Gym Class

Gym class was easy after the show and tell with Abby and Sydney. Troy was also in class.

"Small world," he said, running by with another guy.

"Yeah."

He winked and I winked back.

Mrs. Hadley blew her whistle. That meant we needed to gather around. I followed after Abby. At first, I worried she or Sydney would treat me differently. If anything, my tattoo seemed to have upped my coolness factor.

When Mrs. Hadley called Sydney and Troy up to be the captains in a game of volleyball, Sydney picked me first.

Troy seemed disappointed. "I wanted you, Jack."

I felt my cheek heat up. "No you don't. Trust me. I don't know the first thing about this game."

"What?" Sydney gave me an evil glare. "You'd better stay out of the way then."

Coolness factor back to zero, I thought.

Once teams were picked, we went to a net. The first set of people rotated in. That meant me. Troy was in the back serving. The ball went over the net and over my head and landed on the floor in front of another girl.

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