Chapter 40: Reliable
"I’m fine. Cyrus told me he’d be here soon. You should go be with your teammates," she was solely immersed in sending him off and that gave him a sting in his heart and he couldn’t understand that feeling back then. And she looked so lost, he could not bear to leave her.
"I’ll wait here until your Knight Cyrus arrives. Why are you so keen on sending me away? It’s not like I’m going to be sitting on your lap!," he nudged her shoulder with his shoulder and she was startled and tried to push him away but he realised she had less strength than usual that day.
" Off you go, Fred! What are you doing here? You should be with your friends finding out who has the smelliest flatulence or something...go.. go!" still sitting with her legs crossed, she pushed him away and he was annoyed.
’Why should I leave? And what is she saying? We don’t talk about farts all the time... It was just that one time when she caught us! But I will forgive her for her ignorance.’ he decided to forgive her and still sat beside her. She clearly was acting weird.
"You haven’t even congratulated me on my win and is yet to praise my awesome scores and did you see the way I stole the ball... and that time, I almost did a slam dunk?" he kept on talking while she just sat there looking at the door, waiting for Cyrus. Her fingers were tightly interlocked and there was a slight layer of perspiration on her forehead and her unwillingness to rely on him made him angry.
"Fine! I’ll leave! Just be with your Cyrus! Don’t talk to me ever again!" he stood up and she held the sleeves of his uniform blazer.
"Come on, Fred! It’s just... I’m... Don’t be angry at me..." she pouted with her pink lips looking adorable and with her short hair, she looked so much like the little girl he met at the creek.
"What’s wrong with you? Are you hurting somewhere? Why aren’t you telling me? I can help too, you know... " he asked noticing her looking a bit pale.
Why is she only trusting and relying on that Cyrus? I’m a man too. If he can do it, I can too!
"Geez! This annoying Romeo and Juliet making every calm place their balcony! And, Can’t you guess what’s wrong with her, Sinclair?"
A sneering voice was heard from behind and Arthur looked behind to see Jordan McAllister sitting up and fixing his platinum blond hair and Arthur could feel her hands tremble a bit.