All out of love

Chapter Eleven

The next day at Liberty High School the stares and whispers about Hannah had started to subside in the hallways but it could still be heard in people's conversations every now and again, I guess everyone still wanted her to be the centre of everyone's attention around here.

Walking into my homeroom that I shared with Hannah, Clay and Jessica I was stopped by my teacher Mrs Lynn, she pulled me to one side of the room so she could tell me something in private as the others took their seats. Mrs Lynn gave me a hall pass and a sticky note message up off her desk.

'What are these for Mrs?' I questioned, taking the pieces of paper from her

'Don't know didn't ask Mason' she informed me. 'Coach Patrick wanted me to give you these when I first saw you today'

'Ok thanks' I smiled

Peeling open the sticky note it was a short message for me to skip homeroom this morning and make my way to the coaches office for a urgent chat, I informed Mrs Lynn that I had to leave right away and go find Coach Patrick to have a chat with him.

I looked over at the small group of my friends and they were just as curious what the note had said, after I was done with Coach Patrick I would tell them everything he had said to me and answer anything they might ask at lunch. Leaving my homeroom I made my way to the other side of the school building to the coaches' office

After a few minutes I was stood outside the office door and knocked gently a couple of times on it before entering, Coach Patrick was sat at his desk and was working on some files on his computer. He closed down a few internet tabs and documents before swivelling in his chair towards me at the door, he ushered me into the room with his hand and told me to take a seat in front of his desk

'You wanted to see me Coach?' I questioned, placing the sticky note down on the desk as a reminder for him

'Oh yes Mason' he exclaimed excitedly, rubbing both of his hands together. 'I've got some very excited news for you'

'Ok, what is it'

'I've finally been able to find you an opponent for your first up and coming boxing match in a few weeks, his name is Mateo Jaxon'

Coach Patrick handed me a file off his desk and I peered inside to look at the information he must have gather of Mateo. Pulling out a couple of photos that were inside I saw my opponent in action and he looked like the real deal, there was a couple of TKO knockout photos and I knew I might have met my match here

'The kids goes Hillcrest High School and his exactly the same age as you, so you don't have to worry about fighting someone that's older than you and may have a lot more experience on the upper hand' he stated

'Isn't Hillcrest one of the school's main rivals?'

'More of the reasons to choose a kid for there to be your first fight' he stated happily. 'The whole school will get behind you when it's time to make your debut'

'Didn't the football team start a fight with the Hillcrest boys last year? I just don't think it's wise to choose my opponent from there solely to flame up the rivalry even more' I remarked

'It's a more of a competitive spirit getting out of hand between them Mason. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, a healthy rivalry hasn't hurt nobody'

'I'm gonna trust you on this one Coach even if I don't totally agree with you'

'I only look out for what's best for your future Mason, I know you're gonna reach the top one day'

Sighing heavily I reopened the file and studied my opponent again, looking at the full in depth report of his strengths and weakness that Coach Patrick had gathered from his previous fights. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I read Mateo's weight class on the piece of paper, he was down under as a light heavyweight whilst I fought at a super welterweight level