The announcement of her going first and working with Galen was the blow that killed her. Unintentionally, she felt to her knees in the grass.

“Why me?” She whispered.

After the match was done, Gang Orca made sure to retrieve his student and bring him back to the waiting area. Alexa felt so awful for leaving him behind. When she made it back to the class, she was really quiet. It didn't feel like a victory to her. Her heart sank even more, seeing her friend one of the cots they set up. There were a few of them and they had to have been set up while they were traveling to location. She couldn't help how fast she came over as she knelt along side of the cot.

"Gale I'm sorry. I didn't mea-." She was able to see a little closer that he was still knocked out. A sad sigh slipped out as she looked over his face. Her voice, now a whisper." It's a good thing it was just a training exercise..... I still feel bad for leaving you though."(edited)

Gale was still knocked out from Basil's quirk. He did the only thing he could think of to get the job finished. If everyone else was alright, then he did his job correctly. The learned that from his brother. 

His eyes opened slowly adjusting to the light. His head didn't hurt. It felt as if he had been asleep for several hours. He slowly sat up and rolled his shoulders. 
"What happened?"

Another sigh was let out as she looked toward their classmates. She didn't notice he woke up yet.

"You were actually kind of cool during the exercise. Like your -" Alexa was saying as she turned to look back at him. She nearly jumped ten feet as she twisted her body get some distance away from him. "Y-y-y-you're awake?! HOW MUCH DID YOU HEAR?!"

Gale grabbed his ears. 

"Oww!!! Can you please not yell like that? And hear what?"

He sat up on the bench and stretched. 

"What happened with the game? Did you get hit with Basil's quirk?"

She almost wanted to strangle him. He didn't answer her question. She took some deep breaths when he said “hear what”.

"N-nothing." She huffed then turned her back to him. "We won. I got the flag back...thanks to your warning. But you got knocked out at the same time."

"Glad you made it out ok." He said with a goofy smile. He stood up and stretched again. Her words finally hit his ears.

"Wait? We won?!?!"

"Yes, we won.  Basil couldn't catch me. " She said as she hugged her knees.

It was so hard for her to not feel guilty about it. She left him there. Yes he told her to run and he's ok now, but the guilt wouldn't go away.

Gale gave her a reassuring tap on the shoulder.

"You were awesome out there you know that right. Without you being there, I doubt we would've won. Glad I had you as my partner."

She smiled a small smile for a second. It was nice for someone to say she was awesome. She usually got lost in the crowd. Uneasily, she peered back at him over her shoulder. 

"You're not mad about me leaving you?"

Gale cocked his head to the side. 

"Why would I be? If you stayed, you would have been knocked out too and that would've sucked. You did your job. And besides I had no doubt that you would've came back for me after it was all said and done."

What he said made absolute sense, but it didn't treally make her feel 100 percent better. What if something had happened to him after she left?

"Yeah, but you were alone. I mean yeah they were our classmates and they wouldn't hurt you I guess... But I felt like you could've been in danger. My job is to protect people with my barrier above all else." Her head turned and laid itself on her knees. "I can't let that sort of thing happen again.'(edited)

"Then the only thing I can say is make your Quirk strong enough so you don't have to have these worries anymore. And it's not like it's your fault. If I sensed it earlier, we both would have made it. So how about this? Well both get stronger so we won't have to worry about each other. Sound good?"

She took a moment to absorb what he said for a moment. It did sound like a good plan. It just cucked that it cam from the goofiest person she knew.

"Sure...Just don't forget about me. You know, if you get stronger than me."

Gale chuckled and patted her back.

"Whatcha talkin' 'bout? You'll be right beside me step by step."

"Stop talking like that. You make sound like your girlfriend." Alexa was very serious, then let out a laugh. "Don't want anyone getting ideas if they do want to ask me out."

She threw her head back and let out another laugh.

"Oh. My bad. Don't let me cramp your style. Let's go see the other matchup."

"I'm only joking Gale. Like I have a sense of style." She unwrapped her knees and started to get up. "Oh and one more thing, Don't throw my barrier again like a mace. Its hard to hold you breath when you feel like you're gonna die!"