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“It’s okay, son, I’m used to that reaction,” Mike says. Both guys laugh at me.
“Thank you, I’m very grateful for the offer and will be in touch once the paperwork arrives. Sorry for my reaction, it’s not every day you get a chance of a lifetime.” As I pull my brain back together, I’m now making more sense.
Coach puts his hand on my shoulder. “You might be shocked by this, Jordan, but we aren’t. We always knew you were going places. Congratulation, buddy. But I suggest you take time to digest it before you go announcing it to the world. Jealousy can be an evil thing in other people. I’ve seen it destroy friendships and teams before.”
“Listen to your coach, son. Just sit on it until it’s all signed and sealed and then announce it to the world. We’ll talk soon. Here’s my card. Call me anytime you want with any questions. I look forward to seeing you in orange next year, son.” He shakes my hand and then proceeds down the corridor with Coach showing him out of the stadium.
Standing on my own in total shock and disbelief, I can’t move.
I take a deep breath to slow my breathing down a little so I can return to the guys in the locker room.
Movement and voices from the end of the corridor, where Coach and Mr. Trenton are just exiting, grabs my attention.
My eyes lock with those brown ones that appeared in my dreams last night.
Nat looks at the two men who walked past her, then back at me. Without making a fuss she mouths the word, “Well?” with intensity, waiting for my answer.
I just give her one nod and she knows.
She reads me perfectly.
Her face lights up with the most beautiful smile and her eyes are twinkling. Her ponytail swings as she tries to stop herself from bouncing with excitement for me.
The other girls keep chatting and pull her away.
With one last look over her shoulder, she mouths one last thing. “Told you!” Then she is gone out the door again.
A feeling running through my body that I don’t quite know what to do with has me wanting to chase her down. I should be thinking about one of the biggest moments in my life, but instead, she has overtaken that.
Again, those brown eyes are all I see.
Oh, Nat, what have you done to me?
ChapterFour
NATALIE
Today has been the longest day I can remember.
It probably has to do with the lack of sleep and the constant movie reel that was playing all night in my brain.
Why did Jordan have to kiss me? And the even bigger shock, why did he keep kissing me for a minute?
There’s no surprise how much I liked it, but I wasn’t expecting him to.
Talk about just pouring fuel on the fire to the raging crush I have had for years. You know the one, the crush that is so cliché, your brother’s best friend. The person you’re never supposed to even think about that way, and to make it even harder, he’s the one guy in school every girl lusts over—except, apparently to me, he’s off limits. Yet I have to sit here and listen to all the girls talk about him like he belongs to them.
It’s just cruel, because the guy has only ever seen me like a sister… until the kiss.
Too bad that to him it was just an embarrassing mistake, while my heart is too busy fluttering whenever he looks at me.
I can’t show him that, though. Jordan’s dream is about to take its next step. He should be concentrating on that.
To be honest, I don’t enjoy cheerleading, it’s not really my thing. I prefer track and basketball. But it’s a way to enjoy watching my brother play and with the added bonus of getting to see Jordan in his uniform that hugs his butt very nicely. No one will notice my ogling, and my brother has never had any idea of my secret crush.
The game didn’t quite turn out the way the team would have liked. The other team’s touchdown in the last thirty seconds was enough to sink us. I kept looking for the scouts that were in the stands, but I have no idea who they are or what they look like. All I know is that Jordan played great in my non-expert opinion, and I was cheering with both my fingers crossed under my pom poms.
“Nat, I need to go pee, can you come with me?” Selena grabs me and starts dragging me toward the stadium door.
