During the break Jacob was busy with his partner who was a girl named Sierra. Just as it was announced there was going to be a break and then cpr, Jacob started chuckling as he stood up with Sierra. "They are not kidding around. Are they? We need to do cpr."
Sierra smiled "Its fun." Then Sierra's smiled vanished quickly "Excuse me for one minute." She then walked away.
Jacob quickly discovered why she sprinted away as he heard Leandro's voice from behind him. "Jacob."
What had he done now? He turned around "Yes Leandro."
Leandro stood in front of him with crossed arms "Why does your sister have a bump? Do you know anything? She says she fell but it's obviously not from falling. If you see it you will suspect someone kicked her."
Jacob thought carefully and then said "She has a bump and she says she fell? Where? How?"
Leandro said "So you didn't know?"
Jacob said "Where is her bump? Actually I go ask her now. But please remain here. Let me ask her. I will tell you everything she tells me. I swear." He then walked away quickly and made his way to Jean who was talking to one of the paramedics.
As Jacob got closer he heard her say "I like to be a paramedic. Can I have work experience with your unit?"
Paramedic said "Sure. Send us a letter and we can see if it's possible to fit you in." She said thank you. She then noticed Jacob and excused herself as she walked to Jacob.
Jacob looked at her worriedly and said "Flower pot. Why does Leandro tell me you have a bump and I don't know about it?"
Jean shrugged "Sorry." She pointed to her knee as she pulled her dress up slightly "It's nothing. Look."
Jacob cringed as she saw the bump. "It's not nothing. Why didn't you tell me? How did this happen?"
She said "I fell." Jean bit her lip and looked away.
Jacob put his hands on his hips "Why do you look nervous then? Flower pot, were you kicked? I can tell this bump is from a kick."
Jean looked up at Jacob "How did you figure it out? Yes. It was an accident."
Jacob said "Who did it?"
Jean said "I won't tell you. You play mean when I get hurt." She then started playing with her necklace "Can you just leave it? It was an accident. Accidents happen"
Jacob said "Leave it? Why leave it?"
Suddenly the paramedics rang a bell signalling the end of break and start of CPR.
Jacob said "We will talk again." He then walked to Leandro.
Leandro said "What did she say?"
Jacob signed "Thank you for flagging this up. Someone has kicked her. I saw the bump. But she wont say who did it. We will find out. Lets leave it for now please. She doesnt want to talk about it right here, right now. Lets wait please Leandro."
Leandro's expression hardened and nodded silently as he walked towards Jean.
Jacob stood next to Sierra and watched Leandro approach Jean. He waved at Jean.
As Jean waved at Jacob, she noticed Leandro laying on the ground.
Jean raised an eyebrow "You are on the floor?"
Leandro nodded and said "Yes. Boys go down for CPR." He then closed his eyes as he acted like the patient. Jean watched as all the boys laid down and acted unconscious.
Jean knelt down slowly on the floor and waited for instructions. They were meant to push down for 45 seconds and watch the chest rise and fall. Then carry on if the person was unconscious. They needed to be careful not to break any ribs.
She slowly reached for Leandro's chest and took a breath as she touched his hard chest. She could feel his heart beat. She was shaking. This was too much.
Leandro took a deep breath and opened his eyes. The expression in his eyes made Jean freeze. He had a very gentle look in his eyes that was sincere. He whispered "Relax Jean. This is just practice. It's not like I need the cpr. Take your time... I don't want to see you shaking." He then closed his eyes.
She applied pressure and slowly got on with what she was supposed to do. Leandro's chest was rock hard. It was so distracting to feel his muscles and not admire him. How could he be so fit? She tried to shake the thoughts of the attraction between them. She liked how peaceful Leandro looked. The peaceful look he had with his eyes closed was a contrast to who he really was.
Jean felt so distracted but managed to do a CPR. When she stopped after 45 seconds, Leandro whispered with eyes closed "I am still unconscious. You need to do it until I am revived."
Jean said cheekily "Everyone else is pretty much revived."
Leandro said "I am still unconscious. Revive me."
It was Leandro's attempt to prolong the session. Jean complied. There were no words to describe what it felt like. He was close to Jean and she was less nervous around him now. She even gave him a cheeky come back or smile. He just wanted to see her happy and prolong the closeness with her. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes looking at the serious expression in her eyes as she tried to revive him and putting 100% effort into it.
She stopped and said "Are you revived or I hurt you?"
Leandro chuckled and said "Hurt me? No you didnt break any ribs.."
She breathed out "Thats a relief."
