Chapter 07 ~Volleyball~

"You can't win unless you learn how to try."

Iris's POV

I can do this. I can do this, just a little more...yes!

10...9...8...7..6...5....4....3...2....1.

Bell rings!

Oh, God! English class was so messed up. I know English is an important subject but our English teacher Mrs. Virginia makes it so difficult.

Most people call her Mrs. vagina, you know just to piss her off.

She was literally making us scream like dying chickens, all in the name of learning phonetics.

Luckily for me, the next period was P.E. I just love sports. I went to the girl's locker room to get changed. Behold I saw a lot of girls changing in front of each other.

I know we are all girls, but jeez... No way am I doing that. Apparently, all they were doing was comparing each other's ass and boobs, no surprise there.

Gross! .'Don't say that, you are just jealous because yours are smaller compared to theirs'. My subconscious mocks me.

I walked to a corner where no one could see me and I changed into my sportswear. Big was an understatement, my sportswear was huge. I parked my hair into a messy bun.

You know, cause I'm cool like that.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Iris". The leader of the school's cheerleading group, Charlotte de Lewis said with her minions. I mean 'friends' Jane, Serah, and Mia behind her.

"What do you want, Charlottee!". I said stressing her name longer than usual making her frown.

"Whoa, I can see your sportswear is wearing you, instead of the other way round." She and her friends laughed while I rolled my eyes.

I'm so surprised! for girls like them to be this pretty, they've got ugly laughs.

"At least I know why I am here, I'm not like you guys, wearing body hugs that are obviously uncomfortable to seduce boys who got no time for y'all," I stated firmly, mentally giving myself a high five. I could see them spark even more.

"I'm so bored out of my clavicles, so I can't wait for you to get hit." She squealed and glared at me.

Oh my God, she needs help in Biology... She just confused the clavicle with the cranium.

"Okay, are you done now?" I faked yawned and adjusted my glasses.

She and her friends left, they walked so uncomfortably due to their tight clothes. I laughed.

I jogged to the volleyball court. A lot of people were already there.

Damn!!! the court was so huge.

Girls were on one side and the boys on the other side of the court.

"Hey, Iris what took you so long..." Lizzy giggled.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Umh..your..your sportswear is huge, I think Charlotte and her minion can fit into it." She was still laughing, she stopped when I gave her a death glare.

"Okay! students, stop the damn noise " Our P.E teacher yelled getting everyone's attention.

He's got issues. He's always yelling.

"So y'all are gonna jog three laps." Some students groaned, most especially the girls.

"Oooh!!! for making that sound I'm making it five." He yelled again and the groaning and murmuring continued.

"Now go!!!" He ordered and blew his whistle.

The guys were behind us, so some of the girls all walked majestically probably to get attention.

I was already on my fourth lap, but I wasn't that exhausted, guess I'm used to it. Lizzy was already tired, she gave up on the second lap, You can say sports isn't her thing.

Coach kept blowing his whistle for us to go faster, most of the students gave up.

My eyes spotted him. Yes, those electric blue eyes. That aromatic Ocean and mint scent.

Woah!

I looked away immediately when I noticed he saw me staring at him. He said something and his friends began laughing.

Now I was feeling self-conscious.

'It's probably because of your oversized clothes, hahaha!' My subconscious mocks me.

Finally, I'm done, but the guys were faster than me.

Damn their long legs!

I sat down waiting for others to finish as I gulped in a whole bottle of water.

"And look who we have here. Its cupcake." Zander cooed and his boy gang laughed like some crazy hyenas.

"I have told you before that..." I was interrupted by Aspen.

"That my name is Iris," Aspen said in a girly voice, disturbing girly voice, and swayed his imaginary hair.

"Thank you". I breathe out a frustrated sigh.

"Awwww! she's so polite." James said and smirked and Henry gave him a look that said 'shut up man'.

Zander was staring at me with hawk gazed eyes the whole time, before he said something.

"Have you seen yourself in the mirror?" He gave me a once over.

