Hello everyone, I hope you enjoy the previously chapter of "Things I almost remember". Anyway I don't own them and they are belong to Disney except my OC's. I hope you all continue to enjoy this story and see you all in the next chapter. ;)
Checking the time, Delia realized she was running late to see her older adopted brother practice. Grabbing up all her things and stuffing them into her shoulder bag, she hurried from her dorm, not caring that her door slammed shut behind her.
Hurrying down a couple flights of stairs in the dormitory, she hurried around a corner.
Delia ran as fast as she could across the school grounds, her backpack flopping back and forth against her back with her stride. Finally, the tourney field came into view. It was already swarming with guys in blue or yellow jerseys and the cheerleaders were practicing on the sidelines.
Hurrying around to the front of the bleachers, she found Ben sitting right on the front row of bleachers, his bag sitting by his feet.
"Hey. I'm here." Delia caught her breath, dropping her backpack on the ground and sitting next to her adopted older brother.
"I was starting to wonder." Ben teased. "We're going to start soon. Though, I'm kinda worried about Carlos." she added, pointing at a boy in a yellow jersey who was a bit shorter than everyone else.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." Delia assured him with a shrug as Ben run to the field as Delia began to sketch in her notebook.
Coach Jenkins blew his whistle in that moment and the ball was thrown into play. The blue team had it in their possession, one of the players easily knocking a yellow player to the ground.
Delia found her eyes drawn to one of the blue players. He'd just knocked someone down and then easily took out a second guy moments later, causing the rival player to literally go bottoms up. When the guy in blue, who Delia guessed was Jay by the long hair pouring out from under his helmet, ran on to his next opponent, Delia saw the yellow boy sit up and pull his helmet off, revealing Chad's exhausted face.
Jay took out the yellow player who had the ball just as he reached the Kill Zone. The Dragoneer began shooting projectiles from the Dragon Cannon, but Jay dodged them expertly. Delia found herself cheering and clapping, watching as Jay dodged the Dragon Fire with expert flips, spins, and cartwheels until he was out of the Kill Zone with the ball. He took out another player and hit the ball. His friend, the little guy who Delia still wasn't familiar with, fell down and protected himself with his shield, which made Delia laugh. But Jay just used the guy's shield as a step to run right over him. Ben, also in a blue jersey, went for the ball, but Jay took him out with his shoulder, making Delia wince. "Oh! That gotta hurt!"
He then scooped up the ball with his tourney stick, tossed it up in the air, and smacked it right into the goal. The goalie didn't have a chance at stopping it.
Delia cheered loudly, along with several of the cheerleaders and a few other people spattered around the bleachers.
"Wow! He's really good!" Delia cheered, clapping wildly. Meanwhile, Jay had chased the goalie from his post. He then threw down his stick, threw off his helmet, and did a funny victory dance. He even spun on his back on the ground and popped right back up. That was impressive.
Several people were still on the ground where Jay knocked them down. But Delia noticed Chad exaggerating a limp. She knew what a real limp looked like, and he knew nothing about acting.
"I wish Coach wouldn't put Chad on the team." Delia muttered, nodding toward for Lonnie to see as she walk to her. "I bet you and I could play Tourney a thousand times better than him."
"Same." Lonnie agreed with a grin. "But I'd much rather be on the Swords and Shields team." While Lonnie typically dressed in light pinks and blues, she wasn't a pampered girly-girl. She knew how to fight and was extremely athletic.
Delia nodded in agreement. She'd love to be on the Swords and Shields team, too. It was a sword fighting sport, similar to fencing but with more flips and moves. Delia had been sword fighting since she was eleven, thanks to her adopted dad teaching her. Her adopted parents didn't want her to be as shielded as her mother was growing up. They took her out into the town regularly to see what life was like for her people. And her adopted parents wanted her to be able to defend herself should she find herself unprotected in a bad situation. Hence the sword fighting and basic hand-to-hand-combat skills.
"You!" Coach yelled, pointing at Jay. "Get over here!"
