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holding the racquet that saved my face from coming into contact with the ball. An overwhelming feeling washed over me at that moment , and I just gaped at him, completely in awe. I didn’t even notice that he was anywhere near me.
     
    Someone shook my shoulder . I stared at Sarah, one of my team mates. “Skylar, are you okay?” she asked, checking to see if I was hurt anywhere. When she sighed, I turned back to Adrien. He already dropped the racquet by then . His back was still facing me , but he had his head turned sideways so he could look at me .
     
    “Thank you,” I mumbled. He gave me a small nod , a blank expression on his face . He started walking away when Kaye came running towards me.
     
    “Oh gosh, Skylar! I’m so sorry,” she said , looking really mortified. “I got all competitive. Are you hurt?” She held my hand and roamed her eyes to check if I was, not even bothering to wait for my reply.
     
    “I’m a lright , Kaye. It’s really no big deal,” I assured her. She seemed to take that as a sign that I forgave her. And I did. No one got hurt so I didn’t feel the need to hold it against her.
     
    “You’re so lucky Adrien happened to be there,” she said, biting her lip and looking guilty all over again.
     
    “Yeah. Lucky me ,” I said sarcastically . I didn’t consider myself lucky for having to owe that guy anything , but I guess that couldn’t be helped anymore . And I already thanked him, after all.
     
    When Mr. York was certain that everything was alright, he blew his whistle and announced that class was over. I hurriedly changed out of my gym clothes and went straight to the school cafeteria, fully intending on avoiding Adrien.
     
    I didn’t realize that I left Nick, too, and we usually go to the cafeteria together.
     
    “Hey, Nick.” I smiled apologetically . “Guess what? I actually did pretty well in gym class,” I said, still a bit excited with what happened earlier. I really did feel proud of myself.
     
    “Oh really?” he asked , clearly not believing me and totally forgetting that I left him after gym class . O bviously , he didn’t watch me play. I just nodded and smiled at him , glad that he didn’t seem to mind being left behind .
     
    When we were already seated at our usual table in the now crowded area, I felt that same strong air somewhere. I turned to my side and saw Adrien again. He was carrying a tray of food and was about to sit on one of the tables not too far from us .
     
    He was soon joined by two of the best tennis players in our school. Wow. Looks like someone’s being recruited. I smiled to myself. At least he won’t be by himself anymore.
     
    I immediately stopped myself there. Why would I care? I was probably just feeling a bit grateful. I was so annoyed with myself and took it out on the apple in the middle of my tray . When I finished eating the poor fruit in a savage way, I had that weird feeling that someone was watching me. So I turned my head to the side , only to find a pair of amused, deep silver eyes.
     
    Adrien was looking at me. He was sitting comfortably in the metal chair, letting his chin rest on this hand. I could tell that he was pretending to listen to what his companions were saying, but his eyes gave him away. He didn’t look away from me like he would normally do.
     
    In a matter of seconds, he did something I would never have imagined him doing , knowing that I was looking right at him. He laughed.

Chapter 4 - Suspicious Plans and A Nightmare
     
    I felt my cheeks blow up in flames. Oh. My. God! Adrien saw that. He actually saw me make a fool of myself by ravishing that poor apple within minutes. No, seconds maybe. I felt like I could be mistaken for a tomato with how much I flushed right now. Oh, God. Please let an earthquake come now, leave a big crater, and let me fall into it. I would really love to welcome the idea of falling into an abyss right at this instant.
     
    My friends must have noticed me all flustered