𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝓂𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔

The Velez's

Verity was in the library with Aneli when she saw Corinne and Bryce enter together. She tried to make herself look busy. "Hey, girls." Bryce strolled over, Corinne following.

"Hey, B." Aneli answered for both herself and Verity. "Hi, Corinne." She tried to hide her tone.

    Corinne waved at them. "Hey, Moreau." She chipped. "And Verity Portman."

    "Yeah, hi." Verity grumbled, trying not to look up. She's been avoiding Bryce and Corinne for the last week or so.

    Bryce leaned over. "Haven't really seen or talked with you, V. Why?"

    "Nothing to talk about, Banks." Verity closed her workbook. "Especially since i've only seen you with Corinne." She tossed the book aside.

    Corinne chuckled. "I'm sorry, do you feel threatened by me?"

    Aneli clicked her tongue. "Nothing is threatening about you, sweetie. Maybe you're threatened by someone pre-"

    "Aneli." Bryce clenched his jaw slightly. "Well, we're gonna go now, see you round practice later." He turned and left with Corinne.

    Verity huffed. "Stupid skank."

    "Fat bitch." Aneli agreed. Trey came in soon after the insults died down. "Hey, Unions."

Trey waved before taking a seat by Verity. "Sup, froot loops. Hey, sweetheart." He looked at her. "Something wrong?"

"Corinne Velez is a stupid skank." Verity spat out. She didn't know what she was feeling about Corinne and she did NOT like it.

Trey agreed. "I second that. Bryce isn't the only guy she's being with."

"Velez isn't with Banks." Verity rolled her eyes. He couldn't be. "She's just following him around for popularity points."

Trey put his hand on her shoulder. "She'll get sick of him in no time, don't dwell on it." Verity gruffed. "Anyways, let's go get to practice. It starts in twenty."

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    Whitey made them line up for relay races. They had to go down the ice and come back two times before tapping the next person in. Their whole team had to be back before the timer ran out, or else they hit the football field.

    On Verity's team it was Randy, Fred, Aneli, Skills, Justin, Sean, Zach, and Dj. The other team had Bryce, Matthew, Damian, Lucas, Nathan, Keenan, Josue, Trey, Mindy, and Josue.

    Since Bryce's team had an extra person, he did it twice.

   Verity was going last for her team and was waiting for Skills to tag her. Skills was going against Bryce and he was winning.

    He tagged Verity and she skated down the ice, with Bryce doing his second round. He started to catch up to her near the second line.

    It was really close and the two teams were cheering. Verity looked up with a smile, just to instantly drop it.

    Trey was socializing with a girl, who looked very similar to Corinne, over the sidelines. Verity slowed down and Bryce passed her.

    He got to his team before the buzzer went off. Verity did not.

    Verity's team looked over to Whitey. "Portman, Azalei, Sullivan, Moreau, Taylor, Ambrose, Camacho, Yates, and Mitchells." He grinned. "Meet me on the field."

They groaned and were sent to the lockers. Bryce took off his helmet and got to Verity. "Sorry, babes."

"What you being sorry for?" Verity sounded annoyed. "It's my fault I slowed down... Captain."