Jay looked around for a moment, looking almost lost as he headed toward the sidelines of the field. The rest of the team gathered, as well. The coach had sounded angry, but Delia knew him pretty well from gym class and working out in the gym before classes. He was going to love Jay.
Since Delia and Lonnie were in the front row, they were mere feet from the team as they gathered around the coach and his assistant.
"What d'ya call that?" Coach demanded loudly, pointing toward the goal to indicate what'd just happened. Jay glanced over his shoulder, thinking he was in trouble. "I call that raw talent." Coach continued, a grin in his voice that Delia couldn't see from behind. She also grinned, mostly because Chad was standing behind Jay and looked utterly pissed off. Jay grinned again, realizing he wasn't in trouble. "Come find me later, I'll show you something you haven't seen before. It's called a rule book." Coach laughed. "Welcome to the team, son." he added, smacking Jay's shoulder.
Chad looked completely disgusted.
Coach then turned to where Ben was standing behind a smaller boy with hair that was mostly white but black at the roots. He came to just above Ben's chin.
"Ya ever thought about band?" Coach asked in a somewhat flat voice, clearly unimpressed with the boy's performance.
The white haired boy laughed sarcastically, while Jay let out a genuine laugh, looking over at his short friend. Delia found her eyes drawn to him at the sound.
"I'll work with him, Coach." Ben volunteered instantly.
"Alright." Coach agreed reluctantly before turning to the rest of the team. "Let's run that again!" he shouted before blowing his whistle.
Jay grinned crookedly, letting out a 'woo' before turning around, only to find Chad Charming sizing him up. It was amusing, watching the pampered prince draw himself up to his full height in an attempt to intimidate the Isle kid. Jay paused for only a moment before walking past Chad, slamming his shoulder into Chad's. Delia wasn't sure if he really smacked him that hard, or if Chad was just that much of wimp, but the prince grabbed his shoulder as if it'd been dislocated.
Delia scoffed. Chad glanced at her, glaring for a moment before turning to follow his team back onto the field.
"I repeat." Delia stated, turning to Lonnie. "I could play a thousand times better than Chad."
Lonnie giggled.
The guys went through a couple different plays and at the end Coach told them he'd let them know who made the team and who didn't within a couple days. Delia decided to stay to watch Ben helping Carlos to get better as she wave Lonnie goodbye as Lonnie left.
"Hey, Delia!" Jay called. Delia glanced back in time for Jay and Carlos to catch up to her. "Enjoy the show?" he asked with a smirk.
Delia ignored his flirty tone, having learned Jay was a huge flirt with any girl he met. "Yes! You were awesome out there! Especially knocking Chad Charming on his butt! That was my favorite part, hands down."
Jay looked thoughtful. "Which one was he? I knocked quite a few guys down, in case you didn't notice."
"He was the one that tried sizing you up after you spoke with Coach. You knocked into his shoulder when you walked past him." Delia explained.
"Oh, him." Jay's eyebrows rose at the realization. "Well, he had it comin' then."
"You have no idea." Delia chuckled, shaking her head.
"I was wondering who your beautiful friend was." Jay smirked, reaching across Delia to offer his hand. "That was Lonnie, daughter of great warrior Mulan and Shani. So,…I don't think I've met your friend, yet." Delia pointed out, glancing at Carlos with a friendly smile.
"Oh, yeah, this is Carlos." Jay introduced them casually.
"It's nice to meet you." Delia told him with a smile.
"You too." Carlos offered a shy smile. His face was bright red and covered in sweat from the tryouts. Jay had a light sheen of sweat covering his face, causing a few strands of his long hair to stick to his forehead, but he was nowhere near as winded as his friend.
"Well, I hope you two make it on the team. Better you than Chad." Delia told both the guys. "That's, like, the third time you've trashed Chad." Delia noted curiously.
"Not his biggest fan, I take it?"
Delia exchanged a glance. "Well,…he's just a spoiled, pompous brat. No respect for anyone, especially not girls. He thinks he's better than everyone else because of who his parents are. Well, my parents raised me to believe that a person's worth isn't determined by money or status, it's how they treat others. And Chad treats everyone else like dirt." Delia explained, trying and failing not to rant.
