Self-Goal

WRITTEN BY NANDA NAIR A

A sequel of "JUST SHUT UP ELSA!!!"

The following period was Physical Education. All ran to the ground. The boys play and their counterpart sit and enjoy. Elsa had a crush on George. The whole grade knew that, but she believed it to be a conspiracy. She shared her feeling to one of her " closest" and "trustworthy" friend and then just like a forest fire, which spread from one tree to another, everyone's eardrums rang, "Else has a crush on George!". Finally even George came to know about this. And obviously, George isn't fond of Elsa. Fortunately,Elsa never went up to express her feelings toward George, because that would have been enough to cause anything really terrible.

It was while Elsa was standing and gnawing on a chocochip that Maria, with a pink face, walked past her.

"Maria.."

"Elsa, I trust you, you are an alien. For heaven's sake, shut up! I don't wanna hear anything. Joan, come let's go away from this maniac."

"I know, you uncreative idiots wouldn't believe me.who cares! I have this chocochip."

And then she lowered her voice and completed her sentence " and George". Then silently she chuckled. Which turned to a giggle and eventually she turned chilly read.

Then Elsa turned her gaze towards George. Not very tall, slightly above Elsa, but very handsome. He was good at sports and had throbbing muscles, considering his age. He was good in academics too. He was kind and helpful but gave no ears to rumours. He hated when girls proposed him and he would be the rudest man you would see on Earth.

Since none of the girls was fond of Elsa,as she talked her ass out,she always stood alone during recess. But she wasn't bored. She gave a feast to her eyes staring at George. And for this very reason, George hated Elsa.

The ground was an open space, so the ball had the liberty to roll its way to anywhere. Whether it is the classrooms or restrooms didn't matter. Then it was the duty of the hyperactive boy to go fetch it. Or else they would ask Elsa to do it as she was free of any tasks. And the best part was that she would wait for the ball to roll towards her,so that she could take it and present it personally to George. On the other hand, George would try to defend the ball from reaching Elsa. But Alas! The ball enjoyed it's play.

Second quarter of the play.

George was about to win a goal when the defender pushed George. It was a foul play. The ball, like always, rolled itself to Elsa's side who was chewing a gum. Now right below her the ball stood. Meantime, the defender and George had got into a tussle.

"Leave your filthy hands off me, Sam!"

"I didn't push you, George! You dashed onto me, you dirty ass!"

Hearing the dirty words being thrown at each other, the captain involved(remember, only then the captain got involved). Within a few seconds, thankfully, the deadlock was solved. Then he loudly announced,

"Kick the ball Elsa! Resume the play"

Wow! Kick the ball Elsa! It's my time to impress George, thought Elsa.

She positioned the ball with her toes, like a professional, then taking a deep breath, she kicked it towards George who was standing near the goal post. Can you call it luck or unluck? The ball went straight to be a goal, Someone screamed, "GOAL!" and Elsa was in limelight. All the attention(including George's) was drawn into her. She went red. She thought she impressed George. But it was then that the unfortunate happened.

"George's Elsa's. Elsa's George. So Elsa's in George's team. Self goal. We have won a score!"

Sam screamed out in his best possible decibels. George turned red with rage. He felt like he was choking. The whole event was followed by an embarrassed Elsa and a tussle between George and Elsa.