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He whips his head around, lifting his hand in greeting to Joanna. “She’s sitting next to the love of your life. How fitting.”
My breath stalls in my lungs, and Knox and I share a look.
“Too soon?” he asks.
Slowly, I shake my head. “Nah. I’m not scared.”
“Good. Don’t fuck it up.” He slaps my shoulder, repeating the words he said to me earlier.
Even a few days ago when he said that to me the first time, it caused fear to trickle through my blood.
Not anymore. I’m feeling pretty confident.
Cocky even.
Nothing’s going to keep me down.
The announcer starts talking and we huddle together, me delivering a rouse ‘em up-type of speech to get the team going. It works. We’re all roaring and pounding our chests and acting like warriors about to take the field, and I glance over at the stands one last time before we run out there to start the game to find Blair’s gaze fixed on me, a look of pride on her face.
Her lips part when our eyes meet and like the lovesick fool I’ve turned into, I blow her a kiss. She laughs, then does the same thing, and I pretend to catch it, closing my fist around it.
Who am I, and what has she done to me?
“What the fuck are you doing?”
This comes from Derek, whose head swivels between me and Blair up in the stands.
“None of your damn business,” I growl.
“Did you just catch the kiss she sent you?” Derek is grinning, trying to hide it behind his meaty hand, but there’s no use. He’s loving every minute of it. “With her brother standing right next to you? You’re brave, Fields.”
“I already know,” Knox interjects. “So mind your business, Big D.”
I’m chuckling. “He wishes he was Big D.”
“You guys wouldn’t know a big dick if it slapped you in the face.” Derek readjusts his junk, which is currently covered by a cup. “You finally official with her?”
I nod. “Sort of. I will be.”
Derek frowns. “What does that even mean?”
“You’ll see.”
* * *
The game isover and we won.
No surprise. I was that confident going into it and it was an easy accomplishment. They fumbled the ball in the first two minutes of the game, allowing one of our defensive linebackers to snatch it up and run that ball all the way in for a touchdown. That set the tone for the entire game. We felt unstoppable.
We became unstoppable.
It was great and I’m still feeling high from the game, but I’m nervous. I’m out on the field in search of Blair, but when I spot the ESPN reporter heading my direction, I come to a stop, realizing this is my chance.
The moment where I can make my declaration.
“Camden, great game today. You were on fire,” she says in greeting, signaling to her cameraman to come closer. She thrusts the microphone she’s holding in my face. “Tell us what it feels like, being one step closer to the divisional championship.”
“The team came together and we played like a well-oiled machine.” The words fall from my lips and I don’t even have to think about them. I should probably coach Ace on this sort of thing. He’ll have to deal with it next year.
