Dang! I've been gone for a long while. I blame myself and my memory loss. This was kind of depressing to write even if it wasn't so sad. Also a couple of my friends broke their ties with my other friends and I, but I still talk to them even though it kind of let me in an awkward position with everyone else.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Walking Dead, the Walking Dead characters or the OC Angel Daniels. I only own Angel's friend, enemies, parents and the teachers that she will mention in this chapter.
In Angel's cell
Angel's P.O.V
"Sorry about Daryl." Carl said after everybody left. "He can be an ass, but he means well."
"It's alright." I replied. "He kind of reminds me of a friend I used to have. His name was Derek."
"How was Derek like?" He asked.
"Well meaning, a good head on his shoulders, justifiable. I don't know anything about Daryl, but his tough exterior reminded me of Derek. He had a tough exterior too, but once you got to know him he was a total softie." I responded.
I didn't say anything for a while. I just went over to my "new" bed, sat down and stared at the brick wall. From the corner of my eye I saw Carl lean against the wall and stare at me. I broke my stare from the wall and looked at him, challenging him to do something, anything to break the silence. I never liked the silence it always unnerved me how quiet it could be, at least with the noise you could tell me something was there. I guess I was lost in thought because Carl was shaking my shoulder to get my attention.
"What?" I asked in confusion. "What did you say?"
"How did you meet him?" He repeated.
I leaned against the bed, "I met him a few months ago and I had just turned sixteen by the time I met him. I had just gotten transferred to a new school because I got into a fight–"
"Wait? You got into a fight?" Carl asked confused.
"In my defense they were making fun of my younger cousin Samuel, so I had to something to protect him when they were about to close in on him!" I replied defensively.
"Alright! Alright! You had a good reason I get it." He replied with a twinge of amusement. "On a side note: who were 'they'?"
"Mostly guys lead by a really snobby girl who had a younger sister that rejected Sam when he asked her out." I answered.
"Well what did you do to them?"
"Not 'them', only her. And all I did was punch her in the nose." I smirked. "At least she had a real reason to get a nose job."
"Nice." He said as he shook his head and chuckled.
"Anyways as I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted, my mom suggested I try out for the soccer team after school to make new friends since we moved to a different neighborhood."
~Flashback~
I was walking along the sidewalk while kicking a pebble to pass the time. My mom had offered me a ride to school, but I declined seeing as she was already late to work. I was barely paying attention to where I was going, but from the street sign I passed earlier I saw that I was heading in the right direction of the school.
"Stupid Kate. Stupid principle. Stupid school." I muttered before I stubbed my toe on a big rock. "OUCH!" 'Stupid rock.' I thought.
School was uneventful. Teachers pointed me out as the new student while I was trying to sink into my seat, paper airplanes were flying everywhere, I made a couple of new friends, a couple of new enemies and I got a couple of numbers from guys. All in all it was pretty boring.
That is until the next day at school.
I guess someone told the principal, Mrs. DéLoure, I did something bad because I got called into the office the next day while I was in science.
"What did you do now? Get into another fight?" Ciara, Kate's cousin, said snidely.
'Figures she and her followers would be public enemy number one.' I thought as I rolled my eyes. I got up from my seat and went to the door, but before I went out I turned back to Ciara, "At least I don't have a messed up nose like you or your cousin. Oh wait yours is natural." I closed the door before the teacher can say anything, but I heard the laughter from the hallway.
As I walked to the principal's office I was wondering what I could have done to get into trouble already. 'Mom and dad are going to kill me when they finds this out!' I thought before I noticed I was outside of the principle's door.
When I opened the door I saw the gym teacher , Mr. Burns, and Mrs. DéLoure inside with…my parents? They were all watching a video clip of my friends and I having a soccer game. My dad was the first to notice me and he motioned for the principal to pause the video.
"Miss Daniels! Come in!" Mrs. DéLoure exclaimed.
"We were talking about having you join the soccer team even though they are halfway through the season." My dad, Mark, added after I came inside.
"Can I even join the team?" I asked.
"Normally we wouldn't allow people to tryout this late, but we could use some new skill on the team and seeing as how well you play we could use the help." Mr. Burns replied.
"Well when can I meet the girls?" I questioned.
"Uh…girls?" Mr. Burns asked confused.
"Yeah, you know the team. Those girls." I answered.
"Uh…?"
"Sweetie?" I turned my attention to my mom. "It's an all boy soccer team."
I didn't say anything, but stared at my mom disbelief.
They want me to join the soccer team.
Ok I get that, I really do.
But an all BOYS soccer team!?
I looked between the faces of Mrs. DéLoure, Mr. Burns and my parents. I could see the hope in their eyes. 'What do I have to lose?' I thought rhetorically.
I accepted both the offer to join the team and that it was going to be on a boys team. Mr. Burns said to come to the school on Saturday to practice and to meet the team and practice for a game they were having in a couple of weeks. I nodded to let him know I understood and said goodbye to everyone before I went back to class.
~Flashback~
"When I got to practice I saw Mr. Burns already talking to his team and telling them about me." I said replaying the events in my mind. "I guess he liked my skills more than he lead on because he was telling them I was to be the new captain."
"I bet that got some angry complaints." Carl replied.
"Not as many as you would think but the biggest complaint was from the original team captain, Derek, he kept complaining about how I hadn't earned my place on the team and since I was a girl I didn't know what to do." I answered.
"What did you do?" He questioned.
"I challenged him the position for team captain on a one on one game." I replied. "Needless to say I wiped the floor with him."
"Alright I can see how you met him, but how did you become friends?" Carl asked.
"I told him he could meet me at my house to help me with the strategies and what some people are best at. A couple of months passed and before we knew it the soccer season was over. By that time Derek and I were the best of friends, having bonded over our love for soccer and horror movies."
"Wow."
"Yeah, wow." I echoed. "Too bad it couldn't last."
"Why what happened?" He asked.
"The world turned to shit and the dead wouldn't stay dead." I replied. "Those monsters had cornered me inside the school, he was helping me escape them when he got bit. He turned to me and said to just leave him behind. I didn't want to, but I had to leave because more were coming. I gave him a hug, kissed his cheek and told him I'd never forget him before I left."
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"His screams followed me into the hallway and out of the building." I said trying to keep back my tears. "God dammit! I wanted to go back so badly!"
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TBC…
Bwahaha! Did you notice I left out the Maggie/Beth sister talk out. I have done that on purpose just to make you all more curious as to what could happen.
Thank you for reading and whatever review you might leave. Thanks again and sorry for taking so long, my apologies.