“I guess so.” I groaned as I tried to stand up. “Ugh.” I moaned and grabbed my knee. “I think I cut myself.”
“We won! We won!” Liv screamed and grinned as she came running towards me. “We’re the champions, Alice!”
“Yay.” I smiled and groaned again, as the pain in my knee got worse and worse.
“What’s wrong?” Suddenly Aiden was in front of me, his face looking grim.
“I hurt my knee,” I said in a low voice. “And no need to be pissed, because we won.”
“I’m not pissed,” he said with a frown and kneeled down to the ground. “I’m going to pull your pants leg up so I can check your knee, okay?”
I nodded mutely and watched as he pulled the right leg of my exercise pants up. We both stared at my bloody knee, and I groaned.
“Oh my God, I’m injured.” I frowned and Aiden looked at me with a concerned face.
“Are you okay?”
“She’s fine,” Scott said and rolled his eyes. “Just scraped her knee.”
“Have some compassion, Scott!” Liv snapped and walked over to me. “You okay, Alice?”
“I’m fine. I guess I just need to clean it.”
“See, she’s fine.” Scott laughed and then looked at me. “I promise that our next rumble and tumble in the grass won’t leave you with any injuries.”
“There won’t be another rumble and tumble,” Aiden growled and put my arm around his shoulder. “Lean on me and I’m going to help you stand up.”
“Okay,” I said softly.
“I have a first-aid kit in my car, so I’ll clean it for you.”
“Okay. Thank you.” I smiled at him sweetly, and I could see Liv grinning. I looked towards Scott, and he winked at me and then wiggled his eyebrows towards Aiden. I realized then that Scott was no longer interested in me. Instead, he was helping to make Aiden jealous. I giggled to myself as I realized that he was just as bad as I was, but I knew he was doing it for me, so I couldn’t be mad at him.
“Are you okay, Alice?” Elizabeth walked up to us with a look of concern on her face.
“Yes, thanks.” I nodded, feeling a bit bad. I was stealing her man from right under her nose. Not that he was really her beau or anything.
“Good. Excellent touchdown, by the way. Best move of the day!” Elizabeth grinned at me. “You sure showed the guys what’s what.”
“I try.” I grinned back at her and for a second I felt guilty. Guilty that I was swooping Aiden out from under her when she really was a nice girl.
“Hey, hey, hey, what about my touchdown?” Scott looked at Elizabeth. “I think that my catch was pretty impressive.”
“Impressive to whom?” She laughed and shook her head.
“Everyone on the field.”
“Hmm, if you say so,” she said and flipped her hair. I stared at her face and I was pretty sure she was blushing. Curious, I looked at Scott a bit closer. His face was positively beaming as he stared at her.
“I do say so.” He moved closer to her. “Didn’t you see me?”
“I saw you, and I saw Alice too, and Alice definitely had the move of the day.”
“Hmmm.” Scott looked back at me. “Maybe I’ll concede this once.”
“Wow, how grand of you.” She laughed and patted the front of her T-shirt down. I was about to look away when I noticed something on her wrists. My eyes narrowed as I stared at the lines on her wrists.
“Are you ready, Alice?” Aiden’s voice was close to my ear and I nodded.
