"Yeah." I sat up and scooted to the edge of the bed. "But I don't know. I'm not sure what I should do. I might still go and cheer for Adam tonight."
"You're going to go alone?" She sounded so small.
"Maybe. I don't know."
"I don't want you to be alone."
"Oh no. I'll be fine."
My door opened at that moment and Logan stuck his head inside. When he saw I was on the phone, he lifted a hand in a half-wave and frowned at me. I motioned for him to go away, but he only grinned and pushed the door open to come inside.
"Uh," I said in a hurry. "I have to go, Becky. I'll call you later."
"You're really going to the game still? Alone?"
"Oh yeah. I'll be fine."
Logan stood right behind me. I turned around and he breathed on my neck now. I tried to shove him away.
"Okay…"
"See ya. I'll call you tonight." And I hung up, breathless. Then I whirled around. "What are you doing?"
He smirked at me.
"This is my room. This is my privacy. Get out."
He laughed. "You're just pissed because one of your friends might've heard me."
"Do you blame me?"
"Nah, guess not." And he threw himself backwards on my bed before he scooted back to sit against the wall. "So you're coming tonight? You're going to cheer on your future brothers?"
My lip curled up in disgust. "Don't say that word again."
"Brothers?" Logan's hyena laugh came out and he twisted to chortle into my pillow. "I cnn't beliff ith."
I sighed and rolled my eyes before I took hold of his arm and started to pull him up. "Come on. Get out. I want to go for a run."
He dodged my hand and chuckled when he went to the door. "You should run with Mason sometime."
"What?"
"You should run with Mason sometime."
"What do you mean by that?"
He lifted a shoulder in the air. "He runs too, most of it's at practice, but I bet he'd smoke you."
I quirked an eyebrow up. "You think so?"
He puffed out his chest. "I know so."
"I can run for hours."
"So can he."
Then I shook my head and turned away. "I'm not going to get into this with you."
"What? That Mason's better than you at running?" Logan rushed around and blocked my way to the bathroom. His cocksure smirk was back in place and he folded his arms over his chest. "Why don't the two of you throw down? I'd like to see that."
I shoved him aside. "I'm not going to race, either of you."
He taunted behind me, "Scared?"
I froze. My shoulders went up, my chin hardened, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. I turned around slowly. "What did you say?"
He looked too sure of himself. "You heard me."
Both of my eyebrows went up.
"I think you're scared."
"Come again?" I laughed out with a pout.
He took a step close. "I think you're scared of losing."
"I wouldn't lose."
He took another step closer and he was against my chest. He peered down, through his thick eyelashes. His breath wafted over my skin. "I think you're scared of everything."
Something snapped and I shoved him back again, this time he slammed against my bedframe.
My arms were stiff against my side and I clipped out, "I'm not afraid of anything."
He laughed as he pushed himself up from the bedframe. "Whatever you say to yourself at night."
"I mean it."
"Yeah, yeah." He dismissed me with a wave. "See ya, sister. Have a good one tonight."
When he left and the door had closed behind him, I let out a shaking breath and realized my fingers were pressed into the palm of my hands. I pulled them out and saw the blood start immediately. They'd been pressed so tight, so hard. I hadn't felt a thing.
My jaw trembled when I went back to the bathroom, but I turned on the shower.
I wasn't afraid. I wasn't afraid of anything.
The football stadium light's lit up the field, bleachers, and two of the parking lots around it. As I approached my school's field, a different sense filled me. I wasn't a fan of the game, but I had come at times to support David. Now I came to support the enemy, or who I had considered the enemy.
Lydia, Jessica, and Jeff at times had sat beside me.
After I got a soda and a football program, I sat alone this time. My two ex best friends were higher on the bleachers and I knew Lydia's mouth had fallen at the sight of me. Jessica refused to look, like always. Jill was on the track in front in her cheerleader outfit. She paused in her stretching to glare at me.
I sat back and drank some soda. Then I saluted her with the thing.
Her nose wrinkled up and she turned her back when Ashley DeCortts approached her. Both girls glanced over their shoulders at me after a moment. I gave them a wide smile this time.
It wasn't long before the teams ran out on the field. The Academy side gave Adam a big cheer when he was introduced in the line-up, but when Mason and Logan were introduced, I swore the ground shook.
I had no idea. It was as if they were gods. I shook at my head at how weird it seemed to me.
When the ball kicked off, I tried to pay attention to Adam, Mason, and Logan's numbers. The one that was most obvious was Jeff's, 33. It blared up at me as he stood right in front of where I sat. He didn't play the whole time, but that was fine by me.
During halftime there were a lot of announcements and drawings for the charity raffles. Ashley and Jill giggled into the microphone at one point for some sell-off. I had no idea what they were talking about. Their cheerleader-esque language kept creeping into the microphone. I grew tired of trying to figure out what 'pep' actually meant to them, but it seemed to go over well with the crowd. There was a big cheer and Jessica's name was announced after.
Lydia screamed the loudest. Jessica stood in surprise, but it was fake. She had a small smirk on her face and I knew whatever had been done was all a scam. She had known the whole time she was going to win. As she passed by me and didn't seem to realize I sat there, I sat up straighter. Whatever she had won must've been important for her to forget the chill-factor any time she was in my vicinity.
