Novel & Cerita Why Weren't You At Elf Practice

His thumb hovered over the call button. He put the phone down. He could not do it. Not yet. Not without knowing more. The next morning, Eli went to practice early. Mack was already there, stretching on the ice. He looked up when Eli walked in. Their eyes met. “Morning,” Mack said. “Morning.” . They practiced in silence. The coaches ran drills. The other players laughed and shouted. Eli went through the motions, his body on autopilot, his mind elsewhere. After practice, he stayed in the locker room until everyone left.

“That’s weird as shit.” “Not really. He’s the one that put you on the stretcher and then told me to go with you and call your family.” She just shrugged it off like it was nothing. I guess I just wasn’t used to people ‘checking up’ on me. As long as we were breathing, we were good, more or less. “Eh, I guess. Whatever.” “Sooooo the elephant in the room. Where the hell you been? You haven’t been to class or to practice since the game.”

I'll make him wish I never stepped foot in this place. **** I didn't look his way once at all practice on Friday. I stayed in Friday night when everyone headed to Feral. Ash tried to get me to go, but I told her I had the stomach flu. Lame since we never get sick, but she left it alone. Saturday morning, I didn't do my usual run in the woods to dance to music. I wasn't in a dancing mood. I needed to let out some aggression.

“Stranger? Where are you?” She waved the staff member off with a bright smile and a “Thank you so much, we’re good now,” then pushed her way inside, closing the door behind her. Elias rubbed his temple. “He’s… not here. Must have left already.” Elara planted her hands on her hips, eyeing him with a mix of amusement and mock disapproval. “So you hooked up with someone whose name you don’t even know? Classic Elias.” “I know,” he muttered, already moving toward his scattered clothes. “Look, we can’t be late for practice. Let me get dressed and we’ll go.”

She was standing with a few lecturers, her back turned to mine when I tapped on her shoulder. “Yes, Miss Kane?” “Hi, Can I talk to you quickly about something?” Agatha frowned. “Excuse me please.” The lecturers left, leaving us alone. “Could you possibly pick this time to apologize?” “What do I have to apologize for?” I asked. “Not showing up for practice,” she said coldly. “Yeah, I was not in the new group chat. I showed up at the training camp and no one was there.” My tongue itches to add that she did not add on purpose but I bit it, remembering Marcus’ words.

After a beat, he decided to change the question, “What about your progress with Nathan? Any luck with the healing?” I shook my head, feeling the shame crawl up my spine. “No progress,” I muttered. “None at all.” “Why is that?” “Well I haven't had time to practice, Elerein did say I had to practice to get stronger and unless I could get someone who’s lost their mind to hurt themselves I have no one to practice with” “Why didn't you ask, I'll be the perfect test monkey” he joked. I stared at him checking if he was serious. “You can't possibly trust me—”

Soon it was lunch break so we went into the cafeteria. There was a bunch of kids making a circle around someone. They were cheering and screaming. "The first team has their first practice today. It's Wednesday remember?" Jade asked when she saw the frown on my face. "Almost forgot," I said stupidly. "We should go to their practice later," Jade said and I shook my head at her. "Why are you saying no? You have to wait for Cole since he's your ride home and his dad or your mom is not here to come pick you up as usual." She said knowingly.

she asks. “That question had nothing to do with hands,” I say to her as we make our way to my mother’s fire class. It still feels ridiculous to me that I have to attend these classes merely because I haven’t turned eighteen and been claimed. As if I would allow anyone to claim me, much less an elf. “Okay, then,” she says, getting serious, “how are you holding up without Yhendorn here?”

On her way back upstairs, Eileen met Josh climbing down the stairs, wearing a blue jersey and holding a soccer ball in his hands. “Are you going somewhere?” she asked. “Yes,” Josh said, not slowing down. “I have practice today. Dad already sent Tommy to pick me up.” “I’m coming with you,” Eileen said without hesitation. “There’s no way I’m missing your first practice of the season.” She rushed to take a quick shower and get dressed. Twenty minutes later, Tommy arrived, and they all headed to the school field. Eileen took a front-row seat in the bleachers so she wouldn’t miss a thing. She looked around and saw parents clapping and cheering for their children. A pang of sadness hit her. Josh h

I asked him. “Yeah, we should be at the elf kingdom by lunchtime. You should hurry and pack up or you’ll be left behind.” He replied, walking away. Ouch, why was he so cold, did I anger him? I thought to myself as he hesitated for a minute before continuing away from me. “Wonder why he is so grumpy, he seemed completely different last night.” Ela frowned. “You guys were following us?” I asked them, embarrassed. Karm shrugged, then smiled. “We didn’t have anything else to do.”