-- "i missed you so much fatso.." justin started laughing clutching his stomach. Rick high fived david and started laughing too.
"aww someone's sad ~" justin clapped his hands softly while smirking at me.
Bethany and Laura walked towards us and Bethany kissed justin on his cheeks and he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her close. Amy also joined. I thought she'd Come and help me but she just hugged laura and Started making out with her.
I felt a sudden pain in my heart . I felt like crying... I could feel tears filling in my eyes.
Rick walked closer to me and started shouting my name loudly. The others were laughing at me... Even Amy.
"eliza! Fatso! "

"Fatsooo~"

"ELIZA!" --

"ELIZA! " I heard Amy's voice suddenly instead of Rick's. What kind of weird dream was that?

"oh" i let out as i got up. There was no-one there in the class except Laura, Bethany and Amy.

"get up already! U slept for 2 hours" Amy smiled giving me a tiny pat on my back.

"why didn't the teach wake me up? "

"they have lost all their hopes on you eli " bethany snickered .

"oh come on! " i giggled as i got up and left to the canteen with the girls.

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"ugh sandwich and fruit juice again!" Amy whined with a pout on her face.
"I'll buy you whatever you want after the school babe" Laura winked at her.

We took our lunch and went to sit but unfortunately there was no empty bench.
All the three girls looked at me and i gave a 'i didn't do anything' look and shrugged at them.
"yeah sure. I was the one sleeping in class, right? " Bethany glared at me.

"you guys can sit here if you want" a deep voice spoke behind us. It was Justin. He was sitting along with David and Rick.
"thank you so much! " Bethany squeaked and 'literally' ran and sat next to justin. Laura also joined her by sitting next to her.
It was a bench that could fit 6 people. Justin, Bethany and Laura were sitting on one side while David and Rick were sitting on the other.
Amy and I stood there not knowing what to do as there was place for only one.

Laura was about to scoot a bit when Justin got up. "whats wrong? " Bethany looked at him.
"David is real thin so he and Amy will fit here"

"I'm not so thin. Please" David grumbled.
"thinner than me though" Justin winked at him and sat next to Rick.
Well he was right. They 4 were actually sitting there comfortably.
Justin patted the seat next him gesturing me to go and sit next to him and i did. I looked at Bethany who looked uncomfortable and sad.
I gave her a smile which she didn't return.

I just focused on eating while others were talking about some weird animal the scientists discovered recently. Justin's leg was touching mine now and then, and everytime it did my heart skipped a beat.

After lunch we had PE so we had to change into track pant and jersy.
I could feel Bethany's eyes on me but i ignored it. I guess she is taking this a bit seriously...

We had to do 10 rounds of the huge ass ground. Like always i got slow after 4 rounds. Before i used to do only 2 , so ive improved!
The three girls were running with eachother infront of me. I looked behind but saw no one because all of them were Running infront of me.
I felt lonely like this a lot. Though the three of them were there....i felt left out. Amy changed and dosent care about me much now. So I've just accepted all of this. Just one more year.

"you really slow" i heard a voice behind me... And ofcourse it was Justin.
"i Just- i just t-tired" i stammered as i was trying to catch my breath.

"me too" he chuckled. Was that chuckle to make fun of me?
He ran along with me the rest of the rounds .
I just plopped on the bench at the end line and he sat next to me.
He handed me a napkin and a water bottle. I thanked him and gulped down the whole water bottle.
"you haven't changed at all" he smiled at me.

"you've changed a lot" i smiled back to him.

"good change? Or bad change? "

"good"

"that's good i guess" he chuckled.

Someone cleared their voice behind us.
"oh Bethany- "

"we need to go. The coach is calling everyone to play basketball "she told and left. I thought she'd wait for me to join her-

"let's go"

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"okay students, we will be making two teams now. Justin is the new kid right? Justin and Bethany come forward. You will be the leaders of the teams and you all can choose your players. " the coach announced.

