Forelsket

P.E Class pt 2

 We are playing for almost twenty minutes and it feels intense. I saw a wild side of Petra, who is really fired up she’s throwing a really powerful ball but am lucky that Elrond was my partner. There only two pairs left on each side.

“What are you doing? Get behind me!!!”

Well, am slow. I can’t catch up with him. He suddenly moves and I left behind.

“Am sorry…am slow…”

“That I can see !” he's pissed because of me. Because am slow…what I can do?

He grabs my hand without looking back and placed them on his hips. What his doing? But I didn’t get time to think when the ball is coming like fire. Even Petra’s partner is good, the only one who can defeat both of us. Then Elrond catches the ball and he strongly throws back the ball and its hits the other pair.

“Wow,” I said, and without knowing I tighten my grip on his hip. I can’t see his face but I can feel that he was proud of what he did. Then the ball comes but it hit our other group mate. Now only I and Petra are left. Can we win this one? If I was alone…am sure I would be the first one out…..but….Elrond is my partner. There is a chance.

But something feels odd...Like someone cursing at me. I look and meet my eyes with Rachel. She looks so angry…and annoyed am dame sure she’s going to create problems for me. Like what’s her problem? Why can’t she just leave people alone?

THUM

 I hear the sound of the ball that Elrond catch, oh my god am seriously daydreaming between the games?

“Nice catch man!!” his friend, I didn’t catch his name.   

“Catch this one…!” Elrond throws the ball and he quickly starts moving….and am so slow that I didn’t catch up with him but my grip on his hip or shirt you can say… was held by me very tightly…and that…that cause him to fell on the ground.

“Elrond!!” I can hear Rachel get up from her seat.

“Am so sorry…” I said I was trying to help him to get up...

“Am sorry man!!” I heard Petra’s partner said he taking the pose to throw the ball. Oh god…Elrond tries to get up he won’t make it time to catch it properly. I saw the ball coming to us directly to Elrond. He tries to get up but he can’t…is he in pain? I have to something!

Elrond gives up and tries to cover his face…as he saw the ball coming to him. But before the ball hit him…..I…..I catch the ball….!!!!

My hand automatically, and I don’t know how….It feels like I can do it. I saw how Elrond catches the ball, takes your hand right in front of the ball and when the ball touches your hand…pull your hand a little back so it won’t hurt. It was not perfect like him but I catch the ball!!!!!

Can I throw it? Am not powerful like Elrond or Petra…. I was standing and I decided that I will throw the ball…I have to…I take the position and throw that the ball….and it was so simple and Petra catch it!

“You did well Luna…” Petra said and she doesn’t sound like mercy. She throws the ball at me and I knew that I can’t catch it I stood there for the ball to hit me. But am happy that for the first time…in sports I get somewhere near winning.

But the ball is slow or what? I open my eyes to see Elrond catch the ball. His back was behind me….and somehow I feel….protected….like this man won’t let anything happen to me.

He threw the ball lowered this time and it hit Petra’s partner. And we won….WE WON!!

Elrond turn to me and said “I told you we are going to win...” and for the first time I saw his smile.  This was genuine.

“Oh my god, Elrond you win…!” I saw Rachel running to us

“Am very happy!” Rachel said and kind of pulls him so he won’t be standing by me. 

Then we heard Elrond hissing…is he hurt?

“Are you o...?” I said but I was cut by Rachel.

“It’s because of you Luna… he hurt because of you...” she said and Elrond's friends also come to him, I felt very guilty. Because it’s true, because of me he fell to the ground.

His friend takes him to the nurse's office…I wanted to go with them but my leg didn’t move. I saw few girls looking at me…blaming me for what happened.

“Luna?” Elsa comes and pats my shoulder…

“Don’t think about Luna…I sportspeople get hurt...” Petra said.

“But people don’t give death stare,” I said and we start to leave and went to the locker room.

“I should apologize to him...” I said and put my sports dress on the locker.

“But not now…he probably surrounded by lots of people…” Elsa said.

Elrond was alone in the nurse's office, resting. Even though there are no serious injuries happen, he decided to stay. Doesn’t wanted to go to the class. His friends would give him notes. Do they really consider Elrond as his friends? Elrond doesn’t boss them. But they do listen to him when he said or asked them to do. But he always thinks what they think about him. Only been two years that they knew him…this year would be third.  It’s very rare that he thinks about this, Elrond wants freedom, from his so-called father that was not with him when he needs him.

TINGRINNGGG

Scholl bell eco in the school indicating freshman and sophomore class ended, now only two more class left and he has no interest to go. But luckily he has a phone, good time pass but one cigarette would set the mood. And he left it in the bag. And Elrond has no intention to disturb his friends.

He heard the knocking on the door and saw a girl poking her head out, that bun girl…my partner. He can’t remember her name though. He saw he she was looking around then she looks at him. She quickly looks down and starts to walk to me. Looking at her, Elrond thought a very good idea.

“Umm…I came here to say sorry…because of me, you get hurt….am sorry….”

“It’s okay but it’s still hurting… it's painful.” Elrond said which make Luna guiltier. She looks at his bandage on his ankle.

“Am…sorry…..you want something to eat? Drink?” she really wanted to do something so he won’t be feeling and sort of hate for her and feels less pain.

“There is something you can do”

“Tell me what is it?”

“Go to my class bring my bag.”

She was not saying anything…debating within herself…what to do.

“What are thinking…just bring my bag.”

“Your class would be going on now…I’ll bring it after class. Is it okay?”

“No.”

“But …”

“They have lab now…no one would be in class now…just go and bring my bag….It’s a brown bag…and a lot of think written on it with a white marker…..you will know if look at it.”

Luna was not saying anything nor Elrond sound like he was forcing her to do it. But Luna feels responsible for what she did. Even Elrond knows that it’s not her fault complete if so. She did grab her shirt tightly and that did make him fall but his foot slips before he knew she was grabbing and he would able to save himself but she was holding it. Elrond doesn’t blame her or make her do something terrible. But he’s enjoying seeing her reaction.

“It’s okay if you don’t want to….I was going to get it myself but the nurse said I should not pressure it…”

“I’ll bring it…” Luna said and moves back to the door and went out.

“Wait.” Luna thought he changed his mind and won’t let her do that work.

“What’s your name?”

“Lu…Luna…” she shutter…she feels stupid...

“Ok, then Luna…keeps going.” He said she went.

He was not feeling any worse for her. It’d fun though. He smiles and went to look at his phone again he heard the door opening…

She’s back too soon.

He looks at the door it’s her. What happens?

“Umm don’t know where your class is…”

“Hahaha…It’s besides that washroom…when we meet…room 223.”

Elrond can’t help herself to laugh looking at her. She’s interesting.

Elrond forgets a lot of girls who talk to him...But she’s a little different. It’s not like he never meets shy girls….but she gives a different vibe….she’s not interested in me…

Then gain door open…

“you come back……YOU?”