"we were playing dodgeball. why else?"
"well, you threw it a little too hard at him."
"is he gonna be okay?"
"with a little ice on that bruise and some rest, he'll be just fine."
"i hope so. hey, i think he's waking up."
i slowly opened my eyes.
Christmas, Fox, Snow, Tiger, Wolf
The rest of my freshman friends were jabbering on about the church dodgeball tournament planned for the following evening.
in all my life tacoma and i had hardly spoken a word to each other. aside from a casual hello.
Bed, Discovering sexuality, Fire, First Person, Fox, Gay, Gay Relationships, Kissing, Love, Male, Male/Male, Religion, Romance, Sexuality, Wolf
Tacky or not, i couldn't just sit here and keep playing emotional dodgeball with myself. i had to ask him, point blank, what he really felt for me.
slowly, i raised my head to look at him. "dex--"
"amber," he said at the same time.
Action, Adventure, Demon, Fantasy, Romance, Suspense, Transformation, Werewolf, wizard
They always did for a few minutes, deciding if they should actually teach or just have the kids play dodgeball. nothing to do but stare...and stare.
things were a lot more fun with coach berts. he was a monster of a bear but had a heart of gold.
Albino, Albino tiger, Boy, Boys, Character Development, Cheetah, Elementary school, Feline, Female, Females, Friendship, Girl, Lion, Love, Male, Males, School, Secret Love, Story Progression, Story Series, Tiger, White Tiger, Young Love, Young boy, Young boys, Young girl, Young girls, friends, girls, rivalry, rivals
A baby-blue mini-dodgeball rolled by, its pace slowing...slowing...until it finally stopped as emeral picked it up.
"that," she said to her boyfriend, "was gross. i am _so_ going to get ritzer for that."
Character Development, Gym, School, Story Series, Winter, bully
Dunning, who doubled as our pe teacher, and would sometimes hurl dodgeballs at us to make sure we were paying attention. after that was science with mr. eckles, who had once threatened to light me on fire. i liked him.
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Magic, Mimes, Urban Fantasy, Young adult, clowns, hammer, hunter, masks, non-furry, psychopath
_ "dodgeball." the class cheered happily and chance felt his blood run strangely cold. "can i trust you all to split up evenly?"
Adolescent, Character Development, Father, Highschool, Son, Story, Story Progression, Teenagers, Wolf, Wolf Dog, Young
But it made her feel like that time in dodgeball, where he was watching her. his eyes were so different from any other kids'. his stare was so strange, like he was seeing x-rays of your bones or something. sometimes it made her shiver.
Character Development, Long, Story Series, Young Love
The one that hit me with a dodgeball."
"the one that's going to kick you out of his room in a minute for trying to make him do something?" chance supplied jokingly.
Character Development, Family, Father, Gay, Gay Relationships, Jackal, Son, Story Progression, Teenager, Wolf, Young Love