The Hidden

Chapter 10

•Ashton's POV•
Through the glass I could see her laying in the medical bed. She's been passed out for awhile. I'm sitting across the hall with the others, waiting to see if she wakes up.
"When are we going to go on another adventure?" Isabelle sighs.
"It's wasn't her fault" Jake explains. "She just didn't know what to do exactly, like maybe if we..."
"We should've been there" I argue. They both look up at me, but I keep my head down.
"It was an accident, she will be fine to go again." Isabelle suggests.I look through the window and see her awake. She looks confused, slightly panicked. The nurse ran over to her, and they talked.
"She's awake." I stated relieved. Isabelle and Jake got up and walked in, I followed behind them.
"You okay?" Isabelle asked.

•Teegan's POV•
"You okay?" Isabelle asked. I nodded. My throat was dry and my arms burned, but they were healing.
"Yeah I'm okay." My voice came out rough.
"Is there any water around?" I ask.
"I'll ask the nurse" Jake walked into the other room. He came back out with a glass of water and handed it to me.
"Thank you" I told him. I smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" Isabelle asked slightly laughing.
"Because I have people who take care of me." They exchange looks and smile.

*A week later*
I've completely healed with the help of the nurse. The group is walking to the cafeteria to get pizza. (Yes that means it's Friday) Jake opens the door.
"Here you go princess."
"Thanks, but I'm completely healed you don't have to do that." I explain.
"But I can" he laughed. We all sat down and enjoyed our pizza.
"Hey look, the tournament is next week." Jake points to the poster.
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TOURNAMENT
FRIDAY 25th
ALL DAY

SIGN UP OUTSIDE
OF TRAINING ROOM!
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"We have to go sign up now" Ashton nudges Jake.
"Alright let's go." We get up and walk down the hall.
"So what's the tournament?" I ask Isabelle. Because the boys are busy talking to each other.
"Two people fight until one is knocked out or forfeits, there's a lot of strong people. Don't worry it's not mandatory." She explains. I need to do that. To show how strong I can be, so I don't seem useless here.
The boys race to see who can sign up first. I laugh with Isabelle at them. Isabelle pushes them aside and writes her name under Jake's name. I walk up and start to sign my name.
"What are you doing?" Jake asks. I give him a confused look.
"I'm signing up?"
"No you are not" Ashton tells me strictly. Excuse me? I shrug my shoulders and finish signing up. "Teegan."
"What?" I smile. And I walk up to Izzy (Isabelle) and loop my arm around hers and walk off.
"She told you" Izzy laughs at her brother. "Here we can go to the training room and practice" Izzy tells me, and I nod happily.

When we walk into the training room it's seems to be filled with people scattered everywhere. Some throwing punches harder than I've ever seen. Izzy guides me over to the punching bag and shows me a few moves. I watch carefully, memorizing every move. I wasn't as strong as her, my punches are weak.
   We use different equipment and finally walk over to a mat. "Now what?" I ask her.
"Duck" I duck down and watch her as she kicks her leg over my head. "Good, now try dodging everything." She throws punches but I sway my body to the left and right. She throws a punch towards my torso and I pull my arms up to a blocking position. She stops and smiles. "You're a natural." Her smile fades, but before I could turn around I was hit in the head and fell to the ground. My vision was blurry, but I didn't pass out.
   "She's not that good" a guy laughs from behind me.
"Aaron" Ashton growls suddenly appearing next to me. He gives me a hand and helps me up.
"Awe that's so sweet, helping your weak little girlfriend." Aaron laughs.
"She's my friend and she will beat your ass one day" he steps forward.
"Sure she will" Aaron laughs and walks out of the training room.
"You okay?" Izzy grabbed my arm looking at me worried.
"Yeah I'm fine" I answer. Ashton walked out of the room looking angry. "Is he okay?" I ask her.
"Yeah, Aaron is like his enemy" she glares out the door. I just nod and try to forget what just happened. "Let's go."

I walk into my room and get a shower, letting the hot water run down my body and relieve stress. I change into pj's and pull my hair up into a messy bun. I crawl into bed and as soon as my head hits the pillow I fall asleep.