you fall," he whispers in my ear, "I'll only let you fall, Trinity, if you're falling for me."
"Jean…" I whisper, "Your so—"
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZZ
I wake up suddenly sitting straight up in my bed. My phone's alarm going off next to me. I reach over and quickly silence my phone with a heavy groan as I lay back down in my bed.
"What. The. Fuck." I say to myself as I throw my arm across my face. That was a… great dream. My heart is pounding as my breathing returns to normal.
I decide I better get ready for school and get up and return to my usual routine.
I have gym with Armin, Mikasa, Eren, and Jean. I've come to learn a few other students names. There are Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie, Ymir, and Christa. Sasha and Connie are here too. I don't know how we all ended up in the same gym class, but we did. I've always enjoyed gym, and so do the others mostly besides Sasha, Connie, Armin, and Christa.
Today we were playing volleyball. Jean and Eren are captains and it's time to pick teams. The order they have to pick in is boy, girl alternating. Eren won the game of rock, paper, scissors so he gets to choose first.
"Bert," he says as he waves to the tall man. Bert walks slowly over to stand behind Eren, he always seems so nervous…
"Reiner," Jean says with his arms crossed. Reiner smirks and goes to stand behind Jean as he shoves Bert in the arm. Earning him an uneasy glare from the tall brunette.
Eren has to pick a girl now. He looks between Mikasa and me. I raise an eyebrow. Is he really contemplating picking me over her? She'll kill him.
"Mikasa," he says almost letting a sigh escape his lips, but he catches himself. She walks past him punching him in the arm before taking her place behind Bert. She knew he was thinking about picking me.
"Trinity," Jean smirks slyly as he looks over to the brunette his green eyes glaring into his golden orbs.
I walk quietly past them slapping Reiner's hand as I took my place behind him. Everyone knows volleyball is my favorite sport. We have a pretty solid team right now.
"Armin," Eren says and the blonde runs quickly to Mikasa's side.
"Baldy," Jean says.
"Oi! I have a name horse!" Connie says annoyed with Jean's nickname.
"Ymir," Eren speaks before the two boys can continue bickering.
"Annie," Jean picks the cold blonde, rather than the sweet one. I don't know why, but I always felt uneasy around Annie. She always has a cold demeanor.
"Christa," Eren chooses the short blonde and she runs to Ymir's side grinning brightly. Those two are always together.
"Why am I always chosen last!" Sasha says looking defeated.
"Because you're lazy potato girl," Jean says teasingly.
"Jean! Why are you so mean!" she pouts as we all make our way to the court.
We had been playing for a while. Each team has won one game. This game is the tie breaker. I serve the ball, jumping up and hitting it midair. It sails over the net with ease. I smirk as my feet touch the ground and I prepare for the ball to come back.
Eren receives my serve sending the ball up into the air for his teammates. Ymir sets to Bert who attempts to spike the ball.
The ball comes flying over the net as Reiner dives down saving it from hitting the ground. The ball comes flying my way and I bump it high enough for someone else to get to it in time. Jean quickly takes initiative and runs under the ball.
"Got it!" he yells as he hits it sending it towards the net. Just as we all thought we were in the clear, Bert jumps up blocking the ball sending it back down to the floor on our side of the net.
"Dammit!" Jean yells angrily. Bert gets a look of horror on his face.
"I'm… I'm sorry!" he starts apologizing.
Jean smirks, "I'll get past you next time," he wipes the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. Bert smiles nervously back.
Mikasa serves the ball over the net. It's coming in my direction, but Sasha should easily be able to receive it. If she were paying attention…
"Sasha!" Connie yells from across the court.
The girl being yelled at perks up and send her hands up her fingers brushing against the ball, only sending it full force back and into my face.
I feel myself falling backwards in slow motion as pain shoots through my face. And everything returns to normal as my back crashes against the wooden floor of the gym. Everyone goes silent.
I feel everyone's footsteps approach and look up to see everyone circled around me. I bring a hand to my nose and then look at it. Yupp… I'm bleeding.
"Trinity are you okay?" Jean and Eren ask in unison as they kneel down on either side of me. Then they glare at each other, oh god…
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" I hear Sasha cry out from above me somewhere.
I slowly sit up and Jean and Eren both place a hand on my back bracing me, still glaring at each other.
My head starts to pound as I pinch the bridge of my nose slightly tilting my head back. The teacher walks over then and looks down at me.
"She's got to go to the infirmary," he says, "Who can take her?"
"I will!" both of the boys at my sides say in sync.
