Chapter 04

“You hit me.”

“I did.” He shrugged like it meant nothing that he had just hit me.

“Why are you here?”

“Practicing.”

“For what?”

“Because of the show you put on earlier at training, you think everyone is going to forget what you did, and how much of a loser you are? Selfish bastard.”

“Is that why you hit me?”

“It’s not enough is it? You deserve more.”

“Go ahead then, hit me again.” I stood upright and faced him, stood close enough to his chest, I was five feet seven, and he was probably around six feet two, and he couldn’t intimidate me with that height.

“Hit me.” I threatened him by gritting my teeth. I didn’t care that we were being watched, I wanted to see what he could do.

“That’s enough Logan, let him be.” Elijah stepped in, his hand touched Logan's shoulder, and he tried to push him away from me.

“What would you do if I did?” He asked, not paying any attention to Elijah who was trying to stop him.

“Why don’t you try and see?” I retorted, and he scoffed. If he had touched me, I was going to shift into my wolf form and fight him, and I wouldn’t care if I ended up getting caught.

“Enough.” Aimes stopped.

He came in between us, his back to Logan while he faced me. “What are you doing here?”

“I was trying to…” I can’t let my female hormones take place when I try to explain what happened, I don’t want to end up crying while I was trying to explain that he had hit me intentionally.

So I turned because I needed a moment for myself. When I had that, I turned and faced Aimes again.

“Are you okay? Freckles.”

I nodded. “He hit me first.”

“I mean your forehead is swollen.”

“Take him. El. I will have a word with Logan.”

“Come, munchball,” Elijah said with a sigh, and I followed him out of the field. “If you had gotten into a fight with Logan, he would have been expelled from the team and you.” He stared at me over his shoulder. “You will still be in the team.”

“He started it.”

“But shouldn’t lead to you fighting, both parties involved should be expelled, it happened before, you got into a fight with a team member, he was expelled, you stayed. It was like you found a way of getting rid of the people you hated in the team.”

I didn’t want to believe that Kaius was like that.

“Then I would have gotten Aimes out if I wanted.”

“The captain is the only one holding the team together, if you take him out, the team will eventually break out. Seat. I’ll get some ice.”

I sat down on the bench, while he went out to get some ice, I started to feel the sting on my forehead.

He came back with the ice, he squatted in front of me, rubbing the ice on my forehead gently.

“Does it hurt?” His voice calmed.

I hummed.

“Sorry.”

I raised my eyebrows to him, his eyes were on me, from my eyes down to my lips, and back to my eyes again. I fluttered my gaze, and didn’t want to look at him.

All my life, I have only liked one boy, and that was Cameron, his shy smile, his curly hair, his eyes and each time he picks me up and gives me the princess twirl. He always makes me feel like I was some Disney princess but I doubt if he ever felt the same way for me.

He always kept some boundaries between us, because he was Kaius’s best friend.

But all of a sudden, he stopped.

I wanted to know why he did that, but watching him from that distance, beyond reach, maybe it had always been one sided.

“What happened?” Cameron asked, squatting beside Elijah.

“He got hurt.”

He wanted to take the ice from his hand but Elijah didn’t want to give it. “It’s fine, I’ve got it.”

Cameron stood up and took the seat beside me. I took my lips in and said nothing, even when I felt his hand brushing against mine.

I took the icebag from Elijah’s hand, because of this uncomfortable feeling from them, he gave it up immediately.

“I think I need to go.” He got up. “I’ll meet with the Captain and see what he’s up to.”

I nodded, and he jogged out, back to where I came from, and into the dark, the lights turned on, and everywhere became bright again, there was a standing lamp right behind us.

Cameron stared in silence. “I heard it was Logan.”

I hummed.

“Let me see.” His hand touched my face, and tilted my head towards him, I felt this flickering in my chest.

“I think the ice helped.” His hand moved from my cheek to my jaw and dropped to my shoulders.

“Why did you stop talking with Kaiya?” I found myself blurting out. He didn’t hesitate before he replied.

“I thought we talked about this.”

“Her eighteenth birthday is coming soon, have you thought of a present for her?”

He shook his head. “I don’t think I would see her.”

“Why?”

“It’s better if we keep our distance.”

“Why?”

He turned, facing the dark again as I had not asked.

“You know Kaius, you already know why so stop asking me that as if you’re trying to torture me again.”

At his words, I fell silent.

“That’s Aimes’ jersey, are you close enough to wear that?”

I didn’t say a word to him, not now, I just didn’t even want to see him.