Asleep

Chapter 4- The Scrimmage

When my alarm goes off the next morning, I groan loudly until I shut it off. I throw myself out of bed and stomp towards the bathroom to shower. 

With my hair dripping wet I walk back into my bedroom to get dressed into another pair of spandex leggings with a Nike tank top. I dry my hair with a blow drier before sitting down on my bedroom floor to do my make up in front of my full length mirror. I apply a light layer of concealer under my eyes then dust a layer of powder all around my face. I brush mascara onto my lashes and then stand up to gather my things to leave. 

The day flies by and I am completely distracted by work until a crowd makes their way into the building, buzzing like bees with excitement. 

"What's going on?" I ask Arizona. 

"The match is today!" She answers enthusiastically. 

"What match?"

"There is a boxing match tonight, scrimmage really." Arizona speaks. "You should come with."

"...I don't know."

"Oh come on it will be fun!"

"Okay fine." I sigh.

"Yay."

...

Looking around there maybe fifty people watching. Everyone watching is standing which leaves me at a disadvantage me being only 5,5". But Arizona is shorter than me so we are both on the same metaphorical boat. The crowd begins to cheer and me and Arizona look at each other with the same confused looks.

"Follow me," she yells above the crowd. I do as I am told as she pushes her way to the front. When I set my eyes in the boxing ring they widen slightly at who the opponents are. Harry was shirtless only wearing black basketball shorts and a pair of boxing gloves. Sebastian stands on the opposite side of the ring, both of them smirking at each other.

The sound of a bell rings throughout the room and the boys start moving towards each other. I honestly don't know who will win this one, Harry is obviously young maybe twenty and Sebastian has to be in his early thirties. The first strike is to Sebastian as Harry hits him dead on in the stomach. Sebastian doesn't even flinch before he hits Harry in the side. This continues for what felt like hours, fists swinging before Harry had Sebastian on the floor both Sebastian's arms behind his back. The whole room falls silent as they wait for the next move.

"Tap out?" Harry asks Sebastian while smirking. Sebastian nods his head once before Harry lets his arms free.

The crowd cheers loudly as Harry smiles widely and fist bumps Sebastian who is trying to catch his breathe. I stare at Harry and watch him move around the ring before picking up his water bottle and handing it to Sebastian who accepts it excitedly. Harry looks around and again his eyes meet mine. Sebastian tries to get Harry's attention but Harry's gaze never leaves my face. I break the gaze when Arizona drags me back into the gym area.

"See that was fun right?" She asks but I am still thinking about what just happened. "Cassie?"

"What? Oh yeah it was fun you were right," I say with a smile.

"Can you stay for a little and help me clear up the front desk? If you have to run that's okay I totally understand," Arizona asks. I look at my watch then nod and smile. I pick up all the pens and put them into the cup holders and refile all of The Gym's information forms before I am stopped by a presence in front of me. I look up to see none other than Harry standing there with an award winning smile plastered on his face.

"I'm Harry," he introduces. I look up to see Harry leaning over the counter and smiling at me. His hair is in a bun again and sweat beads drip down his face. He has a muscle shirt thrown on now and a towel lying around his neck.

"That's nice," I say and walk to the opposite side of the desk to turn off the computers.

"And you are?" He asks following me to the computers.

"Can I help you find the bathroom or another water bottle or something?" I ask and stop what I am doing to give him my full attention.

"Don't be difficult," he says in a rougher tone.

"Oh hey Cassie," Nikki says as she joins us and places her hand on Harry's back, he flinches at her touch.

"Cassie," Harry says with a smirk. If I could just slap that smirk off of him.

"Hey Nikki, headed home?" I ask not looking at Harry.

"You could say that," she giggles slightly.

"It was nice meeting you Cassie," Harry says gaining my attention again. I nod in response and turn around to find Arizona to ask if she needs anything else before I leave. I find her and she says she can do the rest herself so I leave The Gym and hop into my Jeep. 

I don't feel like going home just yet so I drive around aimlessly. After almost an hour passes I find myself back at the campus like I was yesterday. I take in a deep breath as I observe my surroundings. It's pitch black outside besides the campus' lights.

In Alexander you could look up and see millions of stars in the sky. But here all you can see is darkness. I hop out of my Jeep and slide onto the hood. The cool metal sends a chill down my spine as I adjust to get comfortable. I take my jacket off and lay it under my head. 

The wind picks up but the streets around me stay dead silent. I take a deep breathe but jolt up when I hear movement in the leaves. I begin looking around searching for the source of the strange noise. My eyes narrow on a shadow less than ten feet away from me. The stranger walks out into the light so I can see their face. I am taken back when I see who it is. 

"You really shouldn't be out this late by yourself."