SvFoE - Making a Promise

A greentext story written for /sveg/.

Making a Promise

>Sabrina ever so slowly made her way towards the nurses office.
>Her limp made it hard for her to walk and the pain in her leg caused her endless discomfort.
>It was another practice related injury, one that the spirit team had endlessly teased her for.
>"It's always something with you huh?" They would say, "You literally can't take a single step without hurting yourself!"
>She knew that behind her back, they snickered and laughed at her misfortune.
>Of them all, Brittney was the worst, for the captian of the spirit team would always scream at her and place the blame on her for any failed routine.
>Sabrina would take it all. Apologizing profusely and rapidly to them for being such a klutz.
>Usually they would ignore her apologies, other times they continued to laugh.
>The worst times were when everyone would scream at her.
>Their screams always scared her and with tears in her eyes she would make promises to them.
>Promises to be more careful.
>Promises to be a better cheerleader.
>Promises to not be so worthless.
>But they ignored her her tears and promises.
>And when she got hurt, they would ignore her cries for help as well.
>So now here she was. Limping to the nurses office with out a single person to aid her.
>And through the whole trip, she would still make the same promises.
>Eventually, after limping across the school campus, she finally reached the nurses office.
>Gingerly and shyly, she knocked on the door. Not wishing to just barge in and disturb the Nurse.
>She would hate to upset her. When ever Sabrina showed up for care the woman would roll her eyes at the sight of her.
>She would always scold her for getting hurt again. Telling her that she'd really ought to be much more careful.
>Sabrina would apologize and make the same promises she had to the spirit team.
>And the nurse would ignore her too. Getting straight to patching her up.
>To Sabrina, the nurse was like a saint, for she would always help her after belittling her.
>When she was scolded, Sabrina took care to nod and thank the nurse for it. Always with a genuine smile.
>But as she knocked and waited, nothing happened.
>Tentivly, Sabrina again raised a scarred hand and softly knocked on the nurses door.
>No response.
>She tried again. Still nothing.
>She looked into the doors window and through the open blinds.
>Pitch black.
>No one was in.
>Sabrina didn't understand. Why wasn't the nurse in? How would she get patched up?
>She needed to heal up fast and head back to the gym or Brittney would yell at her for taking so long.
>Sabrina didn't know what to do. Should she keep looking for the nurse? Head back to the gym?
>She could already picture Brittney threatening her to hurry up. So she decided to forgo treatment and head back to practice.
>She turned around to walk back, but her injured leg was too weak and the pain was far more intense now.
>Her leg gave away and she fell to the floor suddenly. Hitting it face first with a loud smack.
>And she laid there. Raising her head up a bit to wipe away the tears in her eyes and the blood gushing from her nose.
>"Worthless." She heard someone whisper.
>She wasn't surprised to find she had said it herself.
>After simply laying there on the ground for awhile, Sabrina decided to just call her mother and ask her to pick her up.
>At least at home she didn't have to worry about disappointing someone.
>No doubt the spirit team wouldn't even miss her.
>She tried to lift herself up, but couldn't stand as firery pain shot through her leg.
>She fell back down, laying prone again and feeling all too terrible about herself.
>She thought about just laying there. Simply close her eyes and allow the empty void of oblivion to consume her and-
>"No way that happened."
>That voice!
>Down the hall and around the corner. She recognized the sound of two voices in conversation.
>"It's true! There was litterly candy guts all over the place and it even got in my hair!"
>Sabrina could hear the voices getting closer now and she scrambled to stand back up.
>"No!" She panically said to herself, "Not him! Don't let him see me like this!"
>The voices came closer and Sabrina still couldn't stand.
>She started to crawl, desperate to get away.
>But she was far too slow and two new figures rounded the corner.
>"So afterwards I gnawed off his arms like this, 'naraaaw-Grrrrrnnnnnaaa'." Star Butterfly explained as she bit down on her wand.
>Her friend, Marco Diaz, laughed at her silly display
>The two friends walked forward a bit before finally noticing Sabrina on the floor and they came to a dead stop at the sight of her
>Sabrina quickly wiped away her tears and blood before she turned towards the two.
>She forced a smile and waved at them.
>"Ray Crabinaa, Bly ur goo o ka dool?" Star asked, her wand still in her mouth.
>"Star, wand" Marco informed Star as he made his way towards Sabrina.
>Star removed her wand from her mouth, "Hey Sabrina, why are you on the floor?" She asked again
>"Yea really." Marco added, "Did you hurt yourself again?"
>Before Sabrina could say or do anything, Marco suddenly picked her right back up. The girl seemingly weighed lightly in his grasp.
>Marco helped Sabrina stand back up and padded the dust and dirt off her uniform.
>Sabrina was silent, she simply allowed the young man to clean her off as she stared at him with eyes wide in wonderment.
>Star came up next to Sabrina, curious of her silence.
>"Yo Sabby my gurl, you doing alright?" She asked
>Sabrina simply nodded as she continued to stare at Marco.
>"You sure your ok? Cause if your not I can give you a little kiss to make the pain go away." Star said while holding her wand up.
>"Oh, by kiss I ment magic. Sorry if that was weird, I don't usually kiss girls. And when I do it's not in the kissy kissy way. Its totally platunic!"
>"Platonic, Star." Marco corrected,
>"Yea that. Point is, this Star only kisses in a friendly 'friendship way and not in the wanna suck yo face make out way- Wait! Why are you taking off your clothes'?!?" sorta way-"
>As Star rumbled on, Marco finished up his examination of Sabrina and flashed her a warm smile.
>"Alright, do try to be more careful Sabrina. I'd hate to see you hurt yourself again."
>Sabrina goofily smiled and nodded her head rapidly.
>"Oh, I will Marco. I'll be extra careful next time I slip. I p-promise!" She quickly said.
>Marco gave her an even larger smile, one that made the girl feel warm and weak at the knees.
>"I'll hold you up on that promise, alright?" Marco asked.
>Sabrina quickly nodded in agreement.
>Marco turned away from her and grabbed the still rambling Star's hand.
>He pulled the princess with him as he continued down the hall, walking away from Sabrina.
>Star finally stopped talking and noticed Marco's hand holding her own.
>"Oh Marcooo~ Hand holding at school? Sooo bold!" <3 She cooed.
>"Yea, yea." Marco said as he ignored Star's treasing.
>Sabrina watched the two leave. Staring longingly at Marco's retreating form.
>Then her hurt leg finally collapsed and she fell forward again with another loud smack.
>But this time the girl was able to sit up for the pain in her leg and her face again was hardly felt.
>Bleeding again at the nose with tears in her eyes, Sabrina looked off in the distance with a dreamy expression, a goofy smile and half-lidded eyes.
>She felt giddy and happy for once today, and she giggled silently to herself as she wiped her nose.
>"Oh, I can't let myself get hurt again! I gotta keep my promise to Marco!" She said joyously to herself.
>The empty hall was filled with the sound of Sabrina's giggles.
>And not once did she worry about the spirit team or any of the promises she made to them.
>Not when she just made a 'real' heartfelt promise just now.