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shoved me pretty hard for a human; I
even stumbled a little. Next he threw a punch at my face. That was cold; we
didn’t have helmets on yet, and he knocked me right in the temple. We might
heal faster, but we still feel pain. I knew if I threw a punch back I could
really hurt him so instead I just tried to get him restrained. I tried reaching
for his hands, but he used it against me and laid me flat on my back. It sucked
fighting with humans; you could kick their asses , but
you knew it was wrong so instead you just took a beating and looked weak. He
had got two good punches on my jaw before he stopped.
    “Stay away from Allie, she
doesn’t need someone like you screwing with her life, she’s been through
enough.” He got up and stomped off to where the rest of the team, including
Coach Watkins, was watching with their jaws open.
    During the rest of practice, we prepared for our game, but there
was a growing tension between Matt and I. When practice ended, coach stayed
true to his word and made me run four laps, two for the show in first period
and two for picking a fight. Technically I didn’t pick it, I’m only the victim,
but everyone else thought otherwise. Allie was going to kill me.

 
    Chapter Eleven
    Just Friends
    Allie

 
      Math was uneventful as always. I sat, took notes, and finished
homework. When the bell rang, signaling the end of the day
and I started heading to my car to wait for Matt. As I passed the field,
I saw a lone runner on the track. As I was putting my bag in the back seat of
my car, Debbie Singer, the sophomore from study hall, approached me.
    “Is Matt okay?” she sounded
really worried.
    What? “Okay? Why wouldn’t he be?”
    “Everyone is talking about
how Matt and Caleb got in a fight at football practice, I thought you had
already heard.”
    Oh, you have got to be
kidding me. This day couldn’t get any worse. First, my temper is shooting
through the roof and my hormones were going nuts. Thanks to my hormones I
almost kissed Caleb today. Not once, but twice. I think I need to go to the
doctor because something was definitely wrong.
    Second, Caleb has to pick a
fight with Matt. He probably did it just to make me mad. If he put a scratch on
him, I was going to kill him.
    When I saw my car across the
parking lot, Matt was already standing there acting as if he hadn’t just got in
a fistfight. When I approached, he gave me his usual smile and a sup nod. I
crossed my arms and glared, “Oh no, don’t you dare sup nod me, Matt Peterson.
What on earth were you thinking? A fistfight? With Caleb of
all people? You know he just wants to get under your skin.”
    “Yeah, well he succeeded. He
shouldn’t be around you; I can’t stand him and neither can you! He’s just some
jerk who thinks he is better than everyone.” He stood by the passenger door
with his arms crossed over his chest, not budging. I knew we were attracting an
audience with all of our yelling and so did he because he said in a much
quieter voice, “Maybe this is a conversation to have in private.”
    I agreed with a silent nod,
still mad, and walked around to the other side of the car. The car ride back to
my house was silent, only the purr of the engine humming quietly in the
background. Based off what he said, it sounded like Matt picked the fight, but
I still didn’t understand why Matt had to pick a fight with him. Caleb was a
jerk, and we both knew that so what happened that he couldn’t let go? Even
though Matt said Caleb shouldn’t be around me, it’s not like they fought
because Caleb talked to me.  
    When I pulled into my
driveway, I turned off the engine and sat there quietly. I turned to face Matt,
but when I glanced his way he was already exiting the car with his backpack. I
watched as he walked up the pathway and through the front door, leaving it open
behind him. I sat for a minute, contemplating what to do. Coming up
blank-minded, I got my bag and went inside.
    I could hear sounds from
upstairs,