"Lookin' forward to ten wonderful laps of this fine hall?" he then asked sarcastically while gesturing to our surroundings.
I snorted. "Oh yeah, cannot wait to feel like my legs are about to fall off. Dyin' for it all weekend."
Gavin chuckled at me then gestured for me to stand next to him. "You can catch me if I fall," he teased.
I laughed, loudly. "Can you imagine if you did fall, and I tried to catch you? We would both hit the ground in a matter of seconds."
Gavin laughed when he thought about it. He snorted mid-laugh, and it made me laugh louder, which Gavin found extra amusing. When we started our laps, I jogged side by side around the hall with Gavin laughing when I tried to talk through my breathlessness.
As per usual, I got to the fourth lap and had to stop because I honestly felt like I was about to die. I was always the first person to stop jogging, all the other girls and lads were fitter than me. I never usually cared because no one ever said anything, not even Jason, but this time Fuckface opened his mouth when he neared me on his jog.
"Don't stop, keep going, Bronagh."
I gave him the finger over my head and rasped out, "Fuck off!"
He laughed and slapped my arse hard as he passed me by.
"You bastard!" I snapped.
I wasn't even about to try and chase after him for two reasons: reason one was that I was dying, and reason two was that I knew I wouldn't catch him even if I tried.
I angrily walked over to the mats and began stretching after passing our P.E. teacher. Our P.E. teacher was Mr. Rivers. He never bothered with the girls very much, if we stopped running or didn't do our stretches, he just didn't care. His only concern was the boys in the class, because the majority of them played for his football team, and they had to be match fit to even be considered to play for the team. Even though their training days were after school, he used P.E. to make them sweat also.
It was a pretty good thing us girls - me - had going because when we got tired, we could bow out and not be shouted at like the boys would be. I did attempt to run as long as I could, but I was just not fit so I didn't last very long. I did, however, stretch very well.
I was bent forward, my legs shoulder width apart, and my palms pressed to the ground in front of me when I heard commotion behind me.
"Slater, you may not be on the team lad but that doesn't mean you can just stop running and cause my players to crash into you and fall!" Mr. Rivers yelled.
"I'm sorry but, Jesus Christ, how do you expect me to run when I have a view like that mere feet away?"
What in God's name was that lad yapping on about now? Why couldn't he just run without causing people problems?
He was like a damn virus!
"Stop lookin' at her! I won't have you oglin' female students and distractin' the lads, so either get back to runnin' or go stretch-"
"I vote on stretching," Dominic cut the sir off, getting some chuckles.
"Leave her alone."
I knew it was Gavin's voice, and I was instantly scared because the last time Gavin interfered with something to do with Dominic, he ended up in a fight with him.
I carefully stood upright, shook my legs out then went to see what the big deal was about when I suddenly shot forward. Dominic was squaring up to Gavin, and everyone else backed away from them as if they weren't going to attempt to stop a fight if it happened.
"Stop!" I snapped to both of them and pushed my body between their bodies.
My arse and back were pressed against Gavin's front while my front was pressed against Dominic's. I tilted my head back and looked up at him.
"Just give it a rest, will you? Stop causin' trouble. I'm fed up with you doin' this!" I snapped at him.
Dominic narrowed his eyes when he looked down at me, then he started breathing a little heavy when Gavin took a step back and took me with him, his arm securely around my waist keeping me tight against him.
"Get. Your. Hand. Off. Her," Dominic snarled in a low, dangerous warning tone.
I wanted to scream and cry at the same time.
Where did he get off telling people what do to with me? I rejected him, yet he still had the nerve to try and control who could and couldn't touch me?
He could get fucked!
"She doesn't want you, just accept that already and back fuckin' off. It's gettin' pathetic at this stage, man!" Gavin said to Dominic while taking another step back bringing me with him.
Dominic looked ready to blow a fuse when Damien suddenly appeared next to him. "Leave it, bro."
"I want to hear her say it," Dominic growled.
Hear me say what?
Damien sighed then looked to me. "Bee, you want to be with Gavin, right?"
What did he mean by that?
"Huh?" I murmured, confused.
Damien smiled a little and was about to say something when Gavin spoke. "She's goin' on a date with me tonight so I guess that's a yeah to your question, Damien."
A date, with Gavin?
What?
Dominic's left eye twitched and his face slightly reddened. "You don't want to date me, but you will go on a date with that sorry excuse for a-"