"I know, shh.. its okay" I pull him closer. We're in his school in the changing rooms. I walked in and saw him sat on the floor in floods of tears.
Everyone else is outside on the field but I noticed he wasn't so I came to check on him.
He wraps his arms tight around my waist, crying into my chest. I pull away slowly. "No" he pulls me close again. "Okay.. okay" I hug him tighter.
"What happened?" I ask. "I-I was getting changed in the corner.. so nobody was near me and they couldn't see" he says. I nod.
"But then one of them came over and saw my arms.. he told everyone about them and they all looked at me.. I covered them up quickly with my sleeves but they grabbed at it and it ripped and they all saw" he says tearfully.
I look down at his ripped sleeve. I hold his arm and kiss his scars softly. I hug him again.
I put my hands on his jaw, wiping his tears with my thumbs. I kiss him a few times.
"You.." I wipe another tear that falls down. "Are going to get up and we'll find you another shirt to wear.. you will not let them bother you, okay?" I say. He shakes his head. I nod.
"We're gonna go out onto the court and play basketball with them assholes.. and trust me, our team will win" I say. "I don't want to" he says. "Well you're going to" I stand up.
"Come on" I hold his hands. He stands up. "Take this off" I tug on his shirt. He pulls it off.
I go into the extra kit basket and grab a long-sleeved shirt. I pass it to him. He puts it on.
"Mer it's tight" he says. "Mhm I know" I smirk, running my fingers down his very revealed stomach. He glares at me. "Fine" I grab him one his size. He puts it on.
"Come on handsome, let's go" I entwine our fingers. "You need to tie your hair up" he grabs a bobble. I smile as he puts my hair in a high ponytail for me. "Thankyou baby" I kiss him softly.
We go out to the court. "Meredith" he says. "Yeah?" I ask. "You look beautiful in your sports kit" he runs his hand down to the small of my back. I grin at him.
Derek's pov:
I go and stand with the rest of the boys and she stands with the girls. I sigh as I see her already talking and laughing with a group of girls. I'm so jealous of how everyone immedietly loves her.
"So, should we just do boys vs girls?" The coach asks. "No! We want derek on our team" meredith wraps her arms around my waist. "Fine, derek and girls against boys" he says. "Great" I mumble sarcastically.
I go over to the girls group with her. Meredith immediately starts leading the entire group into their warm up and we get back together to talk about the actual game.
"We need to win, okay? No talking to eachother or dodging the ball.. if any of you aren't comfortable with scoring the ball into the basket then throw it to me.. I played netball a lot when I was younger.. its not really the same as basketball, I know.. but its close enough" she says. They nod.
The coach blows the whistle and we start the game. I follow meredith around.
Meredith's pov:
"Baby stop following me" I giggle as I notice him behind me again. "I don't like this" he says.
I run infront of one of the guys and catch the ball quickly. I dribble it as far as I can before someone stops me, running infront of me.
I throw the ball to derek. He drops it. He picks it back up quickly. "Dribble der!" I say. "No!" He quickly throws the ball to someone else, shaking his head. I giggle.
I run over to him. "You did good" I chuckle, hugging him. "Why did you pass me the ball!?" He whines. I giggle. "You're so dramatic" I kiss him softly. He glares at me. I grin.
"Meredith!" I hear. I turn around and catch the ball. "Baby pick me up quick" I say. "No, thats dangerous" he says. "Do it! Do it!" I say.
He puts his hands on my waist, lifting me up to the hoop. I throw it through the hoop and grab onto it.
"Yesss!" The girls cheer at our first goal. I giggle as derek lifts me back down. He wraps his arms around my thighs, holding me up so I'm a little higher than him.
I grin, looking down into his eyes. I kiss him deeply. "Enough of that! This is basketball, not dancing with the PORN..stars" the coach says. We pull away. "Sir!" I gasp in disbelief. Everyone laughs.
He puts me down. "We won! Did you see sir?" I ask. He nods. "You guys can go fu-" I point at the other team.
Derek covers my mouth with his hand. "Not infront of the teacher" he whispers. "Fine" I say. I stick my middle finger up at them when the coach isn't looking. They all glare at me.
"You won this round" the coach chuckles. "Yeah, whatever" I roll my eyes.
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"We won! We won! We wooonnnn!" I yell as derek spins me around. We laugh at the boys who are all frowning.
"Let's go change so we can go back to your house" I chuckle. "Okay" he puts me down. We go back to the changing rooms, get changed and go back to his house.
