As soon as the whistle blew, Sophie ran away. I followed Linh Song, not knowing what to do. She was the first one out of my friend group to befriend me. She was from Japan, moving when she was five with her twin, Tam, and their parents. She was pale with long black hair and silver tips. Meanwhile, Tam had silver bangs. Even though they were twins, they were polar opposites. Linh was the day, Tam was the night.

Enough of that poetic stuff, let's focus on the game. I followed closely behind Linh as she ducked and dodged other people. She ran over to the jump ropes, tied it into a lasso, then swung it around a bunch of other people, successfully sticking them together. When did this become the west? Are they training us to be cowboys?

"C'mon!" Linh shouted and pulled me away towards the pickle ball rackets as a basketball came flying past my ear. What even was this game? I could've died! "We need to get the rackets then jump into the ball pit! Don't get hit by the basketballs or paintballs!" Paintballs?"

The next thing I knew, my entire face was covered in blue goo. I looked to Linh, wondering what to do. It's a good thing the school gave out pe clothes otherwise I would've had to change after this. 

"You're out, go sit with the others!" I walked over to where others were covered in paint and stood there. Two people I saw Sophie hanging out with, Wylie and Jensi I think, we're sitting there. But no Sophie. I walked over and sat down.

"Is Soph still in?" Wylie looked shocked that I was talking to him and quickly closed his mouth.

"Yeah, she's doing pretty good for not knowing the rules."

"What even are the rules, this is so confusing."

"It takes a few hours to explain but you could probably just watch and see." I turned my attention back to the game, not seeing Sophie anywhere. Was she actually doing that good?

To be honest, I missed her. My new friends could never live up to her. But she seemed so happy with her new friends, I didn't want to intrude. Jensi, the hyperactive teen he is, quickly caught my attention.

"Dude, look! Sophie's in the final two!"

"She's not gonna win, nobody beats Fitz. At least she made it this far though. That'll get her some serious street cred." Wylie replied. I turned my attention back to the game and sure enough, there my cousin was. Her and Fitz, one of my friends who was extremely arrogant, were both climbing a rope. Sophie was above him, shimmying up there at a record pace. As soon as she made it to the top, she leaped off and fell onto the trampoline, bouncing back up and grabbing another rope that you couldn't reach by standing on the ground. 

Something I didn't notice before, she had a pickle ball racket in her hand while climbing. Fitz had one too, along with a paintball gun. He shot at her and she blocked it with the racket. I watched as Sophie flew off the rope and jumped on another trampoline, grabbing another rope. Seriously, what was this game?

"How does one of them win?" I asked Wylie without my eyes leaving the game.

"One has to drop from the rope."

"Oh, Sophie's definitely gonna win this. Trust me, she once hung from the wing of a plane for an hour while it was in the air." Both of my cousin's new friends turned to stare at me in confusion but I just laughed. That was a good day. Especially when she fell off the plane-

Sophie launched herself onto Fitz's rope, causing it to swing wildly back and forth. I was a bit worried for Fitz. Not Sophie, she could fall from a plane and survive, I think she could handle thirty feet.

Fitz started falling off the rope and hit her. They both fell down towards the hard gym floor. There wasn't anything under them to catch them. The ball pit was near but there was no way they would reach it. Well, shoot. They both kicked and flailed, trying to get a grip on the air around them. Fitz hit the ground first with a hard thud. He gasped for air as everyone rushed over to him, including his sister, Biana. 

A second later, Sophie hit the ground too. Except, she made it into the ball pit. Kinda. I winced as her head hit the edge and the rest of her body fell in. I ran over to the ball pit where her body quickly disappeared.

One of the coaches, Lady Alexine, ran with me. I jumped in and sunk to where she was, she definitely wouldn't be okay. Her head hit really hard. 

I sunk through the ball pit, not realizing how deep it was before jumping in. It had to be at least ten feet. Plus with all the kids in it before... so. Many. Germs. Ugh.

After searching for a bit, my fingers found flesh. I picked her up and 'swam' over to the wall, searching for a bit to find the ladder out. Once I did, I pulled her up with me using my super human strength that I totally have.

Lady Alexine was waiting at the top and helped me pull her up. Once we were both back on the gym floor, I fully assessed the damage. Her head was bleeding, bad, but that was it. Wylie and Jensi were waiting over with us. Everyone else in the school was fondling over Fitz.

Not like he deserved it. He called me Deck. Then when I told him that it wasn't my name, he called me Desk!!!

"Okay I just called an ambulance for the two of them, it should be here soon." The other coach, Sir Harding, told us as he ran over. He had a towel in his hand and held it against the back of Sophie's head, which was still bleeding a lot. I watched as Linh and Tam ran over to us.

"Is she okay?" Linh's face paled as she saw all the blood. "Yeah, I think that answers my question." Tam wrapped his arm around his sister's shoulders, holding her steady as she swayed.

"She should be fine. She's handled a lot worse." I told them while holding her hand. I looked over at where Fitz was, he was still awake but breathing really hard and whimpering while holding his leg. It looked broken. But definitely not in worse shape than my cousin. Who was still bleeding from the head, thank you very much. 

Though it definitely wasn't worse than the time she went bungee jumping off Niagara Falls. That was a seriously bad idea. 

After a minute more of waiting, I could hear the sirens in the distance. Took them long enough. Someone could've died in the time it took them to arrive.

Thankfully, no one did. But the point still stands. My cousin is laying on the ground, bleeding out, and they decided to take their sweet time listening to Ariana Grande and making Mac and cheese?????

Dame Zombina rushed in after a bunch of medics, holding two stretchers. Was this legal? I'm pretty sure that this isn't what happens when you call an ambulance at school.

One hunky piece of man picked up my cousin and set her on the stretcher and ran away. I looked over and saw Fitz was already gone too. Wait... I promise you I'm not gay. When someone's hunky, you tend to notice. But I'm not gay. Don't judge me.

The room was silent after they left. There was still a pool of blood on the floor but Zombina was already calling the janitor for that. Then she fainted. Useless zombie.

After school ended, I drove to the hospital as fast as I could to see Sophie. I was worried. She would be okay, she's nearly died too many times to keep track. She even got her neck snapped and survive, she'll be fine with a little bump on the head. And severe bleeding. But she'll be fine.

I pulled up to the tiny hospital, recognizing my parents and aunt and uncle's cars. As soon as I walked through the doors, I saw my mom waiting with the triplets.

"Is she okay?" I asked as I walked up. For once in their puny lives, my siblings were sitting quiet and still.

"The doctors said she and that other boy should be fine, she just had a really deep gash on her head and a bad concussion plus a fractured rib, and he had a broken leg, fractured wrist, and severe bruising." I sighed with relief, never doubting for a second that she'd be okay. Well, maybe I did doubt a little but who can blame me for being worried.

A few minutes later, my dad walked down the hallway.

"Hey Dex, you wann go see her now?" What type of question was that?

"Of course!"

Two chapters in two days? Look at me go! I hope you liked it, comment and vote even if you didn't! I know I know, gore and blood and stuff but... what can I say? I like drama! Okay bye!

Edit: now edited!!!

Avery, out—>

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