"I can take her!" Eren hisses across me to Jean as they both lift me to my feet.
"I should take her, you'll just end up dropping her, idiot," Jean retorts.
"I don't want either of you to take me!" I speak up annoyed at their little tirade, "Bert, do you mind walking with me?" I say to the tall boy. His eyes shoot open in surprise.
"Uhm… sure" he says as he walks over to me. I take a few steps before feeling dizzy and tripping over my own two feet. The tall brunette quickly scoops me into his arms.
"Uh… I'll carry you, don't strain yourself," he says with a nervous smile on his face.
"Thank you," I say before I look back at Jean and Eren, both with scowls on their faces. I look away as a small smirk crosses my face.
I woke up in a cot in the infirmary. When did I pass out? I sit up slowly and stand walking out of the small room.
"Ah! Trinity! You're awake!" Mrs. Zoe exclaimed as she pushes up her glasses and approached me.
"Uh, yeah… what time is it?" I ask touching my sensitive nose lightly. There's a small bandage over it.
"Just past two, you can still make it to your last class if you're feeling well enough! How are you feeling? Are you okay? You can stay if you'd like." She smiles almost creepily.
"I'm okay now, just a little sore. I'd like to go to class."
She almost frowns, "Okay! Let me write you a pass." She turns to her desk grabbing a piece of paper and scribbling on it quickly. Instead of signing her name she draws a stick figure with glasses and a crazy ponytail. I smile at this. She is one weird person.
"Okay! Here you go!" she turns around quickly handing me the paper.
"Thank you," I say quietly as I make my way to the locker room to change into my normal clothes before returning to class.
I walk into the classroom and everyone is writing notes from the projector. I walk quickly across the class and hand the teacher the pass. She nods and I take my seat next to Jean. I hear silent whispers as I look up and over to see Sasha with puffy eyes and a look of horror on her face. Jesus… she's a wreck. I smile at her trying to let her know I'm okay. And she slowly smiles and then turns around to take more notes.
I pull out my spiral and turn to a fresh page and start writing down the notes. It's not long before I feel a jab at my side and a note is plopped in front of me.
I open it slowly and read the contents.
"I hope you're alright. That ball hit you pretty hard in the face! ):
Are you still down to hangout today? If not it's totally fine.
-Eren"
I look up and find Eren's green gaze. I nod and smile letting him know our plans are still in motion. He smiles back before returning to his work.
I hear a sigh from my side and look over to an annoyed Jean.
"What?" I whisper.
"Nothing." He says with a monotone voice.
I lift my eyebrow as I look at him. He just shakes me off and continues taking notes.
Okay…
I face forward and focus on the screen the rest of the class period.
I'm walking home with Eren, Mikasa, and Armin. The three are talking about some story they read in English that I missed.
My mind wanders and I think about Jean… is he mad at me? I pull put my phone and send him a quick text.
To Jean:
Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?
I send it as I bump into someone.
I look up and my blue eyes meet green.
"Who are you texting?" he asks curiously.
I scrunch my brow together, "No one, it's none of your business."
He quickly grabs my phone from me holding it up in the air, "Oh yeah?" he smirks.
"Eren!" I yell as I try to jump and grab my phone, "Give it back!"
He laughs, "Ya texting your boyfriendddd?" he teases.
"No!" I say with a sigh, "I'm not texting Jean!"
As soon as his name left my lips I covered my mouth and stopped my movements. What did I just say?
Eren is still in front of me. His arm slowly lowers and he hands me back my phone.
"I just remembered I have a lot of chores to do," he says quietly, "We should hangout some other time."
He says this quickly and turns on his heel as he takes off towards his house. I stand there in shock.
"Eren!" I yell after him but it's too late. He's too far away to hear me.
"Fuck!" I hiss as my gut twists with guilt once again, I slowly turn and make my way home.
AUTHORS NOTE:
This chapter is on the shorter side, I know, but I try to keep my longer chapters for Monday's release. What do you guys think so far? Who do you think Trinity will end up with? It's still anyone's ball game. c;
So I've decided, I'll probably be posting a new chapter every Monday and Wednesday. I don't know why, but that seems to get all my writing needs out of the way and it seems to work for me. So I hope you guys enjoy the new chapter! I have noticed I like a lot of drama in my writing... good thing or is it too much for you guys? Let me know! Reviews are helpful! And they keep me going!
I'm thinking I may start taking requests for some new stories. So if you would like me to write you anything personally, if you have any ideas, but just don't know how to write it, feel free to ask me! I'll do my best to please you! (:
I do not own any of the characters from SNK.