** RYDER’S POV **
I was happy till it was time for Chem class. Mr. Donovan gave each pair a project and had to be ready in about 10 days ‘seriously 10 days?’ I glanced at this fireball sitting next to me and she seems to be as cool as a cucumber ‘as long as she can get it ready I guess I don’t have to worry about it much!’
“Don’t think I will be doing all the work alone Jenkins” ‘she just had to rain on my parade!’ she was squinting her eyes gritting her teeth “I didn’t say a word. You assumed it all!” I said pointing my pen at her.
She rolled her eyes “you didn’t have to say a word coz its written aaaall over your face that youuuu… are planning to get out of this one.”
Raising my brows with a sarcastic grin playing on my lips “I didn’t know you were a face reader too!”
She c****d her head to the side with a fake smile “Haha veeeeryyyy funny Jenkins”
Chem class went kind of fine but it was now time for my most hated subject of all ‘MATHS’. There is no subject that I like better than football. I just scrapped by all these years cheating but if I need to get into the college my dad wants me to attend then I need to get a minimum ‘A’ in all the subjects ‘wish I had worked hard from before’. Mrs. Jones is the scariest apart from our coach Mr. Bates, even he might be scared of Mrs. Jones.
“You will be having a surprise test anytime next week so be prepared!” that’s Mrs. Jones for you!
“Whaaaaa… it’s just been a month since school started… it’s not fair!” the class burst out in unison in panic ‘Man talk about bad luck!’
The only kids who didn’t seem fazed were Collins, William, and Rodgers known as the three musketeers, apart from the few other nerds of the class. I then looked at my friends who were clutching at their hair and waving their hands in air “Silence everyone!” Mrs. Jones yelled making the class go quiet once again “now back to class…!” with that, she started the class.
It was after school that I was walking towards the field with my friends passing by the gym but the faint music coming from the gym door that was slightly ajar caught my attention “I left something in the car you guys go ahead I will catch up on the field” I held out my fist which they pound on with their fists “Cya man.”
I let my friends walk disappear before I walked back to the gym and peeped in ‘man is there anything this girl can’t do?’ there she was ‘Collins’. She was dancing so beautifully and it was like she was completely a different person altogether. She was doing a mix of hip hop, ballet and a few other types of dance forms but she put the piece together to perfection. I tried to open the door a bit to get a better look at her and to my bad luck the door creaked loudly alerting her, she stopped and before she could spot me I ducked to the ground “s**t!” cussing under my breath.
I was on my all fours as I crawled out into the corridor when a pair of heels stopped in front of me “Ry what are you doing crawling on the floor?”
‘Why is she here of all the people?’ “Steph! What are you doing here?” I knit my brows in confusion as I glanced between my girlfriend and the guy she was standing with ‘She said she and her friends had to finish up on some experiment so what the hell is she doing here and that too with James?’ James is the goalie and he is from another class.
“I was just on my way to the field when I met James here and he was just telling me about the match you guys are going to play on this Sunday” she then folded her hands over her chest stamping one foot on the floor “coming back to the point, what are you doing here and that too crawling on the floor Ry?”
‘She is something else!’ “I lost my earring so I was just looking for it. Got it!” I faked picking up my earring which I had held in my hand. I slapped my hand over James’s shoulder “Common the guys must be waiting for us on the field.”
Once we were done with practice we were supposed to go to the ‘Thunder Valley’ where the race was being held.
We were standing with Liam checking his bike “They say Black Phantom is unbeatable. I am gonna show them I am Black Phantom or not you are gonna lose to me!” Liam spoke just as he put on his helmet.
I looked around in the direction Liam pointed with his chin as he mentioned the name Black Phantom and saw a rider about 5’4 and looked quite scrawny “Seriously! That’s Black Phantom? That rider looks like a little kid!”
“Yeah well that little kid has been winning continuously for the past 3 years in a row and no one I mean no one has been able to beat him” Liam adjusted his helmet as he sat on his bike ready to hit the track. He yelled before revving the bike “and guess what… no one knows his true identity! He comes dressed to the tracks and leaves in the same dress.”
I raised my brows “so he might as well be a she?”
Liam chuckled gesturing his hands over his chest as if showing women’s breast “don’t you think people would be able to tell if he is indeed a she!” and wiggled his brows.
I shrugged my shoulder looking at that Black Phantom rider “yeeeaaahhh… for once you are right!” I then gave him a homie handshake as he went on to the track.
This time as well it was Black Phantom who won the race. The biker raced out of the venue leaving his manager to pick up the trophy on his behalf so I followed after him. A little while later I saw him stop near a diner and walk into a women’s restroom ‘Oh Liam is gonna be pissed if he knows that it was a girl who served his ass!’
The person who walked out shocked me even more than the fact that the rider is a woman ‘You can put anyone to shame Collins!’
** ZOEY’S POV **
Zane and Leah were not going to attend today’s race coz of Zane’s competition “Are you sure you don’t want me to come to see our performance?” I looked at Zane who was helping me change into my track outfit.
Zane – “Yes champ, I would like nothing more than to see you win the title again this year and don’t worry about me. My piece is perfect now that you have done the fine-tuning that was required! Now go kill it like you always do!”
Leah came up to me with her iPad “Now, the initial thrust lag that you were experiencing before is fixed so you should be good to go but do watch out for your timing on hitting that nitrous boosters!”
I saluted her like a soldier “Yes ma’am”
This is the first time I am hitting the track without my friends “Let’s just hope everything goes well” I muttered to myself as I went to the venue where my manager was waiting for me “You good Z?” my manager Hugh Parker only knows me by the nickname that Zane and Leah call me with.
“Never been better Parker! So who are we up against?” I asked as I took the list of participants from him “eh… the usual except for this new guy ‘Liam’ something”
The race was going fine for me till this new guy caught up to me. We were both neck to neck up until the last two rounds or that’s what I wanted him to think “Oh enough of this child’s play!” I spoke to myself as I increased the speed hitting the nitrous booster just in time and as usual I was the winner of this year’s race too. I left the prize ceremony to my manager as I rode my bike out of the venue going to my usual diner where I change into myself.
I always leave my track bike here and go back in my bike once I have changed. It is Zane’s responsibility to get my bike when I need it or get it serviced. I walked out in my jeans and my t-shirt and put on my helmet just as I sat on my Harley, riding back home.
I was unaware of the eyes that had followed me and saw my true identity that I had managed to hide so well till now.
I reached home only to find my 2 best friends waiting for me “So…?” Leah was the first one to open her mouth. I faked my sadness sighing heavily “You lost? How? Who? No way uh huh I don’t believe it!” Zane gripped my shoulders bombarding me with questions just then Zane’s phone buzzed his eyes were fixed on me till he was finished with the call “uh huh… Oh yeah? Ok will call you later!”
He then stepped closer gritting his teeth ‘Oh boy he looks super angry! I guess I should tell him the truth.’ He pulled me into a bear hug “Ugh you liar!”
“She won isn’t it? I knew it!” Leah joined in the hug. Both of them were now literally crushing me in “Hey mind letting me breathe?” ‘They seem to be habituated into smothering me with their hugs’. Mum and dad were out till the weekend so it was just me, Zane and Leah at my home now” “So how did your competition go?” I asked Zane as I unlocked the door and walked into the living room plopping on the couch.
“He was A-MA-ZING!” Leah chipped in as she threw her arm over Zane’s shoulder ‘it’s day’s like these that I cherish more than anything in the world!’