Why hello there my fellow wattpad-ers! How are you today? I hope your doing great. Well, I'm going to try doing what I did with my last story and update every Saturday. Is that good? Okay, good. The guy in he media is Casper! Carry on! (my wayward son)
Autumn POV
"What made Riley run out like that?" Casper asks as we walk out of chemistry. My whole class is telling people various rumors about why he ran out. It's so stupid, my old school didn't do this.
"I don't know. I didn't even say anything to him so it wasn't me. Maybe he just felt sick." It's not a lie. Riley did look like he was going to be sick when he looked at me. And that gives me the worst feeling in the world.
"Do we have to go to gym?" Casper whines. I smile and nod. Someone was talking about gym in chemistry and I may have eavesdropped. The unit they're in right now is kickball. Kickball is the only thing sports related that I'm even remotely good at.
"Ugh, fine. But only because you are new." He says with a frown. I laugh and drag him towards the gym.
"Where's the locker rooms?" I ask. He points to the door of the girl's locker room. I let go of his arm and walk to it. As I'm beginning to open the door I notice that Casper followed me. He has an eager smirk on his face but it fades when I let go of the door.
"Okay, you are going to go to change in the guy's locker room and not harass anyone." I say to him, struggling to keep a smile off my face.
"Fine, mom." He runs away before I can do any real damage to him. I get dressed in typical gym clothes, t-shirt and sweatpants, and make my way out to the gym. Everyone is doing stretches so I join them. I've never stretched before gym class before but I guess you do something new everyday.
Casper comes up to me "What are you doing?"
"I'm doing what they're doing." I say, pointing to the other girls.
"Uh, they do that because they want to show off their badunkadunks." He laughs."Don't be one of those girls."
I stop "stretching" and stand as still as I can. Casper laughs at me as my face goes red.
Eventually I start laughing with him, more out of embarrassment than humor, but still laughing. My laughter stops short when Riley walks in the room. My heart stops, this time from fear.
Casper follows my gaze and mistakes it for something else. "Oh, does Tummy here have a wittle crush?" He pokes me in my stomach and I shove him off.
"Geez. Sorry I talked about your love life." I glare at him. He puts his hands up and laughs.
My emotions get interrupted by the coach clapping his hands to get our attention. "Okay, we are picking new teams today, so get in a line."
Everyone in the room nervously stands in a line, wanting to get on a good team.
"Team captains, Riley and Olivia." The coach says. Riley and Olivia make their way in front of us, their eyes studying us.
"Riley, you get first pick." Olivia says to him.
He nods as his eyes travel down the line. His eyes skip right over me, like I'm not even here.
"Julia." He points to a blonde girl. She smiles flirtatiously as she walks up to him.
"Casper." Olivia says annoyingly, smirking at me. They go back and forth picking out people to the point where it's only me and a guy with asthma left.
"Joey." Olivia picks the asthma boy. My back stiffens when I realize I'm the only one left for Riley's team. Instead of picking me, he stays silent, staring at me with a blank look so harsh it almost makes me break. Almost.
"I can't have her on my team coach." Riley says. I look down at the ground, trying not to cry. My hands ball up into fists, fingernails digging into my skin.
"Riley, she's the only one left." Coach says, his eyes sympathetic.
"I don't want her on my team." He says, this time more determined.
"Olivia?" Coach looks worried now. Olivia shakes her head. I have never heard a silence more deafening.
"Autumn. I guess you can sit out for today." Coach looks at me with sympathy. I nod and make my way towards the locker room, slamming my shoulder into Riley as I go.
I fight tears as I change back into my clothes. Before going back out to watch the game, I compose myself, making sure I won't break down in front of everyone. Even though I really want to.
When I walk back out, Casper's kicking. I give him a thumbs up, trying to encourage him. He ends up kicking the ball so far that everyone on the bases get a home run. Take that Riley.
I don't pay attention to much more of the game. I like playing, not watching. In the end, Olivia's team (Casper's) ends up winning.
I wait for Casper to come out of the locker room but decide to strand him when I hear the minute bell ring. When I turn the corner I hear someone whisper-yelling at someone else. It doesn't bother me until I hear my name.
I start listening a little, making sure they don't see me eavesdropping, and recognize the voices as Riley and Casper.
"Look, I know what she did, but you don't have to hate her for it." Casper says. I hear one of them sigh.
"I don't...hate her." Riley whispers.
"Well, you sure act like you do. Now cut it out. You know her dad would kill you if you hurt her." Casper says. That part makes no sense. My dad is not violent at all. He can't even kill a fly when there's one in the house. He never even let's us do it, me or Jamie have to let it outside. So what do they mean?
"Yeah, I know. Now go before she gets suspicious." Riley says. I don't move until both of their footsteps fade down the hallway.
I've never understood anything that's happened in my life. Every single thing has been confusing, but this has to be the worst.
