I hobbled into the changing rooms to be greeted but an enormous hug from Amy, she was gripping me so tight i could hardly breath.
'It..would..be..nice..if..i..could..breath..' i whispered into her ear, suprisingly huskily.
'Ahh, oh my god, sorry, i'm just so happy that you're okay!' She screamed at me, throwing her hands up in the air, releasing me from her death grip. I just smiled at her, i didn't know what to say, she was just so mental!
I decided not to get changed from what i was already in, although now being able to walk on it, my foot still hurt too much to try and pull it out of the shorts, so i decided to keep this rediculously slutty uniform.
After Amy had gotten changed, we walked back up to the mound and was greated by a very drousy Ebony. We sat down ontop of the mound, near where me and Louis had sat. It was so peaceful when no one was here, all you could hear were the birds singing as they shot overheard in the clear blue sky.
We had a quick catch up from the previous lesson, i told Ebony all about me falling and hurting my ankle, i decided to miss out the bit where Louis had come to my rescue, like a night in shining armour, except he was in a football kit, and suprisingly, so did Amy. I think she realised it was a sensitive subject for me and decided to keep her mouth shut, for the first time since, ever.
I still hadn't actually told her about what happened between me and Louis on the mound, although cute, it was too embarassing and awkward to talk about, i wasn't the type of person to boast about somthing like that.
For some reason, we had started talking about disney films, random, i know..
'Imagine if you had to kiss a frog, to get your prince charming, would you do it?' Ebony asked us, raisng an eyebrow, planting a smirk across her face.
'Of course! If he was the one, i would do ANYTHING for him!' Amy looked from me to Ebony, switching between the two of us, with a serious face. Was she actualy serious? I just burst, i was laughing on the floor, almost crying. I could just about hear Ebony joining in with my laughter.
I sat up, just about managing to control myself. 'ONLY if he was the one, right, i mean, obviously!' i said as girly as i could, licking my hair. Amy looked at me with a stern face, pushing my shoulder, just hard enough to push my body back to the ground, re-starting my fits of laughter.
'Alright, alright...' me mumbled, looking into her lap. Me and Ebony calmed ourselves and sat up to our previous position.
'Anyway,speaking of prince charmings..' Amy said, turning her head to me, i was still smiling widly at her for her previous comment. She was nutty. I could just see Ebony's face past hers, stilling grinning, maybe even wider than me. 'Whats going on with you and Louis?'
The grin suddeny fell from my face and i turned my head to face my lap, just as Amy had done. I felt my cheeks turn to a deeper shade of pink. Maybe she didn't realise it was a sensitive subject.
'I-I don't know what your talking about...' I mumbled down into the ground. It didn't want to talk about this right now.
'Oh don't give me that Rachel, i saw you two hugging up here, and that was NOT just a 'friend' hug.' I looked up from my lap to her face. It was stern. I looked at Ebony for a bit of relief, but it didn't work, she looked just as serious, the smirk wiped from her face too. I turned back to face the floor, I couldn't look her in the eyes. An awkward silence hung over the air.
'You like him, don't you?' I froze, was she really asking me this question?
I felt my breathing get heavier, my chest rising and falling, quicker and quicker. I tired to drag it on as long as possible, hoping the situation would lighten and we would go back to talking about whatever, i didn't really care what, just not this. I soon realised it wasn't going to be dropped, and that i had to answer.
'Maybe... Maybe not...'I was stilling staring down into my lap, but i could feel Amy and Ebony's eyes boaring into the back of my head.
'Rachel...Look me in the eyes and say that.' I glanced up at her. This would be difficult. Think Rachel, think. As a result of my quick thinking, i put my hand to my face, spreading out my fingers so i wasn't looking at her directly in the eyes.
'Maybe... Maybe not..' i repeated. I heard Ebony chuckle and started to smile. A small smile quickly appeared on Amy's face before she quickly wiped it off. She pulled my hand away from my face, the stern look re-appearing.
'..Seriously.' I froze for a minute, before letting out a deep sigh. I stared at her, directly in the eyes for a while. I wanted to say no, but i couldn't, i just couldn't lie to her.
'Yes... yes i do,' I turned back to face the floor, i couldn't look her in the eyes for any longer, or i would just crack. It was silent for a minute, all i could hear was us breathing and the birds singing.
'So what are you going to do?' Ebony added in the silence, I iwhs i didn't know what she meant, but i did.
'I....I don't know, what can i do?' By now i was looking up at them, switching between both gazes, they looked sympathetic.
'Maybe.. tell him?' Amy hesitated before she said this, i knew she was thinking about it, but i also knew she wouldn't have said it without thinking it was a good idea. But i couldn't, i couldn't tell him.
'You don't understand, i can't. Look at him, then look at me, hes gorgeous, he wouldn't be interested in me, and even if he did, i'm not what he needs, you know i'm not experienced with relationships, and i mean, hes got to be, they've all got to be?!'
We all sat there in silence, till i felt them all crawl round to me and hug me, I buried my head inbetween their shoulders, i felt like crying, but i wouldn't, i wouldn't cry twice in one day.