"What do you mean?" I asked and they kept laughing except Henry. I am glad he's not finding my discomfort funny.

"Well, you have a tiny body and you are wearing huge sportswear. Didn't you see your size?"

"And how's that your business and FYI I am not tiny," I stated and tried to walk away, but he stood right in front of me

Wow! he's tall. Really tall.

"Oh, you are not tiny." He smirked and carried me onto his broad shoulder with my head facing his ass and the boys laughed again.

"Oh, God! Drop me now." I whispered yelled, thank God the P.E teacher didn't hear me.

"Okay cupcake. Damn! you are as light as feathers." He dropped me like I'm some kind of fragile glass and he left, Aspen smiled and ruffled my hair, while the others smirked and walked away.

I kept cursing at them in my mind.

"Okay! That's okay now." The P.E teacher blew his whistle and we all gather at the center of the court.

"So I'm gonna mix the boys with the girls in four groups, six in each group for a game of volleyball." The boys groaned.

"We girls suck at this game," Lizzy whispered in my ear. I nodded and giggled.

"So I need four captains. Zander, Lucas, Charlotte and...umh yes you there." He pointed at a brown-skinned girl.

"What's your name?" He yelled.

"Treasure."

"Okay! And lastly Treasure, so for today, I will randomly choose a teammate for each team, so y'all are going to choose team names." He yelled and took out the paper with the names written on it.

"For Treasure's team, we have Chloé, Daniel, Tyler, Emilia, and Gemma." They all walked towards her without enthusiasm.

"Charlotte, your teammates are James, Henry, Jane, Hayden, and Rose."

"Lucas, you have Lizzy, Mia, Clarke, Jason, and Jonah."

"Lastly Zander, you have Aspen, Ethan, Sebastian, Serah, and Iris"

Zander and Aspen fist-bumped themselves, it seems like they were happy to be on the same team as usual.

"So team names?" Couch requested.

"Icons." Treasure announced.

"Beauty Danger," Charlotte said while James and Henry rolled their eyes.

"Blue bears," Lucas said like he just wanted to leave.

"Umh...cupcake," Zander announced and we all stared at him.

Why is he so obsessed with cupcakes?

"Of all names, Cupcake?" I whispered.

"Well no one had any idea, so that was our only option."

So the Icons played against the Beauty dangers. Fortunately, the beauty dangers won, thanks to James, Henry, Hayden, and Rose. Charlotte and Jane were just moving around like some lunatics.

We were about to play against the Blue bears.

"So I need someone to serve". Zander requested and no one answered.

"Umh...can I do that". My teammates started giggling.

"Seriously, with those hands?". Aspen said.

"You guys haven't seen me play yet and you are already judging?"

"Okay, let's give it a shot, and if we lose it's on you." He handed me the ball and everyone got to their positions.

I waited for the whistle to blow before I could do anything. Everyone's eyes were on me.

I stood behind the baseline and did the windmill service.

The served ball crossed our opponent's court and surprisingly it was too difficult for them to return, and we gain some points.

Everyone cheered for our team. In the end, we won the blue bears. We were given five minutes break before the final match between us and the 'beauty dangers'.

"Wow! I didn't know you could play like that. Sorry for judging." Aspen said and smiled, while I smiled back while I gulped enough water.

I noticed Zander was still staring at me while talking to the rest, but I ignored him.

Our P.E teacher blew his whistle again. It was time for the final match.

The match was a tough one, but Luckily we won. Lizzy ran up to me and hugged me so tight, I couldn't breathe.

Zander gave everyone a handshake for teamwork.

"That was a really good game you know," he said and gave me a handshake with his signature smirk.

"Now you know, you don't just judge people." I smiled.

"Whatever". He rolled his eyes but I got a glimpse of him smiling before he joined the boys.

"Ouuuucchhhhh!" Someone threw a ball at my face and my glasses fell off. It had a little crack but it was still manageable, but it wasn't just someone it was Charlotte, I don't even know if everyone saw what just happened.

