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“Delia is going with Luke?” I was surprised by that.
“She goes where the players are. Luke’s a player. Johnny is sitting the bench right now. Although, Coach might play him next week as a wide receiver which will be a huge surprise to her.”
“Is that why he and Tyson are now friendly?” I asked Cal.
He nodded. “They’ve been running plays together for the last three weeks and they’re getting pretty, good.”
I didn’t know that but there wasn’t a lot I knew about football, so any news about the team was a surprise to me.
Tyson and Johnny moved over by us so they could talk football with Cal. I did get bored then listening to them talk about the game and the plays that were huge tonight.
“I need to go to the bathroom,” I said.
“In the house, on the main floor just to the right of the kitchen,” Cal told me. As I started to walk away, he said, “Wait, I’ll go with you.”
“I can go by myself,” I teased him.
He smiled. “It’s dark walking up to the house. Be careful.”
“I’ll be fine.”
“Abs want me to go with you?” Tyson asked.
Johnny laughed at them both.
I shook my head at them. “I’m fine. I can go to the bathroom by myself. I’ll be right back.”
I tugged my sweater tighter around me and began the walk through the trees towards Coach Mac’s house. A two-story, eerie looking farmhouse sitting in the distance. In the dark. Windows showed no light. A white, two-story surrounded by acres of apple trees.
I didn’t get far before something hit me in the shoulder. Hard. It left a stinging in my shoulder. I rubbed the spot and looked behind me, but no one was there.
I glanced into the distance where Tyson and Cal stood with Johnny talking near the fire. The house was still a good hundred yards or more away. I contemplated going back and getting one of them to go with me, but I was a big girl. I took a few more steps when something else hit me in the back.
It hurt too also leaving that painful, stinging burn. Tears formed in my eyes. I looked around and realized that the offending object was an apple that was lying at my feet. I peered into the darkness and didn’t see anyone, so I walked on. It wasn’t long before I was pelted with another apple. This time it hit me in the head. That one hurt worse than the first two.
I heard laughter then. I stepped behind a tree and peeked around. I didn’t see anyone, and I was still far from the house but close enough to Tyson and Cal I could return to them. I turned around and tried to get back to the fire.
Three boys stepped out from behind a tree. Aiden, Luke and another I couldn’t remember his name. I saw Delia and her cheerleader buddies standing to the left between a group of trees. Off to the side, sniggering as usual like they had some big secret about me that they thought was funny.
I stepped to the right and the boys did too.
“What do you want?” I asked. I just wanted to return to Tyson and Cal.
“Nothing Abby. Weren’t you going to the bathroom? We can walk you there,” Aiden offered.
“I changed my mind,” I said twisting a strand of hair around my finger. A nervous habit of mine besides the fingernail biting.
I wasn’t wearing my glasses again tonight. My hair was down and straightened. My dark tresses flew about my face as the wind picked up, whistling through the trees.
“Come on Abby. You can walk to the bathroom with us,” Aiden insisted.
He shoved me backwards. I almost tripped over my feet. I looked over Aiden’s shoulder and saw Johnny pointing at us. I turned and began to walk towards the house hoping to avoid a confrontation between Aiden and Cal.
Aiden shoved me again. I did trip that time. I didn’t fall to the ground, but the girls laughed at me. I glanced over my shoulder and saw that Johnny, Tyson and Cal were now moving at a fast jog towards us. Aiden hadn’t realized it yet.
“Stop Aiden,” I said softly.
He shoved me forward again. This time, Cal was close enough to see him and hear him. “I don’t take orders from you, bitch.”