Jay and Carlos exchanged a glance, both of them having mildly-wide eyes.
"Just wait a few days." Delia assured them both. "If you spend enough time around him, you'll know what we're talking about."
"Well, if we all make the team, we'll probably be spending a lot of time together." Jay admitted with a smirk.
"Aren't you lucky?" Delia jokes. Jay then leave as Carlos run back to Ben as Delia sat on the bench and turn a next paper and began to draw a sketch of Jay.
"Okay, Carlos," says Ben. "We're gonna do some sprints. Ready?"
Carlos nodded and Delia smile from a bench as she continues to sketch. Dude came out of nowhere and started to run after Carlos. Delia saw this and drop her stuff and started running after them.
Ben clicked the stopwatch. "Sweet!"
"Ben!"
Then he look up and realized Carlos was being chased and that Delia ran after him. Ben started to run also. She know that she's not allowed into the woods without permission and no supervision, but Carlos needed help. Carlos had climbed up a tree to get away from Dude.
"Carlos!" Ben calls.
"Ben! Delia? Guys, help me!" Carlos shouts. Ben appeared beside me. "This thing is a killer! He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat! This vicious rabid pack animal!"
"Hey, who told you that?" asks Ben, picking up Dude.
"My mother," says Carlos.
"Cruella?" asks Delia.
"She's a dog expert. A 'dog yellerer,'" says Carlos. Ben and Delia smiled.
"Why are you holding him? He's gonna attack you!" says Carlos.
"Carlos, you've never actually met a dog, have you?" Delia asking to Carlos.
"Of course not," says Carlos.
"Dude, meet Carlos. Carlos, this is Dude. He's the campus mutt," says Ben.
"He doesn't look like a rabid pack animal," says Carlos, stepping down from the tree and Delia giggle. "Geez, it's kind of like looking into a mirror." Carlos speaks to Dude. "I bet you're used to being kicked around, right?" Carlos scratches Dudes head. Ben passes Dude to Carlos, who rubs his belly. "You're a good boy."
Ben's smile fades. "I guess you guys have it pretty rough on the island," he says.
"Yeah," says Carlos. "Let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs."
Ben pats Carlos on the shoulder. "Good boy," he says and Delia giggle at him. He catches himself. "I mean, you're a good runner. You're fast."
Carlos smiles. "Thank you."
"Yeah," says Ben. "Listen, I'm gonna give you guys some space. You guys get to know each other and just come find me when your done, okay?" Ben and Delia starts to walk away.
"Okay," says Carlos.
"See you later," says Ben.
"See you out there," says Carlos.
When they were out of earshot, Ben starts to scold her. "Delia, why did you run into the woods?" Ben asks.
"Carlos was scared, I thought he needed help." Delia say.
"It's very kind of you to think about Carlos like that, but you know that you're not allowed to go into the woods alone." Ben says.
"I was with Carlos, though." Delia point out.
"But Carlos didn't know that you were with him." says Ben.
"We were running, I was fine." Delia try. "And beside, I'm not a child anymore, I'm seventeen year old and I can take care of myself."
"Delia, what do you think Mom and Dad were to say if they found out about this?" Ben asks.
She look down in shame. They would not be happy if they did find out. King Adam would probably lose his temper although he's never lost his temper with her.
"How about I don't tell them?" Ben suggests.
"Okay." Delia reply as they continue walk back to Auradon Prep. "Sometime, I alway wonder if is true that Dad was turn into a beast when he was eleven?"
"Yup, he did."
"Wow a eleven year old boy who living a castle with no parents, and yet, the "good fairy" came knocking on his door in the middle of the night disguised as the creepiest old witch ever and just expected to let her in? And then cursed him for life for obeying the rules of stranger danger and telling her to get lost." Ben just started laughing as Delia continues to talk about how his dad was a spoiled brat back then.
And that was Chapter four. I hope you guys enjoyed it, and I just wanted to see what you guys thought about it.
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