We fell in love (teacherXstudent)

Chapter Seven: Tennis

I walked down to the back of the school where the tennis courts and track was. Carefully I stepped down the stairs of the schools bus ramp sidewalk where the student get off and get on the bus at the beginning and end of the day. That was located on the left side of the school if you looked at the school from the front.

I walked to the metal seats on the outside of the tennis courts and sat down. I watched the tennis team as they practiced. The coach of the team Ms.Meyer was in the corner giving tips. She is the schools reading teacher for students that have trouble reading. She walked over to me from the tennis courts and said "what are you doing Robbie?".

"I'm just sitting here watching is that ok" I said. She nodded and said " sure as long as your not a big distraction ok!" She said.

I nodded then she walked back into the courts and began helping a doubles team at the other end of the courts.

On the team was Courtney, Bryce, Hannah, a couple of seventh graders I don't know and Riley. I looked at her. She was wearing a white Tony Hawk tank top and bright orange shorts with red Reebok running shoes. I watched her as she hit the ball and won a point against another doubles team they had.

"Water break!" Shouted Ms.Meyer.

The team put their tennis rackets and tennis balls on the ground then walked over to the sprinkler they had running for the football team practicing in the field. They all crowed around the sprinkler and took a drink. Riley bent down to take drink as the team goofed around and started splashing each other. They knocked into Riley and ended up pushing her onto the sprinkler bar soaking her in water.

All the girls ran back into the courts as Riley sat on the wet ground on her hands and knees. I ran up to her and helped her up and out of the way from the falling drops of water.

"Hey are you ok?" I asked her.

She rubbed her arm as in bled from her fall.

"Yeah thank you" she said.

She looked at me in surprise and said "Mr.McDowell!".

I backed up. She blushed and continued to rub her bleeding arm.

"Sorry" she said.

I looked at her in confusion.

" why are you sorry" I asked.

"Your in nice work clothes and shoes but now your wet and its because I fell" she answered.

"Oh don't worry about my clothes I have plenty more" I said trying to cheer her up.

"Do you need to go to the nurse! Your arm is bleeding pretty bad" I said.

She looked at her arm then nodded.

I walked over to Ms.Meyer and said " hey one of your team members got injured by being pushed to the ground by the fountain by others goofing around can I take her to the nurse?" I asked her.

She sighed.

"Yeah sure just make sure she comes back" she said.

" ok" I said then started walking over to Riley.

"Ok let's go" I said to her then we started walking to the school.

We got inside the school through the locker room as I stopped and said " would you like to change into some dry clothes if you got any?".

"Sure" she said then thanked me.

I waited on the bench in the woman's locker room as she opened her locker and grabbed her other change of clothes. She walked in to a stall and started to change.

I got up and walked over to the water fountain near the stall she was in to get a drink. I bent over and pushed the lever button down as water squirted from the hole in the nozzle. I finish and got up as a wet something rather came at me from my right side and landed on my head. I grabbed it and pulled it off my face. It was Riley's wet shirt! I set it on the bench and walked back over to the bench at the end as more clothes flew over the top of the stall.

Soon she came out in black shorts same shoes and a red tank top.

"Ok" she said then grabbed her wet clothes and threw them in a plastic bag back into her gym locker.

We walked up the locker room stairs and out to the gym. I forgot that volleyball practice went on at the same time tennis did as we walked out into the middle of practice.

Everyone looked at us as we kept on walking. A kid in the team made a comment such as

" Mr.McDowell be down in the empty locker room with Riley!!".

Still we kept walking then finally exited the gym.

"We'll that was just great!" I said sarcastically.

Then again started to walk quickly to the nurse.

We walked into the office and tuned the corner in the office to the right and into the nurses office.

" yes " she said.

"Hi I have a tennis player that needs to be bandaged up on her arm" I said.

"Ok I'll do that" she said as she got up and searched through her cabinets.

She grabbed a huge bandaid and some arm rap. She bandaged Riley up and sent her back to practice.

I walked with her as she stared at the ground.

"Thanks" she said.

"Your welcome" I said back.

I opened the door to the bus ramp sidewalk as we walked out and to the courts. We got there then she walked into the courts and started practicing again. I watched from the metal seats. Soon practice was over and she as she said got a ride from Cailin and as everyone else left I figure it was time for me to go as well.