AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Chapter Seven
—Jax—
Then
It was late by the time I walked into the Halloween party dressed in my jersey and jeans. This was the extent of my costume. The house was packed with people from our school, drinking and acting a fucking fool. The party was just how I’d expected.
The place was crowded, alcohol flowing loosely, and the music was blaring. I wasn’t much for booze. My life revolved around football, and the last thing I needed was to wake up hungover to run laps around the field at five am.
I was constantly training and staying in shape. It was how I remained the best quarterback in our state. Last week, I finally made my choice to play college ball for Texas. I wasn’t ready to leave my hometown, knowing I’d eventually have to move for whatever team drafted me into the NFL.
Kinley was ecstatic with my decision to stay put for a while, at least the next four years. We’d be graduating from high school in the spring, and I for one couldn’t wait. All I ever wanted was to play pro ball. It was what I’d worked so hard for, determined to make it happen for myself no matter what. It didn’t feel like a sacrifice to be missing out on normal stuff guys my age were doing.
I played football, and I fucked.
To me, that was enough.
“Hey!” Kinley greeted, walking up to me. “You made it.” She was dressed as Little Red Riding Hood.
“Is Christian the Big Bad Wolf?” I teased.
“And don’t you ever forget it,” he replied, handing Kinley a drink.
I chuckled, taking his fresh beer out of his hand. “Thanks.”
“You’re drinking?” Kinley asked, rubbing Christian’s back. Fully aware I was baiting him.
“A beer won’t hurt me.”
She smiled. “Maybe not you, but it’s definitely working for your housekeeper’s daughter.”
I arched an eyebrow. “What?”
Kinley nodded behind me, and I never expected to see what I did when I turned around. Sophie was dancing on a table, dressed in a fucking cheerleading uniform. It was the first time I’d realized she could dance.
“And you live with her?” Christian taunted, causing Kinley to slap him on the chest.
All I could do was shake my head in disbelief, mesmerized by the way she rocked her hips to the beat of the music.
“The fuck?” I breathed out, frozen in the spot I stood.
In the middle of my own personal hell, I watched as one of my teammates Derrick tugged on the pleat of her skirt. In the blink of an eye, she started shaking her ass above him. Her cheeks were completely on display for all to see.
In one second, I went from being shocked to fucking livid.
I hadn’t talked to her since last week when I’d asked her to watch a movie with me. I was busy with football and didn’t have time for anything else. It wasn’t until she crouched in front of him, getting close to his face, that I truly lost my shit.
They looked like they were about to kiss, and I sprang into action, hauling ass toward them.
“Jax!” Some chick threw her arms around my neck. “There you are! I’ve been looking for you!”
Sophie must have heard my name because her head turned in my direction, jerking back when she saw me coming…
Right. For. Them.
“Jax,” she coaxed in a wary tone. Only triggering the beast inside of me in a way I’d never experienced before.
“Ja—”
