Her secrets

Chapter 3

Half an hour passes by pretty quick. When the bell rings, Blaire packs up her stuff. The boys hurry off to gym. They have class with Blaire again. As does Damian. Blaire heads to the gym and walks into the female change rooms to put her gym uniform on.

When she comes out, she sits on the bleachers with the other students. Today they're playing dodge ball. Which is the worst game if you aren't physically fit or ready to get pounded with balls. The gym teacher calls Damian and Aiden to be team captains. So they get to choose who's on their teams. Damian gets to choose first. He picks Blaire, which makes Aiden a bit angry.

Blaire stands up with her team. All three boys are on Aiden's team. Most of the athletic boys are on Aiden's team. Blaire doubts her team will win. But she doesn't really care about winning. The game starts. Blaire runs to the center line to get a ball. She manages to snatch one up. So does Damian. And all three of the boys. Balls start flying across the room. Blaire gets a few people out. Which makes her smile.

Suddenly, Blaire feels a ball hit her in the head, sending her to the floor. "Head shots aren't allowed!" Someone calls out. Aiden smiles. He was the person that threw the ball that hit her. Damian rushes over to her side as the teacher blows his whistle to stop the game. "Are you okay, Blaire?" Damian asks her. Blaire nods, moving her hand to the side of her head. There's a bump. A painful bump.

"Yeah. I'll be fine." She says, getting up with his help. "Who threw the ball?" He asks, his hand on her lower back. "I don't know. It was probably an accident. Someone always ends up getting a ball to the head in dodge ball." Blaire says.: "Wayne. Take Hamilton to the nurses office." The teacher says. Damian nods, leading her out of the gym.

"Blaire? Are those boys bothering you?" Damian asks her, looking into her baby blue eyes. "Kinda. But I'm fine. I'll tell Blake if they start bullying me." She says, looking back into his eyes. "If they start bullying you?" He questions. "If that happens, you come to me. I'll deal with them." He says seriously. "I will. They won't do anything anyway. Not at school at least." She says. "What?" Damian asks. "Nothing." Blaire looks away. "Blaire...what do you mean?"

"Aiden...kinda threatened me. He said him and Kane and Alex can make my life hell if I don't take interest in them." Blaire sighs. "But I doubt they'll do anything." She adds. Damian clenches his teeth. "If they do, you better tell me, okay?" Blaire nods, looking away as they enter the nurses office.

The nurse comes over. "What happened?" She asks. "Dodge ball to the head." Damian answers, letting Blaire sit down. "I'll get you some Advil and an ice pack." The nurse says, walking off. She comes back after a few minutes with an ice pack, two Advil and a plastic cup filled with water. "Here you go." She gives Blaire the ice pack, pills and water, then walks away. "You can go back to class. I'll probably go home and rest." Blaire says, smiling at Damian. "Okay. Give me your phone. I'll add my number so we can text." Blaire pulls her phone out and hands it to him.

Damian hands it back after putting in his cell phone number. "I'll see you tomorrow, Blaire." He says, walking out of the nurses office. Blaire takes the Advil with the water and presses the ice pack to the side of her head. About an hour later, Blaire is walking out of the school.. The nurse let her go home.

On her way home, Blaire texts Blake, letting him know what happened. She also texts Damian, asking him to take notes for her in chemistry. Hopefully he will. She doesn't wanna be behind in her class work. As soon as Blaire gets home, she heads to her bedroom. The house is eerily silent.

Not liking the silence, Blaire turns on her music and pulls out her art homework. She may as well finish it while she's resting. She gets out her paints and brushes, as well as her half finished painting. Blaire mixes the colors she needs and starts painting. She starts singing quietly as she paints, getting lost in her work.

Two hours pass by before she finally finishes. Blaire rubs her eyes and cleans up the mess she's made at her desk. She's glad she got her art homework finished. Now she can just relax until Blake gets home from work. Which should be in an hour or so. Blaire walks down to the living room with a blanket and her cell phone. She sits on the sofa and curls up with her blanket. She turns on the tv and starts channel surfing, getting a text from Damian.

'Hey Blaire. I took notes for you in chemistry. My Father would like to know if you would be interested in coming over for dinner tomorrow night.' The text says. Blaire smiles. 'Sure. And thank you for taking notes for me.' She replies, looking at the tv as the news flashes on the screen. There has been more sightings of Joker around the city. Which is concerning. The police commissioner is asking that civilians be in their houses before dark to be safe.

Blaire changes the channel to her favorite show. Miraculous Ladybug. Smiling, she curls up with her blanket and a cushion and watches the show. By the time she's watched three episodes, Blake has gotten home. "Hey Blaire Bear. How was your day?" He asks, locking the door behind him. "It was good. I finished my art homework. Oh, and I got hit in the head with a dodge ball." She says, smiling at him.

"Wait. What?"  Blake questions. "Are you okay?" He asks, sitting down beside her. Blaire nods, still smiling. "Yeah. I'm fine. The nurse let me come home early to rest. So my head isn't even hurting anymore." She tells him. "Okay. That's good. I brought home dinner. McDonalds." He grins. Blaire gasps. "You got us McDonalds!? You're the best brother a girl could ever have!"

Blake chuckles, handing her a take away bag. He got her a big mac combo meal with chicken mcnuggets. Her favorite. "I know. I got you a diet coke with it." He passes over her drink and opens up his own bag of food. "Lets watch a movie while we eat." Blaire says, turning on Netflix. She chooses Happy Death Day.

The two sit happily on the sofa, eating their food and watching the movie. "I almost forgot. Damian asked me to have dinner at his house tomorrow night. That's okay, right?" Blaire asks. Blake looks at her. "Yeah. But if he tries anything, I'll find him lecture him." He says, trying to be serious.

"He won't try anything. He's my tutor. And friend. Who, I'll admit, is very handsome." Blaire says, smiling amusedly at his surprised face. "Blake. Close your mouth. You'll catch flies." Blaire laughs, her eyes lighting up.

Blake closes his mouth, raising an eyebrow. "You think your tutor is cute?" He questions. "No. I think he's handsome. Cute isn't a word I'd use for him. He's too...proper for those kinds of words." She says, smiling. Once Blaire has finished eating, she puts her trash in the trash can. "I'm gonna head to bed. I have rehearsals all afternoon tomorrow." Blaire says, heading up to her room.

"Okay kiddo. Sleep well." Blake calls out. He turns off the tv and cleans up the living room before heading to bed. In her bedroom, Blaire gets changed into her pjs and jumps into her bed, turning her music on. She falls asleep in her warm, comfy bed.