A/N: The aim with this theme was to explore Xander and Vida pre-Mystic Force, and show some more of the four original Briarwood teens in high school. Oh, and Happy belated Holidays! Enjoy!
"…": characters talking to each other
'…': characters talking to themselves
(…): extra facts about something in the story
(Takes place a few months before "Broken Spell I")
Theme 37: Simplicity
Gymnasium, Briarwood High School, May 3, 2006, 2:30 PM – Briarwood, CA, USA
"Alright people, let's keep this nice and simple," the gym teacher stated navy eyes drilling holes into the backs of his class. He raised his hands into the air and, after glancing at the two teams dropped them. He moved just in time to avoid a rubber orange hockey puck striking him in the head.
"Thorn! Sidelines, now! Five minutes!"
"Aw, Coach,"
"Now!"
Grumbling, Chip Thorn dragged himself over to the sidelines, not content at all that he was out of the game for five whole minutes. Who knew what could take place in five minutes?
"Damn, he's out." A girl clad in dark blue and red, the colors of Briarwood High School commented, a piece of dyed orange hair falling into her eyes. Her twin shrugged.
"We'll do fine, Vida, as long as we stay away from Xander."
Vida snorted. "Yeah. Sure. Since when has Xander ever kept the game simple? He usually pulls fancy tricks and maneuvers to try to score."
Madison rolled her eyes before stating, "Have you ever thought that he doesn't do simple stuff because he wants to impress you?" Upon receiving an incredulous look, she added, "I mean, the cliché does say that boys tend to do mean things to the girls that they like."
"Come on! All he's doing is showing off like the giant flirt he is!" Vida stopped talking to her twin to halt the orange puck from slipping past her (she was on defense) and, avoiding a clumsy play from the other team hit the puck so hard that it went flying past the defense on the other side of the gym and landed just inside of the goal, leading to a point.
"Score!" the coach exclaimed, hand pointing towards Vida's team. Said teen smirked proudly while her twin rolled her eyes. He glanced over to Chip and, sighing, said, "Get back in there, Thorn, and please do not aim the puck at me."
"Sure thing!" With that, Chip ran back to his team, who looked relieved to have one of their best shooters back. With that, the game was back on and this time no talk took place. Xander's team was hell-bound to get back at Vida for her goal and within five minutes, Xander and Vida ended up facing off, the puck between them. The rest of the class had backed off, leaving the two teens to glare at each other.
"Keep it simple," the coach pleaded clipboard held in his hands. The teens ignored him, soon getting into a harsh argument that their friends tried to halt with no luck. The coach finally gave up, tossing the clipboard into the air in disgust.
"Simple is my middle name, V," Xander boasted eyeing the furious teen for a moment before smirking and knocking her feet out from underneath her. "Simple is as simple does, V." With that, Xander drove the puck into the goal, grinning.
Madison and Chip looked at each other and Chip silently handed over a wad of bills as their friends somehow ended up in a physical altercation over who was the better shooter. The gym teacher tried to interfere only to get knocked to the ground by an errant punch. The two fighters stopped to apologize to their fallen teacher before resuming the fight. Yes, simplicity was something that really described Xander and Vida's relationship well... not.