Shattered Asylum

Chapter 15

Today is Thursday and I have my first soccer game after school. As 4:30 grows closer, I feel the knots in my stomach starting to do back flips. I'm in history talking to Nora about soccer and how we got the shitty refs that hate this school. 

She is sitting across from me and Noah is in front of her. Grayson is sitting in front of me and Madison is in front of him. Vinnie has been in principle Doyle's office all day after putting thumb tacks on his chair. 

Madison and Nora haven't really talked since that incident on Saturday. "I'm coming to your game today. "Grayson says, turning around to look at me. "You are? Why?" Does he even like soccer?  

"To see if you're good or not." He bends over to get out his history notebook, his shirt lifting a little, the band of his briefs peaking out of his pants. Huh, Kevin Klein. "Don't get your hopes up." I've always been pretty good at soccer. I mainly play defense but get moved around everywhere.

 "Don't worry. they're not." he looks at me with his signature smirk that makes his dimple pop. I chuckle at him lightly hitting his arm. When he turns back around I look at Nora. I can see the hearts in her eyes as her jaw is on the floor. "What?" I ask.

  She's kind of freaking me out. She closes her mouth, shaking her head. "Oh nothing my dear friend." She says whipping out her phone, typing 100 miles an hour. How do her thumbs not get cramps? She is so weird sometimes, I wonder what goes on inside her head. 

Class started shortly after, everyone's attention on Mr. Dahlke.

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We are warming up for our game, everyone tense and focused. The game starts in fifteen minutes, causing my stomach do somersaults. I'm starting as left defense and we are doing a drill called keep away. 

I am in the middle trying to get the ball while three others are passing it around trying to keep it away from me. It's like monkey in the middle. I finally got the ball making the girl go in the middle. 

We practice until we have five minutes before it's time to play. Coach is going over who is starting and what we need to look out for. I catch myself looking for a certain someone. I see him in the bleachers with Ethan, Vinnie and Noah. I can't help the smile forming on my face. He really did come.

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We've been playing for twenty minutes and two girls on our team have already gotten injured. This team has been playing dirty and the refs haven't been calling it. Coach made me center mid field so I can be all over the field.

 Hally kicks the ball to me. Trapping it, I continue running down the field. I see a girl on the opposing team running towards me. This girl likes to slide and clip your ankles with her cleats. And of course, the ref won't card her. When I see she's about to go down to slide, I kick the ball and jump over her leg. I get control of the ball again trying to find an opening.

 I see a shot right in front of the goal. After I kick the ball I feel a body contacting with mine. I fall on the ground and the girl falls on top of me. I push her off of me and attempt to get up. That bitch knocked the shit out of me. I am on my hands and knees, catching my breath when I feel hands trying to help me up. "I am so tired of these shitty refs." Kristina says dusting me off. I hear shouting in the crowds, fed up with this game. The ref comes up to ask me if I'm alright before starting the game again.

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It was half time and some of the girls were crying. "Ladies, I'm going to be having a chat with the committee about these referees. This is unacceptable. We are down by two goals but to me we have already won with how hard you guys have been playing. I am keeping the same positions besides Kristina will be left forward taking Chloe's spot."