Chapter 7

Claire's POV

After lunch, I walked with Christy to the gym. I was still feeling a little pain in my chest from seeing Stephen leave the cafeteria with Monica, but I tried to focus on Christy talking to me about some boy she liked that was in the same gym class as us. Apparently, he is friends with the twins, and she has had a crush on him for years. I could tell that Christy and I were going to be good friends. 

Once we made it to the gym, Christy took me to the gym teacher Mr. Summers. 

"Hey, Mr. Summers, this is Claire, the new student," Christy said

"Hi Claire, we are happy to have you and your sister here. Go pick your s gym uniform out from over there, and then you two go change," he said, and I picked out my uniform.

We went into the girl's locker room and changed into our uniforms. I could feel someone staring at me while I was putting on my gym shirt. I turned around and saw Gwen staring at me. Her once blue eyes were black. I felt myself becoming hot, my core becoming wet from her stare. I quickly put my shirt over my head and tried to compose myself. When I looked back up, her eyes had turned back to being blue.

"Eye color doesn't just change like that," I thought as Gwen quickly left the locker room. 

"Stephen and I had so much fun at lunchtime. It makes not eating worth it," Monica said to three girls that were walking behind her like minions.

"I am sure you did," one of them said

"He fucked me so good and told me I was the only one for him," she said, her gaze on mine. I felt the pain in my chest getting bigger.

"What is wrong with me," I thought 

"Are you okay, Claire?" Christy said worriedly

"I am fine; let's go," I said, and we walked out of the locker room. 

Christy and I sat on the gym bleachers. I could see Gwen sitting on the bleachers on the other side of us, looking directly at me. Steven came out of the boy's locker room and sat next to her, his eyes also on me. Stephen ran over to sit by them and then looked at me. It took a lot of strength, but I somehow managed to look away from them. I didn't know why but Stephen sleeping with Monica made me feel like he betrayed me somehow. 

"Okay, class, today we are going to play dodgeball," Mr. Summer said, causing me to smile. 

I wasn't one of those prissy females that didn't like sports. I enjoyed playing dodgeball and was good at it. Mr. Summer's split the teams by where we sat. One side of the bleachers on one team and the other side on another. I had Christy on my team while Stephen, Steven, and Gwen were on the other team, and Monica happened to be on their team. Monica tried to walk over to Stephen, but he surprised me by glaring at her, making her walk away from him quickly.

"Okay, class, this is just a friendly game of dodgeball. No hitting anyone in the head or below the belt," Mr. Summers said, blowing his whistle to start the game.

As the game continued, I could see the twins mostly had the ball. Our team was losing, and I knew that we most likely wouldn't win. Monica kept staring daggers into me as she tried to hit me with the ball. I felt like I was the only one she was aiming for. 

There were only three of us left on my team, while the other group had about ten people, the twins Gwen and Monica being some of them. I noticed Gwen and the twins aiming for everyone except for me. Then, one of their team members threw the ball at me, and I caught it quickly. I looked over and saw Stephen, Steven, and Gwen looking at me in awe. It felt like they were proud of me for catching the ball.

I was so caught up in watching them that I didn't notice a ball flying at a fast speed and hitting me in my head, causing me to pass out.