i'm right where you left me

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it's my last lesson of the day today. pe.

i love pe, depending on what we're doing.

i went into the changing rooms and went to the back corner.

someone came and stood next to me. it was the girl from music. she smiled at me and then started undressing.

i've always been quite self conscious about my body. even though i do exercise and play football, i'm still not entirely happy with my body.

leah's pov
i was changing into my pe kit and i noticed the girl next to me was stood awkwardly. she looked kind of nervous.

"you okay?" i asked her. she nodded but i could tell something was bothering her.

"i won't look" i said. maybe that's what it is. i turned around to face away from her

i've never been self conscious about my body. i play football and do lots of exercise and i'm happy with the way i look.

"i'm done" she said. i turned around and gave her a smile. "thank you" she said.

"yeah it's okay" i nodded.

the pe teacher took us outside and we stood there.

she gave us a football and split us into 2 teams. she gave us 5 minutes to speak to our teammates and decide positions and learn everyone's names.

"okay so who here has actually played football before" i asked, taking lead of the bunch.

a couple of girls put their hands up.

"right let's go round and say name and position. i'm leah, i play centremid." i said.

"i'm daisy and i've never played before" she said.

"i'm izzy and i play centre mid too" she said.

"lily, goalkeeper" she said.

we went round and i sorted out people's positions, well for those who have never played.

we set up and started. our team was miles better though we couldn't get any goals neither could they.

we took a break for half time and went again.

the lesson was almost finished. i passed the ball into izzy and she looked up. she took a shot and it went straight in.

i ran over to her and picked her up. she was very light. when i did i noticed her wince.

"hey you okay?" i asked as i put her down. 

"yeah i just uhm fell yesterday and hurt my rib" she said.

"okay" i said. i wasn't completely convinced. she didn't sound too sure when she said that. 

for the next 5 minutes the other team pressed hard. we kept the ball and made little passes, keeping it away from our goal.

izzy had the ball and someone came sliding in. they caught her foot and izzy fell with a pained shout.

miss thompson told everyone to go inside and get changed.

i stayed with izzy as the teacher checked her foot. it was red but there was no swelling or anything.

i helped izzy stand up and she put her arm over my shoulders while limping back to the changing room.

"do you play football?" i asked.

"yeah. i played in the us but i haven't found a team here yet. still looking but nobody is really looking for players right now" she said. "what about you. proper little midfielder aren't you"

"yeah i play" i said.

"who do you play for?" she asked.

"arsenal" i said.

"come off it. are you serious?" she said.

"yeah i signed for the academy when i was 9" i told her.

"well done.." she said.

"is it your dream to go pro?" i asked. she nodded.

"but that's hard when you can't find a team" she joked.

"you'll find somewhere eventually" i said.

in the changing rooms the teacher made an announcement.

"so girls, i'm going to start a football team for year 7 girls, if anyone is interested i'm holding tryouts on thursday after school" she said.

"there you go" i said.

"it's as if she heard us talking about it" izzy laughed.

we put our uniform back on and i noticed izzy still limping. i put my arm around her again and she put hers over my shoulder.

we walked out of the school together and had a little chat.

"so how are you getting home" i asked.

"the bus" she said.

"do you want my mum to take you home. it's no trouble at all" i offered.

"are you sure?" she asked.

"positive" i nodded and took her to my mums car.

she took out her phone and rang someone.

"hi jack. i'm not coming on the bus today because i've hurt my foot in pe so i'm getting a lift home" she said.

we got to my car and got in.

"mum can you drop my friend off at home. she hurt her foot in pe" i asked.

"yes of course, just tell me where to go darling" mum said to izzy.

we all had a chat in the car and izzy navigated us back to her house.

"can i get your number izzy" i asked.

"yeah here" she said and gave me her phone to type in my number. i saved her number in my phone.

"thank you so much" she said and got out of the car.

izzy's pov
i went inside my house and went straight to my room.

i started looking for a club that i could join. even though they're doing one in school, i want to join one out of school too.

i went down for dinner and asked my mum about it. she said she found a team that is looking for players so i can go tomorrow to train with them and see how it goes.

i ate my dinner and then went back up to my room.

i played on my playstation on the newest fifa game.

it was around 9 o'clock so i started getting ready for bed.

my foot was fine now and i could walk on it properly.

leah: hey. how's your foot?
me: it's doing alright. i can walk now so that's good.
leah: how's your rib?
me: it's not too bad. still hurts a bit but i'll survive
leah: alright, i'll see you tomorrow good night x
me: good night x

i put my phone on charge and went to sleep.