Leandro stared at her smiling and she smiled back as she stopped the CPR.
****
It was lunch time and Survival camp trials was afterwards. Students were excited to have a taster afternoon of survival camp. It was quite viewed highly. With survival camp came many extra courses and extra credits that looked good on college applications. The leadership and fellowship programs embedded within survival camp was unique and on demand.
Jacob was sitting opposite Jean in the lunch room. He was eating slowly watching Jean. He was thinking about Leandro and his plan to find out who had kicked Jean. Leandro has to go to survival camp to set up after the cpr session. They were going to see him after lunch unless he chose to eat lunch in that main cafe.
Jacob tried again "Jean."
Jean looked up "Yes."
Jacob said "You do know that Leandro and I won't stop until we find out who hurt you. So why not confess now."
Jean sighed "Accidents happen. It was an accident."
Jacob said "Really? So if it was an accident why did you lie about it and said you fell to Leandro. There is a lot to what's happened. Isn't it?"
Jean said "I need some juice. Let me get some juice and I can continue this conversation."
Jacob shook his head. She was avoiding the topic. Jacob saw Sierra walking towards them. She smiled and said "Hi Jacob. Can I sit with you and Jean?"
Jacob looked up "Oh. Of course but I don't advise it. I am trying to get my sister to tell me what happened to her leg today. She has a bruise. Come to think of it, you have been around her a lot since this morning. Did you see anything happen to her today? Have you seen anyone kick her? She doesn't tell me why she has a bruise and it's starting to get on my nerves."
Sierra's eyes widened "Oh. I am very sorry. She hasn't told you what happened yet?"
Jacob stood up looking at Sierra "No. tell me. Do you know anything?"
Sierra sighed "It's ... was an accident..."
Jacob raised an eyebrow "She says the same thing."
Sierra said "She was walking past the baseball pitch. There was a tackle and she was too close. Someone tackled her."
Jacob narrowed his eyes "Who was it?"
Sierra whispered the name.
Jacob gasped "No way..." He stood up and watched Jean come his way. He shook his head and then told Jean "I need to go. I will be back soon."
Jean looked at Sierra "What happened?"
Sierra bit her lip "I told him about the accident around the baseball field."
Jean gasped "Why did you tell him?"
Sierra said "He asked nicely. Its hard to refuse your brother anything. He is so nice. Sorry."
Jacob made his way to the survival camp compound. It was massive. Upon entry the kids on guard at the door blocked his path "Its lunch time here. Only existing members are allowed in."
Jacob asked "How come you are not at lunch then? Dont you eat?"
They said "We take turns. We are on duty. Now leave."
Jacob sighed "I need to speak with the Dean. I know he is here."
They said "You dont have permission to enter."
Jacob found this ridiculous. This place had way too many rules.
*****
"Welcome to Survival Camp\Military Training" banner was greeting everyone of the new recruits. The existing recruits were in their lessons. Just the new recruits had the special welcome. Jean had changed into her uniform and was ready for the challenge to get a taster. Jacob was coming along with her of course. He didn't want to leave her be. Jacob was curious to know what they taught in survival camp lessons.
Captain Leandro was the coach and Leo was the highest ranking officer.
Leandro lined up the recruits and went over the rules. He managed to wink at Jean making her feel relaxed. Jean was nervous for being with Leandro that morning when they kissed and then the cpr had happened. If these events weren't enough he had caught her bruised.
Leandro announced the ice breaker activity. It was a tent set up exercise. Recruits were meant to do it alone.
Jean was quick in setting up the tent. She seemed like she had done it before everyone else with the same speed as Jacob.
Leandro walked to Jean "I need to inspect the inside of the tent. Let's see if you set it all up securely and safely soldier."
He then went onto inspect the inside of Jacob's tent. When he entered, Jacob followed and said slowly "Did you find out who hurt Jean?"
Leandro said "No. I will check the cameras again  later today. I couldn't postpone my duties to watch so many hours. I watched a bit of the footage of your sister around the campus but didnt see anything. It must have happened early morning. I will check again today"
Jacob said "I found out from Sierra what happened to Jean. Someone tackled in baseball, Jean was passing by and got kicked."
Leandro turned sharply "Who did this?"
Jacob asked "What will you do to them? Flower pot cares for this. Sierra said it was an accident and so does flower pot"
Leandro said "I ask you again. Give me a name."
Jacob said "Rosanna."
Leandro said "Which one? There are a few Rosanna's in this campus."
Jacob said "Its you know... the one who is the sister of Elena, your brother's girlfriend."