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Kendall
Entering the stadium had to be the most out-of-body experience of my life. I was walking into the lion’s den willingly. I couldn’t tell you if I was doing it for professional purposes. Or if I was doing it because I would get to see the guy I was crushing on again.
Neither changed how shaky I felt crossing the halls looking for my seat. Everything about the place triggered me. I seriously didn’t want to be here. I would have turned around and walked out, if it wasn’t for the hot guy I had come to see.
Did I say “hot”? I meant the “troubled” guy who needed my help. I needed to remember what I was to him. I might not be his official therapist, but he needed to know that he could trust me. I couldn’t cross that line.
Remembering that, I pushed aside my hesitation and pulled myself together. Finding my section, I waded into the sea of seats. This was not like my high school stadium. It was huge. It had to seat 20,000 people. It was overwhelming. All I wanted to do was find my seat and pretend I was someplace else.
“Are you Kendall?” a friendly guy said in an east coast accent as I sat down.
I looked at him and then the hulking guy beside him. The big guy had to be Nero’s brother. They didn’t look that much alike, but they were both the hottest guys I could imagine.
The guy who had greeted me was good-looking too, but he would better be described as cute. He was about my size with the same hairless face. I wouldn’t exactly describe him as nerdy. But, he was definitely someone I wouldn’t expect to be at a football game.
“I’m him. And you’re…” I pointed at him and blanked on his name.
“Quin. This is my boyfriend, Cage.”
“Nero’s brother?”
“That’s me,” he said with the most charming smile. Did killer smiles run in their family?
“Nero told us to make sure you have a good time,” Quin told me welcomingly.
“Did he?”
“He definitely did. So, have you ever been to an East Tennessee game before?”
“I’ve never been to any type of game before.”
“Oh. Neither had I until I met Cage. They’re fun. You just have to get into the spirit of it.”
“I’m not much for team spirit,” I explained.
“It helps to have someone to cheer for,” he said turning to the field. “Okay. We’re East Tennessee so we’re in blue. That’s us over there. And, Nero is…” Quin searched the field for him. When he mentioned Nero’s name, my heart skipped a beat. I swallowed. “There he is,” he said with a smile.
I turned and found him. He was one of the guys going to the center of the field.
“Do you know the premise of the game?”
“I know nothing,” I told Quin.
“Simply put, they’re trying to get the ball through the end zone which is past that line there. So, here you go, they are setting up a play and…”
Quin stopped talking when someone handed the ball to Nero. With it, a guy from the other team dove towards him. Nero spun shaking the guy off of him and then sprinted towards the end zone.
The other team chased him. Each time Nero would dance around them or spin by them. The crowd stood as he got close to the line. I stood with them. And when Nero dove into the air to escape the last person attacking him, he crossed the line. The crowd exploded. I didn’t care about football, but not even I could escape being swept away as 20,000 people roared.
“Does that always happen?” I asked leaning over to Quin.
“No, it never does. He ran 90 yards for a touchdown on the first play.”
“I guess he has his head in the game,” Nero’s brother confirmed. “I wonder what inspired that?” He said looking at Quin. Both of them then turned to me. I knew what they were implying, but I wasn’t going to acknowledge it.
At the same time, the thought that I had anything to do with what Nero had just done, sent my body awash in tingles.
“Everyone says that Nero is really good,” I said prodding them for more.
