Sucks to be Him - Vicky (the read aloud family TXT) 📗

of the field.” I ran to the farthest corner to get in first in line.
"OK go!" And I started speed dribbling as fast as I could but when I looked up and saw what was in front of me I tripped and fell. It was Ethan. Luce ran by me laughing and when she ran by Ethan she shook her ass. What a bitch! I stood back up and started running again but when I went pass Ethan I noticed he wasn't looking at me but staring at Luce. I finished my exercise next to last. I knew if I wanted to get Ethan's attention I would have to do good on the next exercise.
"OK next we are going to do Eagles. Get in position." Coach yelled. Yes! Luce hated Eagles and I was very good at them. All I had to do was not stare at the most hottest guy in the world. Yeah because that would be easy...not! I got in line and started my warm-up I was happy because I passed everyone and Luce was in dead last. When I finished and Luce wasn't even half done I felt good. When everyone was done there warm-up coach looked at her watch.
"Wheeeew. Where does the time go. OK so just do two cool down laps then you can leave." OK only two I will be done in no time. I knew it was a cool down lap but I couldn't help sprinting them. When I finished I was sitting getting my sweats on and someone walked up behind me.
"Hey." It was Ethan.
"Hi. How was try outs." I asked.
"Rough. What about yours?"
"OK. I would love to stay and chat but I got to go." I stood up and almost fell but Ethan caught me. I could've stayed in his hands all day but I quickly stood up straight. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it. I was wandering if like this weekend if you wanted to um hang out? I don't have any other friends yet. You could teach me how to play field hockey and I could teach you how to play basketball." He asked. Oh my god is he asking me out on a date.
"Yeah. Do you have a cell phone? Can I have you number." I asked and I pulled out my cell phone.
"Yeah it's 207-338-4248." Yours and he pulled out his cell.
"207-449-3689 I got to go. Bye." I said.
"Bye." And I walked away. Oh my god is he really cute.
"Adria!" It was Luce. "Don't you talk to that new kid Ethan. He is mine, and so out of your league. And he doesn't like you he likes me."
"Well if he doesn't like me then why did he just ask me on a date and give me his phone number." She just stopped and stared and I walked off. When I got home, I got changed and jumped onto the couch.
"Adria is that you?" It was my dad. I thought he would've been at work. "Adria?!" Wait that isn't my dad. It was... Jake! Jake is my brother and he lives with my mom in Kentucky.
"Jake? Yeah it's me." I yelled and jumped up to go give him a hug. "Hey what are you doing here shouldn't you be at school?"
"You didn't hear? He asked.
"Hear what?"
"Mom and dad are getting back together. When you guys came down over the summer mom and dad went on a date."
"Really?" Was all I could say and I gave him another hug.
"Uh Adria." He said.
"Yeah what?"
"You stink like sweat." He started laughing but I knew he wasn't joking.
"Yeah first day of field hockey try outs. I'll take a shower and when I get out we can go to the ice cream shop around the corner." I said. And walked into the bathroom. But when I got in there i turned around and opened the door. "Wait where is mom?"
"She will get here tomorrow." H said. And I jumped into the shower. After the shower and Jake and I got ice cream we went home. Dad was there.
"Hi dad." Jake and I said together.
"Hi. Uh Jake there is a ladder in the garage. Mom called and said you had some stuff that hung from the ceiling."
"OK." And Jake walked off.
"Adria we are going to talk about field hockey." He said.
"Dad, it is not that big of a deal. I will play field hockey and I will take extra classes I can do all of it."
"OK but if your grades start slipping you are off the field hockey team." He said.
"Fine." And I stormed off to my room. Grabbing my bags on the way. First day of school, no homework. I don't need to go running. I didn't have anything to do, so I took a nap.

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I woke suddenly in the middle of the night. I was soaking wet. I had had a dream about...about him. I sat up fast and tried to catch my breath. My dream was about Ethan and Luce making out and I was jealous and then it liked skipped twenty-five years in the future and they were getting married. I was so jealous I jumped off a cliff. I looked at my phone and noticed i had a message.
"Adria~
Thank you for being a friend to me. Can't wait for our date this weekend. Text me back when you get this message.
~E"
Oh my god it was Ethan I was about to text him back when I looked at my alarm clock. 3:00 in the morning. He was probably sleeping by now. I put my phone down and laid back down. I couldn't fall asleep but I knew I had to try. Last day of try outs. I don't remember when that night but I fell asleep some time.

