"Fallon... Fallon... Hello? FALLON!" I jumped in my seat as I came back to reality. I looked over at my passenger side seat to see Kale sitting there and gave him a confused look.
"When did you get in here?" I questioned.
"I've been sitting here poking you for about..." He paused to check his phone for the time, "ten minutes. What were you thinking about?"
Geez, I had been zoned out for that long? Ever since practice began all I could think about was Champ. I ended up hitting not only myself but a lot of others with my flag during set runs because I was so distracted by him. I hadn't even spoken one word to the boy and already he was plaguing my mind. It was just to difficult to not think about how perfect he was and how when he marched backwards, his calf muscles were so prominent and how the sun made the sweat on his forehead glisten like a-
"EARTH TO FALLON!" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at a slightly annoyed Kale. "You were in your little trance again." I mumbled a quick apology as I put my car into drive and pulled out of the parking lot. "What's got you so distracted, anyway?"
"A boy." I flat out told him.
"Oh... Oh! Oh." I wasn't looking at him but I could already picture the creeper smile he had on his face. "Care to elaborate?"
Elaborate? You mean talk about how Greek godly attractive he is?
"Nah." I replied. Don't get me wrong, Kale and I were best friends and we had talked about even more personal subjects, but I felt like I needed to keep this a topic that would only be discussed between Kara and me. "Am I taking you home or are we hanging at my place?"
"Actually, could you drive me to Violet's? I got this surprise for her since she was out sick today."
"Awh, you and you're wittle girwlfwiend!" I took my right hand off the steering wheel to poke at his side a few times. "Yeah, I got you."
When I dropped Kale off I waited in the driveway little while longer to see Violet open the door. When she saw him, her face lit up and she wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist. I couldn't stop the pang of jealousy that made its way into my mind.
I want that. I want to feel what they're feeling for each other.
I sighed heavily after waving goodbye to the pair and began backing out of the driveway.
* * *
Kara practically pounced on me when Kale and I walked into school the next morning.
"My sweet little red velvet cake colored hair darling! Oh, do I have some news for you." She purred into my ear as we took our usual seats in the library. I noticed Kale's ears perk up as she said these words. I quickly gave her a confused look, prompting her to go on.
"Champ was taking about you this morning in the commons!" She squealed at me. My only response was an even more confused look.
"Champ? Who's that?" Kale asked.
Completely ignoring him, Kara went on.
"So, I was there paying my lunch fees and I stopped at Jenna's table, you know, the chick who always has the cutest shoes in Lit class? Anyway, as she was trying to tell me something of complete unimportance, I overheard that silky sweet voice if that real life Adonis. God, it was so hard not to miss it. It was like... Like drizzling honey over a fresh baked biscuit, like hot fudge being slowly poured over molten lava cake, like-"
"KARA!" I interrupted her rambling by shaking her shoulders. "What was he saying?"
She reopened her eyes and after that glazed over look went away she continued.
"Right, sorry, got a little too carried away. Anyway, Champ was telling Blake and some other trumpet players how hilarious he thought you were yesterday."
"I still have no idea who we're talking about." Kale said, but I quickly shushed him with one finger.
"What do you mean hilarious?" I inquired.
"He said, and I quote," Kara straightened up a bit in her seat. "'Man, that cute red-headed girl in the guard was hilarious yesterday. The way she kept hitting that one baritone had me cracking up till I got home.'" She squealed quietly and did a little spastic jig in her seat before grabbing my hand and pulling me in close.
"Do you know what this means, Fallon?" She looked me straight in the eyes. I quickly shook my head no. She rolled her eyes and sighed. "It means that he is all yours for the taking. He called you cute, do you need a more obvious invitation to snag that hottie up and violate him in more ways than one?"
I stared at her for a good long while before cracking up.
"You. Are. Insane!" I managed to get out between laughs. "Just because you overheard him say I'm cute does not mean he's 'ripe for the picking.'" I finally said after my laughing subsided. "I can't just claim him as mine because of one little compliment."
Though I wouldn't mind the whole violating him bit.
"WHO IN THE FLAMING PITS OF HELL ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?!" Kale loudly boomed at us. This outburst of his was rewarded by a stern "shh!" from the librarian and a fit of giggles from Kara and I.
"We," Kara motioned between her and I, "were just talking about this new boy in band named Champ. And let me tell you, this boy is just sinfully delicious to look at."
