Babel Novel
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Chapter Forty-two
Mac P. O. V
My eyes landed on Liam and he had the look of rage laced on his face and I smirked at him. He was stupid to believe I would just go away with the injury without taking this penalty.
And finally, my eyes landed on Elena. She also had the look of anxiety on her face, her hands were folded as though she was saying words of prayer.
When the whistle blew, I limped with one foot, and shot the ball towards the left side, deceiving the goalkeeper who thought I was aiming for the right side because my left ankle got injured.
The entire stadium erupted with cheers as my team members ran towards me and raised me in celebration. I did it, my long-lasting dream of having to defeat Liam finally came to a reality.
I was so happy and proud of myself.
Elena P. O. V
The loud cheers from the crowd the moment Mac scored the goal, sent shivers down my spine. I watched as his teammates approached him and took him up their shoulders. The smile on his face was priceless; I knew how much this win meant to him.
A few minutes later, the final whistle was blown, it was all over; our school had finally defeated the great opponent of their school. There were loud celebrations from my school as they kept on chanting Mac’s name.
I watched as the officials of the tournament approached the field with one of them holding up the golden cup. Before the cup was being presented to Mac, one of the officials decided to make a speech.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
“For everyone watching, I must say it is a great day to be alive as East High School students. Before we present this cup to the team, I have a few announcements to make. We got a report a few moments ago that one of the other team captains, Liam, took a dosage of a hard substance before coming to play this match.
The school authorities have been informed and he will be handed over to the police for trial” I smiled within.
Liam truly deserved such punishment; for a moment, I felt shattered within, seeing Mac on the floor after he was injured but he was able to pick himself up.
Two Weeks later
Mr. James had decided to give everyone an impromptu test. I didn’t expect it but then, it was History after all; my favorite subject.
I decided to take the alley, it was the best shortcut that led to my house and so I needed to be swift as my cousin’s sister would be home anytime soon.
My cousin’s sister stated that she had a surprise for me and guess what? I am a sucker for those types of things; who wouldn’t be?
Moving through the surprisingly dark alley, I was becoming creeped out by the weird silence the entire scenery was emitting. It felt like those scenes in horror movies where there is a suspense-filled situation.
What is strange is the fact that this wasn’t the first time I was going through this route and thus, the possibility of seeing people is very high. But today had been quite bizarre; I had been walking through this alley for close to ten minutes by my estimation and not a single soul was in sight creepy huh?
I was almost out of the alley when I suddenly heard footsteps and I turned to see a group of guys headed my way too. Something strange about the way they walk; they all had dark hoods that reminded you of those stalkers in horror movies; why do I keep referring to horror movies? Well, maybe it’s because I am kinda hooked on that genre.
I was hoping they would walk past me, but they didn’t and I became very suspicious of their movement. I decided to increase the pace at which I walked; clearly, no one would want to die in the alley.
While walking briskly and almost reaching the endpoint of the alley, I decided to turn around to see if they were still following me up. When I turned around, I was met with familiar light blue eyes staring at me. I gasped and tried to move away, but at the end of the alley, stood one of the guys following me. How did he get there though?
“Well, Well, well, who do we have here, Elena; the school’s nerd” He had a deep voice that almost reminded me of Ragnarok of the Vikings.
“What do you want?” He had his signatory smile while approaching me. He was taller and muscular.
Blake was another popular guy in the school, and he was also my bully. He always finds every means to bully me. It made me wonder most times, if he was obsessed with bullying weaker people.
“Don’t you act like a stupid idiot right now” He said, his smile quickly morphing into rage.
“Putting stupid and idiot in the same sentence isn’t right” I tried to refrain myself from saying it but I was too late.
Blake pushed me up against the wall and I could see the visible rage in his eyes as one arm was pinned to the other side of the wall, to prevent me going anywhere.
“You think you are smart huh? Now I need to know why you dismissed my gesture towards you in Mr. James’s test today” Of course that was the reason why he had to stalk me.
I had ignored any of his calls while we were in the middle of the test. I found having to talk to people in the test hall annoying.
“I didn’t know the answer to the number you asked” I lied through my teeth.
“Don’t give me that crap young lady! If I didn’t know any better, I would say that it was the question you enjoyed answering the most” I couldn’t help but agree with him on this. The questions were simple, but the one he had asked for was much easier.