A Girl Named Grace by Taylor Hart

Author:Taylor Hart [Hart, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2015-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Grace’s chair hit the grass spot. She launched out like a cannon being shot at a circus.

“Grace!” Zac was just out of reach when she hit the ground.

Her body collapsed and her foot hooked on the side of the wheelchair. It pulled the chair half-way on top of her.

“No!” Zac fell next to her, his eyes fierce, angry, the force of nature about to be moved.

I would never forget them at this moment.

Trina and I both arrived at the same time. Together, we pulled the back of the wheelchair and helped to untangled it from Grace’s bloody leg.

“I’m fine.” Grace tried to prop herself up, but fell back to the grass.

The blood.

Zac took her by the shoulders. “You’re bleeding, Grace. Hold still.”

“What happened?” Bonnie moved next to me.

My heart pounded and I watched Grace try to sit up, her face radish red, her hair wild and electric, her eyes filled with the anger of a spurned mythical creature. “Just put me back in my chair!”

She would hate this. All this attention. I poked Bonnie’s shoulder. “Have the cheerleaders circle us - quick!”

Bonnie gave me a confused look.

Trina put two fingers in her mouth and blew out the loudest mouth whistle I had ever heard. “Spit, spot people! Cheer emergency! Huddle up!”

The cheerleaders hesitantly pranced closer.

Bonnie gave Trina an aggravated look, but gestured a circling motion around Grace and Zac. “Attention—circle!”

Everything had happened so fast. My blood pumped into my brain with a whooshing sound.

The cheerleaders circled, Principal Schmidt busted through the circle, and I could hear Chance yelling to me outside of the circle.

Trina elbowed me, worry in her lined eyes. “You know this is your fault. She never came to games before today, and from what I overheard, you had something to do with it.”

Principal Schmidt tugged off his Sugar Valley hat. “I’m calling 911.”

“No!” Grace exhaled. “Please.”

Trina knelt beside her injured leg. “I think it just needs a bandage.”

“But she hit her head.” Zac stooped down and inspected the gash. “I think you should probably go to the hospital, Grace.”

“No!” Grace’s eyes turned to me. “No hospitals. Maddie will take me home, won’t you?”

I couldn’t swallow.

“I’ll take you.” Zac reached for her.

“No.” Grace glowered up at him. “Maddie takes me, you play.”

Zac let out a breath and shook his head. “No.”

“Yes.” Grace insisted.

“Sure, Maddie will take you. I’ll help her.” Trina patted the other side of Grace’s shoulder. “Zac, take her to the Jeep, we’ll create a diversion.”

Trina took my hand and snatched the microphone away from Principal Schmidt. “Gonna borrow this.” She darted through the circle of cheerleaders. “Spread out!”

Trina really had turned into Rabbit Woman. She flipped the switch on the microphone. “Hey, Sugar Valley!”

Confused and worried faces looked back at us. The players trickled closer to the cheer huddle. The other team started to follow the trickle.

“We have a transfer student from up north, and she has a surprise for you.” Trina turned and thrust the microphone into my hand.

Hyper, nervous energy, the kind only found when called up to do something completely unexpected washed through me.

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