An angels lover

~Dandelions~

Alani

I sit on the sidelines as I watch Cultun dribble and score. I try to watch the others play but my attention keep shifting back to Cultun. He notices me and waves, I wave back.

I get up and go to the toilet to get some wet tissue so I can clean my shoes. I walk in to find Samantha and her crew just lurking around, doing nothing.

I push past them to get to the sink and start wetting the papers. Samantha mumbles something and the crew laugh. I stare at her and she wears nothing but a curl smile.

"I don't suppose you and Cultun are dating?" She finally says.

"We are" I mentally slap myself in the forehead for letting my mouth open before I think.

Jones raises her eyebrow.

"Really?" Samantha challenges me.

I rub the rest of the mud of my shoes and throw the paper in the bin "I'm not here to pick a fight"

"At least your pretty" Jones says and Samantha immediately stares her down.

I try fight a smile. I push past the girls and walk out the toilets. I hear the door open behind me and Samantha calls my name.

"A bitch like you doesn't deserve Cultun" she says.

"And you do" I chuckle with no humour.

Samantha slaps me across the face making my head spin. I recover as fast as I can which isn't fast enough. To my surprise Samantha is as much shock with herself then I am.

She looks at me with hate in her eyes. She goes to slap me again but I dodge her. I hear these familiar chants.
Kairmalytus kairmalytus
They repeat in my head and then I'm cheating them.

Samantha drops to her knees, clutching her head like she's got a headache. She groans and moans but I keep chanting. My hands tighten into fists.

A figure steps between me and Samantha blocking my view. Stop I hear a voice say, the voice sound far away and cloudy.
"Alani stop" the familiar voice says shaking me back to reality.

Cultun is the figure who's between me and Samantha. I stop chatting and look at him. He turns to Samantha and touches her forehead. Her face turns blank and she goes back to the bathroom.

He walks past me and I follow. We go outside and I stay silent.
"Stay here and wait for me to finish" he commands.
I sit on the grass. Watching dandelions pass by.

***

I sit and listen to Cultun scold me for my behaviour "I can't believe you would do that. You know the rules! No magic in school. You nearly fired the poor girls brains"

"Poor girl? She called me a bitch. She started it" I argue.

"When will you have patience? You are really hard to deal with, you don't see me frying your brains"

I look down. "I'm sorry"

He sighs and I watch his jaw clench. The rest of his body shows no emotion, he stands and watches me.
For a moment our eye contact exchanges a few words until I look away.

"Your a good player" I say trying to lighten up the mood.

"Thank you" he sighs. I watch his shoulders relax a little then tense right up like he has to keep a steady image of himself.

He gets his backpack and starts to leave. I follow him to the front door and he turns before he leaves. "Be careful Nia" he looks at me like he wants to say more but turns to leave instead.

I close the door behind him and press my back against the door.

I'm falling for Cultun. Five months of friendship and this is when I decide to like him?
Shit.