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Ch. 4

Today was Friday
Finally the end of the week
And first period was gym
With Coach .. Coach um .. Uh just Coach I guess

Everyone called him coach so his name was coach
I was in that class with one of my best pals Em

But we were in the locker room getting changed
It wasn't like the popular girls on one side and the weird ones on the other side
We were all together
But everyone had their cliques
I got dressed fast because I didn't talk to any of the girls
So as soon as I got dressed I walked out of the Locker room
And stood in the gym hallway waiting for the teacher to take role

I was standing there by myself waiting for Em to come out of the guys dressing room
I was in a navy blue "save the whales" shirt
It had a picture of a whale shooting water out of its blow whole
Then I had on pink Nike shorts
My hair tucked behind my ears into a ponytail in the back

I turned around to the feel of a tap on my right shoulder to Madison
Madison Seawalker: Madison with the nice long legs, Madison with the slim hips, Madison with the gorgeous smile, Madison with the nice long blonde hair, Madison who's eyes changed colors in the sun, Madison Madison Madison.

Oh yeah, how could I forget

Madison who used to date Lucas Marcs

Yeah, exactly!

I didn't feel threatened
Not completely
She was perfect
And who was I?
Lucas Marcs new toy

And every chance she got, she reminded me of it

"Hi Samuella", she spoke
"Good morning Maddy"

"Nice shirt. I see you're really into that whole save the world, and rights type of thing", she said tugging at my shirt.

I slapped her hand away, "Well I guess you'd care about the world too if your head wasn't stuck so far up your ass."

"Ha, you should be thanking me."

"Thanking you?" I spat out.

She shut up then. She had led her friends on to think she didn't care about Lucas
But I saw past that
She didn't want him when she had him
She just wanted something to call her own
She saw something else she wanted and threw Lucas away

"For Lucas? Is that what I should be 'thanking' you for? Huh Madison?"

"I don't care about Lucas" she straightened up her posture and flip her long blonde hair behind her shoulder

"You know what Madison? I know your game, okay? And I'm not falling for it", I said stepping into to her personal space

"Alright ladies," Em came from behind me and grabbed me by my shoulders, "Let's take a five minute break for gym class alright."

He carried me away

"Well I guess you're not red head for nothing", he jokingly laughed
I jokingly nudged Em in the side of his stomach

We walked out of the double doors at the end of the gym hallway, which led to outside
This was our soccer unit of the year
I hated any sport that didn't involve hands
Well actually I didn't care about sports

And I didn't go to games
Which occurred on Thursdays and Fridays of every week
Football that is
I went to one game when I first got here and my stupid brother go into a fight
Over a soda I think
So therefore I just didn't go
It was where stupid people went to socialize with friends
Like why not go to each others houses instead of spending six stupid dollars to get into a stupid game that you aren't gonna even watch
The whole thing just seemed stupid so I wasn't with it