"You're going to go alone?" She sounded so small.
"Maybe. I don't know."
"I don't want you to be alone."
"Oh no. I'll be fine."
My door opened at that moment and Logan stuck his head inside. When he saw I was on the phone, he lifted a hand in a half-wave and frowned at me. I motioned for him to go away, but he only grinned and pushed the door open to come inside.
"Uh," I said in a hurry. "I have to go, Becky. I'll call you later."
"You're really going to the game still? Alone?"
"Oh yeah. I'll be fine."
Logan stood right behind me. I turned around and he breathed on my neck now. I tried to shove him away.
"Okay…"
"See ya. I'll call you tonight." And I hung up, breathless. Then I whirled around. "What are you doing?"
He smirked at me.
"This is my room. This is my privacy. Get out."
He laughed. "You're just pissed because one of your friends might've heard me."
"Do you blame me?"
"Nah, guess not." And he threw himself backwards on my bed before he scooted back to sit against the wall. "So you're coming tonight? You're going to cheer on your future brothers?"
My lip curled up in disgust. "Don't say that word again."
"Brothers?" Logan's hyena laugh came out and he twisted to chortle into my pillow. "I cnn't beliff ith."
I sighed and rolled my eyes before I took hold of his arm and started to pull him up. "Come on. Get out. I want to go for a run."
He dodged my hand and chuckled when he went to the door. "You should run with Mason sometime."
"What?"
"You should run with Mason sometime."
"What do you mean by that?"
He lifted a shoulder in the air. "He runs too, most of it's at practice, but I bet he'd smoke you."
I quirked an eyebrow up. "You think so?"
He puffed out his chest. "I know so."
"I can run for hours."
"So can he."
Then I shook my head and turned away. "I'm not going to get into this with you."
"What? That Mason's better than you at running?" Logan rushed around and blocked my way to the bathroom. His cocksure smirk was back in place and he folded his arms over his chest. "Why don't the two of you throw down? I'd like to see that."
I shoved him aside. "I'm not going to race, either of you."
He taunted behind me, "Scared?"
I froze. My shoulders went up, my chin hardened, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. I turned around slowly. "What did you say?"
He looked too sure of himself. "You heard me."
Both of my eyebrows went up.
"I think you're scared."
"Come again?" I laughed out with a pout.
He took a step close. "I think you're scared of losing."
"I wouldn't lose."
He took another step closer and he was against my chest. He peered down, through his thick eyelashes. His breath wafted over my skin. "I think you're scared of everything."
Something snapped and I shoved him back again, this time he slammed against my bedframe.
My arms were stiff against my side and I clipped out, "I'm not afraid of anything."
He laughed as he pushed himself up from the bedframe. "Whatever you say to yourself at night."
"I mean it."
"Yeah, yeah." He dismissed me with a wave. "See ya, sister. Have a good one tonight."
When he left and the door had closed behind him, I let out a shaking breath and realized my fingers were pressed into the palm of my hands. I pulled them out and saw the blood start immediately. They'd been pressed so tight, so hard. I hadn't felt a thing.
My jaw trembled when I went back to the bathroom, but I turned on the shower.
I wasn't afraid. I wasn't afraid of anything.
The football stadium light's lit up the field, bleachers, and two of the parking lots around it. As I approached my school's field, a different sense filled me. I wasn't a fan of the game, but I had come at times to support David. Now I came to support the enemy, or who I had considered the enemy.
Lydia, Jessica, and Jeff at times had sat beside me.
After I got a soda and a football program, I sat alone this time. My two ex best friends were higher on the bleachers and I knew Lydia's mouth had fallen at the sight of me. Jessica refused to look, like always. Jill was on the track in front in her cheerleader outfit. She paused in her stretching to glare at me.
I sat back and drank some soda. Then I saluted her with the thing.
Her nose wrinkled up and she turned her back when Ashley DeCortts approached her. Both girls glanced over their shoulders at me after a moment. I gave them a wide smile this time.
It wasn't long before the teams ran out on the field. The Academy side gave Adam a big cheer when he was introduced in the line-up, but when Mason and Logan were introduced, I swore the ground shook.
I had no idea. It was as if they were gods. I shook at my head at how weird it seemed to me.
When the ball kicked off, I tried to pay attention to Adam, Mason, and Logan's numbers. The one that was most obvious was Jeff's, 33. It blared up at me as he stood right in front of where I sat. He didn't play the whole time, but that was fine by me.
During halftime there were a lot of announcements and drawings for the charity raffles. Ashley and Jill giggled into the microphone at one point for some sell-off. I had no idea what they were talking about. Their cheerleader-esque language kept creeping into the microphone. I grew tired of trying to figure out what 'pep' actually meant to them, but it seemed to go over well with the crowd. There was a big cheer and Jessica's name was announced after.
Lydia screamed the loudest. Jessica stood in surprise, but it was fake. She had a small smirk on her face and I knew whatever had been done was all a scam. She had known the whole time she was going to win. As she passed by me and didn't seem to realize I sat there, I sat up straighter. Whatever she had won must've been important for her to forget the chill-factor any time she was in my vicinity.