Justin picked Rick and david, while Bethany first picked Laura and then Amy. It was now Justin's chance to pick a person. He looked at me for a second and then at others students. I was more than confident that i would be with Bethany and not Justin. He picked Noah.
It was Bethany's turn to chose and i smiled at her knowing that she would pick me.
On the contrary, she didn't.
"James "she called out. Laura and Amy looked at me and then at Bethany with a 'wtf' expression. Why would she?

I was floating in my thoughts when i heard my name.
Justin had called out my name.
Bethany didn't look happy, ofcourse.

Everyone looked at him with a confused face.
The whole class knew i was bad at basketball. Well not only basketball, i was bad at sports and hence no one ever chose me.... I would always be the one left out at last. But Justin chose me? And Bethany didn't?

I went and stood next to David. He gave me a small smile. I stood there knowing this team would lose this match.

And the game started.
I always stood at the back so that i don't get the ball. A few minutes passed without me playing.
Laura was running towards the basket and Maya,a girl from our team blocked her. Laura threw the ball at Bethany who was on the other side.
I was looking at them play when i felt a pat on my back. I turned around to find Justin standing behind me.

"we gonna win this match" he smiled at me.

"haha. Im of no help i guess... Im just standing here like a potat----OUCH" i felt a heavy weight hit my forehead.
I closed my eyes as i buried my face in my hand. I felt like everything was going round and round around me. I tried to open my eyes. But couldn't. I could hear faint voices around me.
"EL! You okay?

"eli..."

"Someone call the coach! "

"ill carry her" i heard Justin talking. He? Carrying me? NO! I don't look like it but i was very heavy!
But i wasn't in the state to argue either. I just lied down there with my eyes closed.

"you cannot! She's fat. She's heavy! You will break your arm! " i heard a familiar voice yelling. Ouch. That hurt more than the ball.

"Bethany!" that was Amy's voice.

"why dont you carry her? You were the one who threw the ball knowing the basket was on the other side of the ground"

"i didn't mean to- i just- i thought she was in my team. I swear to god Justin... I didn't do it on purpose "

Bethany threw the ball at me? What's her deal? Why is she acting so weird?

I felt myself get carried by someone. I wanted to fight back and get down. I was insecure about my weight and i was scared the person who was carrying me, which was unfortunately Justin would make fun of my weight later.

But, I was so tired and dizzy that my mind just drifted off and everything around me went silent. I gripped onto Justin's jersey as tightly as possible as if i would fall off if i hadn't.
He smelled like some expensive brand's perfume. He smelled good.

What's happening to me? And why is he helping me?

Were we this close?

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I wokeup to the sound of something falling . Someone was crouched down on the floor, maybe picking up what had fallen down.

I held my head as i tried to get up. My eyes were shut by the pain in my head.
I felt a big and warm hand behind my back, helping me get up.
It was Justin.

"you feeling better? "

"um.. Yeah. " i stammered while looking down.

"its 6pm. You slept for 3 hours. How lucky " he chuckled.

"sorry" i mumbled.

"for what? "

"for everything? " i looked up at him. He was sitting on the chair next to the bed. He was kind of close to me.

"everything what?" he said in a low raspy voice.

"um.. We lost because of me, and you had to carry me here and you stayed back and its just your first day-"
he kept his index finger on my lip before i could say anything more.

"first of all. We won! And yes you are a bit heavy but not for me... Im a strong young man you know " he winked at me for which i frowned but giggled later.

"About staying back. I stayed back because no one else did and i needed company to go back home. " he smiled but my heart hurt. Nobody except him stayed back? Not even Amy, Laura and Bethany?

Oh...Bethany.

"i guess we can leave now? " he said looking at me zoning out.

"yeah"

We reached home early as there was no much traffic.

"tomorrow " he said as he parked infront of my house.

"you could just park near your house... I can walk " i giggled.

"you need extra care today right?" he smirked.

"thank you so much, good night Justin" i smiled at him before getting off the car.

I need to talk to Bethany tomorrow.

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I myself don't know where this story is going lmao *_*
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