Bitten

Chapter 8

I was running and jumping from rooftop to rooftop. This was awesome. I skidded to a halt and climbed down the building. I let out a gasp of exhilaration. I got a call on my phone. It was night when I got home. I headed upstairs and went into my room and shut the door locking it. I took my glasses off and then my shirt. I changed into a white compression tshirt and sat at my desk researching about spider bites. Mine disappeared.

The following day at school I was in the gym. I had recently joined the photography club. Guys were playing basketball. A ball hit a paint bucket and spilled paint over a banner someone was working. "You did that on purpose Flash!" The girl exclaimed. "No but I should have. Watch your back." I walked over to the girl and gave her a kind smile. I helped her with the  bucket of paint and stood up. I sensed the ball coming towards the two of us and leaned to the right and caught the ball in one swift, smooth motion. I went back to my original position looking at the ball. "Hand it over, Parker." "Yeah okay one second." I said handing the girl my camera. "Oh. Don't call me Parker my name is Peter....take it." I said as I walked out onto the court. Flash walked over to me. He tried to take the ball but I pulled it away from him. He tried again and failed. I faked throwing the ball at him. He jerked back. I wrapped the ball around his head. He turned around his back facing me. I tossed the ball at his back and it bounced back to me. "Okay okay. Alright how about this? This good? Look I'll even turn away." I said covering my eyes with my hand and turned my torso away from Flash. I held the ball out for him to take. He tried to take it but it wouldn't budge. "Come on Flash take it. Take the ball." I whispered to him. He backed away slowly nodding his head. I dribbled the ball. "There's nothing wrong." "COME ON PARKER! BRING IT! LET'S GO!" Flash yelled. I ran at him and knocked him to the floor and jumped into the air and dunked the ball in the net. The backboard shattered. And fell to the ground in front of me. I glanced up at the hoop.

I was sitting in the principal's office with my uncle Ben. We both left. "So. Is it true?" Ben asked. "What?" "What I just heard in there. About how you humiliated that kid." "Yeah but he deserved it." "Did he now?" "He did. He threatened a girl. So I got back at him." "So that was about you getting even? Am I right or wrong? I'm glad to know that you are happy. That's what I thought. Now I had to come down here. I had to change my shift to work late tonight. Now you have you have to pick up your aunt May at 9 o'clock tonight. Understood? Am I understood?" "Yeah." "Those two girls are pretty. Aren't they the ones you were talking about yesterday?" I turned around to see Gwen and MJ standing near Ben and I, next to each other. "Hey! He likes you guys. He told me that. I saw pictures of the two of you on his camera." Ben said. I chuckled nervously. Ben walked away. "Remember pick up May." "Got it." I slowly turned to face the two girls. I chuckled. "I don't know what he was talking about. That's my uncle. He saw pictures of you guys together at a club meeting." "Oh so you don't like us?" I laughed nervously. "Uh....I'm uh I am not going to answer that." I said with a smile and laugh. "Did you get expelled?" "No I got community service." I answered. I began to walk away. I turned back around and spoke to them. "Hey. Would you-would you guys maybe want to- I don't know...we could-or we could do something else. Or if not we can do something different-" "sure." The girls said simultaneously. "Yeah?" "We'd like that. One of the two would be fun." Gwen said. "Cool...I can't now I have..I have stuff to do." "So do I." "Yeah. I'm so busy." "Well here are our numbers. Give us a call when you decide on what to do." Gwen said as she handed me a slip of paper. "Cool." I replied. I turned around and skipped down the hallway with a laugh.