Player, Don't You Dare Play Me

Chapter 4

Recap…

Feeling quite satisfied with myself, I smiled and spun around to take the path back to the Yard. The only problem was that I didn’t have a clue where I was- I was completely and utterly lost.

My breathing quickened as I began to panic- I shouldn’t have taken so many different directions. There were only 2 things that really frightened me in the world; One thing was being in the dark, and the second was being left alone in a strange place.

A lone tear fell down my cheek as I frantically walked, trying to find my way back to the school.

All the trees looked the same to me, so there was no way to pinpoint the path I needed to take. I felt completely helpless. Plus the boy was nowhere near me so I couldn’t turn to him for help. Damn, I wish I had asked for his name, and then I would be able to shout it out and ask for his help. Not that he’d be likely to give it to me after I threw his blazer away.

I fell to my knees and pulled my cell phone out of my pocket. I had no signal- typical. Tears began silently streaming down my cheeks.

How the hell was I going to get out of this?

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The next thing I remember was that there was someone lightly shaking my side. I twisted my head, only to be blinded by the sky that was shining through the trees above me. I squinted, trying to protect my eyes from the bright light when someone’s head came into view and blocked it.

I blinked a few times as I tried to focus on whoever was looking down at me. Was I still in the woods? I must have fallen asleep- Oh God I was such a wuss!

My eyes finally focussed on the face that was near me- it was the boy; Oh no.

I cringed away from him when I realised he was with me; just waiting for him to either yell at me or get his own back for what I did earlier.

“Go on, get it over with.” I whimpered.

“Get on with what?”

“You’re going to shout at me, aren’t you?”

“No, why would I?”

“Because I threw your blazer away…”

“Well I got paint on yours so I thought we were even. There’s no point in striking up another problem when we can just call it quits.” He said with a shrug.

I was speechless. Maybe I was wrong about him. To be honest, I thought that my revenge was way worse than what he did to me, so his calm reaction was surprising to say the least.

I looked into his eyes to see is he was trying to deceive me. Maybe he would pretend to be all nice and then run away as soon as I showed any trust in him. I decided that while I was still stuck in the woods, I shouldn’t take any chances in provoking him so I kept my mouth shut.

I flipped myself onto my back and placed my feet firmly on the ground to hoist myself up. He stood up too and offered me a hand which I grabbed tentatively before he helped me upwards.

I muttered a quiet thank you with a small smile. He smiled back, in such a beautiful, dazzling way that it almost took my breath away. Why was he having this effect on me? No boys ever made me act all prissy and girly-EVER.

“So do you think that we should start getting back?” He asked.

“Erm, yeah. Do you know which way we have to go?”