"What the heck was that for?". I walked towards her, but Lizzy kept holding me so I wouldn't hit her.

"What?". She smiled and kept chewing her gum.

"Don't try to play dumb, you threw that ball on purpose." Now we were surrounded by curious students.

Why can't they mind their business?

"You can't prove anything." She attempted to slap me but I held her hand before she could do so, then I twisted it a little before I let go.

She winced and rolled her eyes.

"Keep rolling your eyes maybe you could find your brain or whatever you use to think". I said and everyone echoed "uuuuuuuh".

"You bitch!!!" She screamed and began to attack me.

"What's going on here". We thought the P.E teacher had gone.

"Charlotte!, Iris! to the Principal's office. NOW!!!" He ordered.

* * *

"If none of you tell me what happened, then both of you will get detention. Do you have an eyewitness to justify your statement?" The principal questioned, while we stood like we were taking prison pictures.

"I.." I was interrupted.

"Zander, yes Zander Wayne is our eyewitness," Charlotte let out and smirked at me, she knew Zander will take her side.

Oh God!!! I have only been in this school for Exactly a month, a week and 3 days. And I'm gonna get detention just like that. Why me!

"Please, get Zander Wayne here." The principal said through the telecom.

Zander came in like he owned the place, he stared at me for some seconds before talking to the Principal.

"So what do you have to say about the fight?" He questioned Zander.

He folded his arms across his chest portraying his nice physique, he smirked at Charlotte before looking at me again.

"Yeah, Charlotte started all this, she threw the ball directly at Iris's face, as you can see her glasses cracked a little." He removed my glasses to show the man. He narrated the remaining part of the drama.

Am I dreaming or what... I was expecting him to lie or something, not that I want him to lie, but why is he doing this??

Charlotte's smirk turned to one surprised and disappointed look, I was also surprised.

"So Charlotte you've got detention, one-week detention, and no cheerleading practice." He declared while typing it into the system, terror overtook her face.

"And don't even think of escaping this time, Iris we are sorry about that. We will replace your glasses ASAP." I nodded and the three of us exited his office.

I was happy that I wouldn't get detention, but I was terrified of what Zander might be planning.

I was about to thank him but he walked past me, without even giving a glance.

* * *

"He did all that?" Lizzy asked getting her stuff from the locker.

"Yeah, I am surprised though," I said.

"Hey, Lizzy." The girl from earlier greeted.

"Sup Treasure, how was your trip to Nigeria?" Lizzy inquired her while playing with her black curly virgin hair.

"It was mad ooooo! I had a lot of fun. You are Iris right?" I nodded.

"I'm Treasure." She smiled.

"Damn, you are so good at volleyball and I liked what you did back there with Charlotte, you really showed her where she belonged. I like you already". We all laughed and she hugged me.

"Wait Iris, I haven't seen Chris today," Lizzy stated.

"She's still all over Chris?" Treasure asked and I nodded making Lizzy blush.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, he wasn't feeling well."

"Ooh!, umh my driver is here already see you guys tomorrow." Lizzy hugged both of us and gave us air kisses.

"Well have got to go too. You know how Nigerian parents are! Nice meeting you though." We both giggled and hugged.

Finally, the school's over and I am walking home again. I miss Chris and I really need a car.

Then I spotted Zander, so I ran up to him before he could enter his car.

"Hey," I said still panting.

"What do you want?" He leaned against his car.

"Umm! I just wanted to say thank you for what you did back there."

"I didn't do it for you, cupcake. I did it because I hate it when people lie and try to manipulate others." He spoke with a tone of anger, the one side of him I have never seen.

"Either way thank you."

He didn't say anything. He entered his car and just zoomed off.

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Hey guys. I hope you are loving the book so far.

This is the longest chapter I have written so far*applause*.

Who likes or knows how to play volleyball???

So I brought a new character, Treasure. Who likes her??

Well, remember to vote and comment, feel free to tell me what you would like each chapter to be like

Love ibby_gal