F•A•S•T//r.s.l.❣

1.3

The moment that basketball hit my head, I blacked out for two seconds. Two seconds in which I fell to the ground with the gracefulness of a boulder rolling off a cliff - hard and fast.

A crowd of people crowded around me and Ross touched my shoulder. "Are you all right?"

"Oh god, I'm so sorry!" A boy with dark hair but contrasting blue eyes approached me. "I didn't mean to hit you?"

"I'm fine, seriously" I pulled myself up, still looking a bit dazed. "It's cool"

"Are you okay, Athena?" Mr Saunders jogged over, whistle in hand. I nodded, still slightly giddy. "Ross, take her to go and get some ice"

"Okay" he said simply and lead me by the shoulder. I was too confused to even properly process what was actually happening. It was only half way down the corridor I realised what was happening.

"Are you enjoying St Mary's?" He spoke, completely unnaware of our past. I nodded. "It's alright, the parties are insane though"

"I'm not a party person"

"Nobody is, until they come here" he chuckled. I stopped in the middle of the corridor to the main office. "What's wrong?"

"I'm confused, Ross! How can you not remember anything?" My emotions got the best of me, and I soon found myself shedding tears. "Not even us"

"I don't want to go into-"

"Seriously!"

"Goddamn it, I was shot on the head, okay?!" He barked. "It's a miracle I'm still alive, alright?"

I fell silent, only sobs now coming from me. That explains the scar on his forehead. So it wasn't a lie..but what happened after?

He immediately regretted shouting at me. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you. It's a bit of a touchy matter to me"

"It's fine" I spoke monotonously, slipping to the same numbness I felt when I thought he was dead. "I'll get the ice myself. If anybody asks, I'm resting in my room"

+++

I looked up from my bed as the door opened to Casey and Spencer. "Hi Mrs Bump"

"Hi" I said.

"What happened between you and Ross when you left? He was really pissed off for the rest of the lesson" Casey sat beside me. "And he broke up with his girlfriend just now too"

"Who is she?"

"Sierra. You'll see her eventually- thick black curly hair with green eyes. She's pretty, but you are finally some real threat to her beauty" Spencer explained.

That's my target, bro. "I'm just here to
learn new things, not become the 'cutest' girl in school and get up to no good"

"It's sort of inevitable in this school" Casey said. "Now this dance club, are you coming with me?"

"Fine-"

"Good!" She squealed, "Because it's right now. Allè allè!"

It took us altogether, three minutes for her to drag me over to the dance studios where a mix of guys and girls were warming themselves up. It wasn't hard to spot my target. Like explained previously, her black curls were tied to a messy bun, a leotard and dance shorts on her. Her eyes locked with mine, and she observed me carefully.

I waved, and she looked away. Casey scoffed. "She's a bit of a sour person"

"I can tell" and my mission just became miles harder. Our teacher- a woman in her late 20's walked in followed by Ross. He walked in my direction but I turned around, pulling my leg up to stretch. At that same time, everybody looked at me astonished.

"For God sake- has everybody lost something on me because you can't seem to stop looking at me" I said, finally fed up with the amount of people who stare me down. They quickly turned around.

"Always nice to see a new face in class" the teacher spoke. "I'm Miss Peters and I'm your Dance teacher, and like I said last lesson, I have your partners for the assignment in 6 weeks; and now with an even number, everything is easier"

"I hope we can be together and make a groovy jazz choreography" Casey leaned over to me and then frowned when she was partnered with another guy.

I sat waiting for my name, eyes on the bracelets on my wrist until- "And...Ross you can go with Athena!"

My eyes snapped up and he was already sitting in front of me. I blinked, I don't want to be paired with him because I will bombard him with questions he won't know himself and then one of us will stab the other.

He smirked with a hint of cockiness. "Guess you can't avoid me forever, eh?"