Rumours [BxB] ✔️

XII

If only I had known that the next few months, which were the build up to Christmas, which followed his statement would be hectic, ridiculous, emotional and life changing, I might have done something differently.

I never would have guessed that one rumour could turn into something so real, and so toxic.

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"Hey Riv!" I heard a voice echo through the sports hall before someone linked their arm with mine suddenly. Quickly looking down to see who it was, I heard another familiar voice ring through my ears.

I then felt another persons arm wrap around my unoccupied one which caused my cheeks  to heat up for an unknown reason. To my left was Scarlett, who I had promised to partner up with this lesson, and to my right was Thorn, the new kid with no other acquaintances in this class.

"Hey Scar, Thorn." I greeted shakily, unsure about what else to say.

"Oh! You're that new kid. Thorn, right?" Scar questioned, pulling away from me to see him clearer. Her eyes crinkled due to her bright smile once again, and I couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Yeah, er, I don't know you, do I?" Thorn replied, glancing down at his feet from awkwardness as he too pulled away.

"Nope! My names Scar, and those three girls over there are my team. Alicia, Rosie and Lizzy. The other group of girls is led by Brooke, one of my besties, and the rest are all idiotic dicks who bathe in their own testosterone and haven't earned enough gratitude from me for their names to be mentioned."

Thorn looked taken aback for a moment before squinting in the direction of the group Scar had pointed out only moments earlier. "Wait, Ash is in our sport class?"

"Yeah, sadly." I answered, rolling my eyes as the disapproving words left my mouth.

"Why are you so sad about that? It's a perfect opportunity to start the plan." My gaze was instantly pulled to him, and I saw him smirk before wiggling his eyebrows, which caused me to laugh.

Scar gave both of us a confused look when Thorn lunged towards her before whispering something in her ear, which I could only presume was our idea of getting back at him.

By the sly, grinch-like smirk that grew on her lips , I assumed my guess was correct.

"Listen up! Get into groups of four, we're playing doubles tennis!" She shouted to the rest of the class, and no one had the right to argue with her since she was the sports captain, so we all trudged off into the cupboard to retrieve the rackets.

After around five minutes, we were all in groups, lined up along the back end of the outdoor court since we weren't allowed to play tennis inside after someone smashed a light.

Our team consisted of me, Thorn, Scarlett and Alicia, and we were all relatively competitive. Well, Thorn told me he was.

Scar stepped to face the long line of people and began to throw a ball to each group while speaking. "So teams, I've made a rotor of matches to be played, and you're all going to have a number."

She gave each team a number while writing them down on a clipboard before proceeding to direct us to a specific court. "Play fair, and if you're not on, umpire."

With that, everyone moved to their selected area and the games began.

We weren't on for the first round, yet we had to play the next three which was a great combination, but I couldn't blame her since she had to match up every team somehow.

So for the first game, we split into pairs and helped the teams who were playing.

They typically passed relatively quickly as there was usually a clear winner that managed to gain points abnormally fast. By the time it was our go, we had decided that Scar and Alicia would play this game as they would be against their friends.