(Aww yep now we need them to have an ultimate facedown outside of school a little later and I will be the happiest drama junkie ever :D)

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Zephyr reeled back a little and rather easily dodged the punch, his eyes narrowed like a tiger staring at prey. He watched as Blake was led away, then seemed to relax, his gaze sombering slightly. "I'm sure he was at some point Sophia. Not this whole time. Don't worry. I'm always going to be here for you, and you control your own life, not anyone else." He said quietly, his voice low as he glanced around before sitting down with a heavy sigh and dropping his face into his hands. "I'm honestly glad he didn't punch me again." He said with a hollow laugh. "Because I hate beating people up."

Lollll)

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"I would hate for you to beat him up even with everything he has done. Don't do anything too crazy. He lives beside me. Remember that. He almost burned his house down once. Come to think of it that was random and he has some really bad anger issues" she rambled on until she finally recognized it. "Yikes. How did I not notice that earlier?"

"Okay okay, I won't beat him up. Bear with me though, if he all out attacks me I HAVE THE RIGHT to defend myself." He joked half heartedly with a faint smile. "I don't know. I kind of realized it the first time I met him, but you know everyone is different." Zephyr snorted, cradling his chin in his hands as he stared at the wall.

"Your exaggeration is going to kill me one day" she bumped his side with her shoulder. She laid her head down on the table, her head facing away from her company

"Whay exaggeration?" He asked with a innocent look. "And I can't kill anyone." Zephyr smirked. "Unless I want to." He joked before shaking his head roughly. "ANYYYYWAY I'd better get to class, I have *insert class name here* next and the teacher ain't fond of tardy kidds."

"Bye Zephyr" she said with a smile and a roll of her eyes. She grabbed her bags and hobbled to class because her softball bag kept hitting her legs. After this class, she would be going to practice early because her last class let her and the other softball girls out earlier because they didn't do anything.

"Adios." He replied before vacating the vicinity. He went to his class, had a fun time (sarcasm), went to his next class, took a nap, and ended at his basketball practice. Zephyr always felt great in his uniform. He talked to the coach afterward on when the games were, shocked to hear he had been completely wrong. They had a game two times every week starting the next day. He blinked in surprise before getting over it, changing, and walking towards the softball field.

Sophia waited at the field for the rest of the girls on the team from her class. They changed then warmed up while they waited for Coach. The other girls showed up after the bell rang and the warmed up group took a drink of water. Finally, Coach showed up and started practice. The girls warmed up and ran a few laps before beginning practice. Sophia threw the ball to first base from the pitchers mound. They practiced different drills during batting and catching. After practice was finished, Sophia laid down on the red sand. "Why was practice so bad today?" She asked Jessi who sat down beside her. "No clue. Oh. My dad is here. I have to go. Bye Sophia" she waved as she pulled herself to her feet and brushed off her pants. Sophia stayed on the ground and stared up at the clouds.

Zephyr noticed Sophia sitting out in the dirt alone so he dropped his bags, walked over, and plopped down next to her. "Hard practice?" He asked, propping his arm up on his knee to glance at her before looking away again, the same feeling immediately coming back.

Sophia didn't know who spoke at first, but the flutters in her chest told her it was Zephyr. Without a doubt she knew it was him. "Yep. It was rough. We did so many practice drills. " she pulled her hand to her face and let it drag down. She propped up against her elbows and looked at her companion for a second before looking away. She wanted to ask him if he felt the same flutters that she did but she could never do that