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Beep beep beep. Shit my alarm clock. I looked at my alarm clock and almost jumped out of my bed. I must have slept through my first alarm because it was quater of 7. Damn I had no time to get ready so I just rushed around grabbing my stuff and running to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and hair then got dressed. I ran downstairs put on my shoes grabbed a granola a juice. Called Jenn.
"Hey you heading over?" I asked.
"Yeah like two minutes away. Bye." She said.
"Bye." And I hung up the phone. I grabbed my bags and went out on the sun porch and waited. While I waited I opened my bottle of Orange Juice and drank a little. I put down the bottle when I saw Jenn roll up. I grabbed everything and ran out to the car.
"Hey!" She screamed, she was in the best mood.
"Hi!" I said. But I was starving so I got back to my food. We got to the school and I jumped out and grabbed my bookbag. We raced to the school. But were stopped by a teacher who said "Walk in the school." So we walked to class and when we got there me and Jenn sat in the back row. I turned to talk and someone sat in the seat next to me.
"Hi." It was Ethan. "So, I texted you lst night and you didn't get the message or something?"
"Yeah. Sorry I went to bed like are 6:30 and I got your message around 3 AM and I thought you would be sleeping." I explained to him but it was like he wasn't even listening after I said 'sorry'. What was wrong with him today, maybe he didn't get enough sleep. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, it's just I really badly wanted to talk to you." He said. I hated to say it even in my head but he started to sound really desperate.
"Oh well um, what did you wanna talk to me about?" But before he could answer our teacher came in. Classes went by and I walked back to homeroom alone. I was putting my books into my locker when Jenn ran up to me.
"What the hell?"
"What?" I asked so confused.
"You cannot have a boyfriend during field hockey season!" She was practically screaming at me.
"I don't have a boyfriend. What are you talking about?" I was still confused.
"Then why is Ethan going around saying you and him are dating? Like he told the boys that he started hanging out with last night." She said.
"He did what?" But I was so angry I didn't even wait for her to answer. I walked to homeroom to find Ethan. When I found him I could help myself I couldn't control it I exploded.
"What the fuck?!?!"
"What's the matter?" He said.
"Your telling everyone that we are going out. We are not boyfriend and girlfriend. Yes I like you but I can't have a boyfriend in field hockey season." I didn't realize I was yelling at him till I stopped talking and it was silent because everyone in our class was staring at us.
"Well what do you want me to say to everyone? Oh I like her and I think she likes me too. But we are just friends that hang out a lot." He replied.
"Yes!!" I yelled and walked out. I didn't care if I was skipping homeroom. I would skip afternoon classes. I didn't want to see him. Why would he do this to me?

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At the end of the day I ran to catch up with Jenn who was already half way to her car.
“You ready for practice. I am so excited.” I said.
“I thought you were made at Ethan.” She said sarcastically. We walked to her car, and got our stuff. And made our way back into the gym when I saw him. He had Luce backed up to a wall. He was a foot from her getting closer. I don’t know why but this bothered me, like a lot. I looked at him and when he turned to see me I quickly ran to the locker room. I ran to a corner and sat down and started crying. Second day of school and there is already problems. Maybe I should become home schooled and I will not have to see his face.
“Adria, are you ok?” It was Jenn. I wiped back the tears.
“Yeah, I guess.” But she knew what it was. And then it happened. I’ve known Jenn for 7 years. But I never saw this side of her. She walked out of the locker room and I followed her.
“Hey slut!” She yelled in the middle of the gym.
“Are you talking to me?” It was Luce. And this was the dumb part. Of course she was talking to you. Who else would she be talking to? God Luce was dumb!
“Fuck yeah! I am talking to you!” Again I have seen Jenn swear but not like this. She was pissed. But when I thought she was about to punch Luce, coach walked in.
“Let’s go ladies!! Get changed quickly.” Jenn and I ran to the locker room changed quickly and ran outside. We dropped our clothes off in the car and grabbed our gear. I wanted to say something to Jenn but didn’t know where to start.
“Jenn.” I said shyly.
“Yes Adria?”
“Were you really going to hit Luce?” I asked quietly.
“No.” Wheew she wasn’t going to hit her. “I was going to beat the fucking shit out of her!” Her voice