Kale looked between both if us before replying, "I'll never understand you females."
"That's okay, we barely understand ourselves." I sweetly smiled at him.
* * *
When the activities bell rang after first period I asked my math teacher if I could go to the chorus room to practice routines for guard. With a wave of her hand she dismissed me and I left, texting Kara where to meet me if her French Club meeting ended early. I quickly picked up a flag from the guard room and entered the empty chorus room. It was so quiet in there I could hear the faint pattering of rain on the roof of the school and the ticking of the clock on the wall.
I have half an hour to myself, I thought as I quickly unrolled the silk of my flag. I closed my eyes and exhaled deeply, feeling the weight of the pole in the palms of my hands. I tightened my core, rolled my shoulders back, and lifted my chin before I finally began doing the routine work.
There was something about hearing the whip of the silk and feeling the cool metal of the pole in my hands as I performed moves that, to the crowd, seemed so complicated that made me feel completely relaxed. Knowing that I was in control of my flag and that I was the one executing all of these fluid, mesmerizing movements gave me the greatest feeling of lightness and power.
After only a few minutes of practicing routine, all of my focus was put completely into the moves I was doing. I momentarily forgot about the world as I tossed my flag and, after catching it, whipped it up and above my head to do a helicopter move. Right in the middle of me turning around and spinning it above my head, my flag connected with something solid and the bolts in it rattled when it hit.
In that same moment, I heard a deep "oomph" and heard a body fall to the floor.
Oh shit.
I quickly threw my flag to the side and knelt down beside the unconscious boy.
"Hey, you okay?" I asked as I shook his shoulders. "Come on Sleeping Beauty, it's time to get up." I said more nervously as I lightly smacked the sides of his face.
He let out a small groan but didn't open his eyes. After a few mire failed attempts at waking him up I decided that that was no longer an option and I needed to get him to the nurse. I managed to prop him up enough to wrap my arm around his waist and sling his arm over my shoulders.
"Holy crap," I huffed, trying to get up, "you are so heavy."
"Hey Fallon, I got your text." I looked towards the opening chorus room door to see Kara walking in, her eyes looking down at her phone. "I have to tell you the weirdest thi... Why are you propping up an unconscious Champ?"
"What?" My eyes widened as I stopped my process of standing up.
She looked at me with equally wide eyes. "Just... Look."
I looked at the passed out boy I was currently holding and gasped as I let go of him and he dropped back down to the floor. He let out another small groan after yet another thud of his body sounded in the room. His hair flopped over his forehead and his perfectly shaped lips parted a little. His eyes, of course, were closed, letting his long eyelashes lightly brush the top of his slightly red cheeks.
Christ, even knocked out he was beautiful.
"What did you do that for?!" Kara half yelled at me as she rushed to his side.
"I don't know! I panicked! I had no idea it was Champ I was holding!" I half yelled back.
"What did you do to him?"
"I hit him."
"WHY?!" she looked at me with crazed eyes.
"I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THERE!" I looked down at Champ's limp body and shook my head. "Okay, okay, help me get him up and drag him to the nurse. Maybe when he wakes up he won't remember who hit him and I can go about life with this shameful event hidden forever."
With the help of another set of muscles, Kara and I quickly got Champ up and out if the chorus room. Half dragging him through the hallways I silently thanked God for them being empty and quickened my pace.
"Hey guys!" I spotted Kale down the hallway and, with my free hand, motioned for him to shut the hell up and get over to us quickly. "Who the hell is that? Did you guys kill a man?" He asked after jogging up to us.
"Go run and get the nurse! Quickly, before the bell rings!" I ordered him, continuing my fast paced walk. I could hear Kara huffing with strain from carrying Champ. I was beginning to get tired myself and could feel my grip on his waist slipping. "Go!"
"This is too funny!" He said as he ran off towards the nurse's office.
A few seconds later the nurse showed up and helped us get Champ to her office. We managed to get him on to the cushioned bed in there and after quickly explaining how I accidentally knocked Champ out with a flag, I bolted out of the door with Kara and Kale following behind me.
"Wait!" The nurse called after me. "Don't you want to be here when he comes to?"
I turned around and did a backwards jog to shake my head no at her and faced forward again just as the bell signaling the class change rang, and the hallways flooded with students.
I was definitely not sticking around. It was better to never confront this situation ever, even if the guy I potentially gave a concussion to sort of thought I was cute.
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