CODE RED (Book 1)

Left Broken

Left Broken-5

Gym period was rough as I had suspected it would be. I had geared up in my gym clothing wearing a black sleeveless T shirt, black workout shorts and running sneakers. We were required to wear black elastic guards on our arms that stretched from our elbow to our wrists to keep our muscles from aching through out the workout sessions which by my luck gave a good enough hiding spot for the medium sized scar on my left wrist.

I was already panting for breath once our lap run was over and done with. Sprint all the way around the track for the mile run, it left my body tired and aching. The black guards on both of my arms hadn't helped like the coach had said. I knew it wouldn't of, truth is I only wore them to hide my injuries.

I sighed a final breath before standing up strait letting the sun glare down on my face as I looked up at the clear sky. I felt annoyed that we had to do workouts in such a heat. I closed my eyes and leaned my head down in an attempt to calm down my fast beating heart from the long run.

It was then I felt a cold sensation on my bicep. My eyes opened to look at the face of Alex smiling down at me. I gave him one of my bored looks. This guy just wouldn't leave me alone no matter how much I stressed it. I threatened him once but of course it hadn't been enough to push him away. Hell we were already doing that interview project with each other and now he had offered to be my partner for the workout sessions going on now.

"Here," he said to me, handing over the water bottle. I took it slowly, still staring at his attractive face that was lined with a small layer of sweat. I turned away from him finally and opened the water bottle only to hold it upwards and close my eyes as I splashed it's cold contents on my face.

It felt better, a lot better actually to have something cold against my hot skin. After I was done making sure I had at least half a bottle of water left for drinking I shook my head from side to side slowly to get rid of the access water. My black hair fanned over my eyes and forehead as I did this. Coming to a stop I screwed the cap back on the bottle only to feel Alex's eyes on me.

Turns out he had been starring at me the whole time. A mesmerized look was on his face as I turned to look at him in question.

I raised an eyebrow at him." What?"

"Nothing," he replied turning away.

I stared at him. I was about to say something but then the coach's whistle rang out through the football field calling us in.

We both walked over to the middle of the field and waited for instructions as the rest of the class walked over as well.

The coach ordered us to do as many sit ups as we could do with our partners and we all set ourselves in an empty area among the large football field.

"You want to go first?" Alex asked me as we walked to an empty space. I shrugged my shoulders not really caring who went first.

"Whatever,." I answered. I sat myself onto the turf and laid down onto my back and crossed my arms into an X over my chest, making sure my hands were gripping my shoulders for the proper way of doing sit ups. I felt Alex's hands press down on the top of my sneakers as he held them down.

"Ready?" He asked, looking over me. I blushed slightly noticing our close position with each other but I nodded all the same not being able to trust my voice afraid that it would crack under the sheer embarrassment. I hadn't thought it all the way through when I agreed to go first.

I heard the coach's whistle ring out to begin our session and then I began my sit ups forcing myself up even through the pain emitting from my back as it grew hard to sit myself upwards each time. All the while Alex's steal grey eyes stared down at me unmoving from my expressionless face. Every time I sat up I found our faces inches apart. Him not bothering to move back as they did. It was like he was trying to make the heated blush on my face grow.