Page 12 of Love Like Mine


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I’m pulled out of my thoughts of her and what I want to do to her later tonight after the game, as Asher gets my attention and I look up at him.

“Let’s go suit up for the game and warm up. It’s almost time,” he says as we all get up from the bleachers. It was nice to just sit around and do nothing for a while, even if we had a few admirers from White Ridge High that we had to chase away.

We all said we weren’t interested. I know what my deal is and I know what Asher’s deal is. It’s Kinsley even if he still won’t admit it. It will probably take a miracle for him to admit that shit out loud.

I don’t know what’s happening with Axel or Ezra. Both of them would usually eat up the attention but today, neither one of them even looked at any of the girls who were around, making their intentions known that they were available for some fun. I sigh. When the hell did all our lives become so damn complicated?

I definitely need to host a party or something so that we can all let loose or something. They’re… let me rephrase that, we’re all acting like lovesick fools.

“You done daydreaming about Raine?” Ezra asks, ribbing me as we make our way down the bleachers and toward the locker room that the school provided us. I roll my eyes at him.

I should have listened to his ass from the beginning when he was telling me that she’s my one, but obviously I didn’t. I thought he was talking out his ass but look at me now.

“I wasn’t daydreaming about her. I was just pissed she ignored my texts because she’s being a brat,” I tell him, mad again, not even realizing how mad I was in the first place. I blow out a breath and tell myself that I can’t get mad at her anymore and I need to give her time.

Time, time, time, time…

But how much fucking time does she really need, anyway?

“Well, just remember that you can’t go off on her anymore because you’re trying to win her over,” he says with a smirk.

“Gee thanks. What would I do without your wisdom?” I ask, rolling my eyes.

“Probably crash and burn,” he says with a straight face that causes a laugh to slip out of me.

“Well then it’s a good thing you’re here then, isn’t it?” I ask him while still chuckling.

We step into the locker room and see that everyone is trickling in one by one after us. We all start putting on our football uniforms. The air in the locker room is buzzing with excited energy and it’s definitely infectious.

Everyone has been waiting for this day for what feels like forever and I have to admit that so have I. In case I didn’t mention it before, football is one of the things that gives me life. It helps me to not think about what happened with my mother and it also helps me to not focus on my waste of a father. Especially him and his new wife.

Sigh… let it go, Knox. Think about her…

With that last thought in mind, I shut everything down and focus on nothing but the game that’s ahead of us. A moment later, Coach comes into the room and gives us his usual speech of wisdom, pep talk and good luck.

Once that’s all over, we head out onto the field and get ready to begin the game. Once the game starts, my adrenaline is pumping and I’m so ready to win this shit. The game gets called and then Asher has the ball and is running with it. I stay in position and keep running too. Half the guys from the other team are after him.

He turns left and then makes a swift right in my direction and throws the ball at me. I take off with a run and pump my legs as hard and as fast as I can go. I make the first touchdown of the night and the crowd, well the people from our town, erupt with cheers.

Not going to lie, that is one of the best feelings in the world. The one where everyone is cheering for you because they have so much faith in you. I soak it all up as the game continues. It’s no surprise that at the end of it, our team wins the game.

The scream at the end of it is more deafening now than it was before and the feeling that comes with it is euphoric. I just wish my baby girl was here to cheer me on as well. We’ll get there someday I tell myself because that’s the only thought that’s keeping me from losing my shit to be honest.

The ecstatic feeling of winning the game is short-lived though when out of the corner of my eye I see someone collapse onto the field. I look over and see that it’s Ezra. I quickly dash over to him and drop to my knees beside him.

Asher and Axel are a second behind me and they crowd around him too. I check his pulse and feel one there but he’s passed out at the moment.

“Someone call a fucking ambulance! Now!” I yell at everyone around us, hoping that someone will.

“Already called!” I barely hear Coach yell back at me. I’m trying not to freak out. I don’t know what the hell just happened to him. Fucking hell! Now that I think back on it, I did tell the asshole that he was looking a bit pale but he said he was fine.

I look over at both Ash and Ax and see the very worried expressions clouding their faces. I have no idea what to say to reassure them because I’m definitely worried myself.

“He’ll be fine,” I croak out and they both turn to face me. I’m not sure how true my words are right now, but I hope like hell that they are. Losing him would be like losing a part of our soul and I can’t fathom that happening.

A moment later, the paramedics rush over to us and put him on a stretcher and rush him off the field. The three of us hop to our feet with the intention of following, but before we can make it more than a step, Coach is calling my name.

“They’re taking him to White Ridge general,” he says.

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