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His brother replied looking proud. “It’s early in the season but so far he leads the division in yards run.”
“That’s good?” I asked Quin hoping for a translation.
“He’s doing it as a freshman which means that he might have a shot at going pro.”
“That’s if he can keep his head on straight,” Cage added. “You’re supposed to be helping him with that, aren’t you? How’s that going?”
They both looked at me.
“He ran 90 yards on the first play of the game. You tell me,” I said suddenly caring whether they wanted Nero and me to be together.
Cage laughed. “Yeah, maybe you’ll be good for him. Nero could use a few more good things in his life.”
I didn’t know what that meant, but I made a mental note to find out.
I had to admit that watching the game wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be. As I understood it, Nero scored three more touchdowns, which was very good. And Quin turned out to be someone I could really relate to. He was a great guy. Both of my hosts were.
I couldn’t get myself to warm up to an ex-football player entirely. But the fact that he was with someone like Quin, who had to have gone through what I had in high school, made me think that he wasn’t all bad. Maybe not every football player was a complete jerk.
“We’re going to meet up with Nero and grab something to eat. Would you like to join us?” Quin asked.
I hesitated. There was no question that I wanted to see Nero. If nothing else, I wanted to congratulate him on the game. But, wouldn’t the professional thing be for me to go? I didn’t want to make Nero think that something could happen between us. As good as that was starting to sound, it couldn’t.
“Join us,” Quin insisted. “I’m sure he would love to see you.”
“Okay,” I said without thinking.
“Great!” Quin said with a smile.
“So, you’re from Tennessee?” Quin asked as we made our way through the stadium.
“Nashville. And you?”
“New York.”
“Oh wow! What was that like?”
Quin exchanged a knowing look with Cage. “Unique.”
“How so?”
Quin then explained his complicated childhood. The guy had two fathers and a mother, and grew up as rich as God. He mentioned something else about going to a small high school for gifted kids and I was officially obsessed with him. Not in the way I was obsessed with Nero. But, obsessed. I wanted him in my life.
Our conversation only stopped when Nero exited one of the hallways and joined us. Another guy followed him. As soon as Nero spotted me, our eyes locked. I felt hot staring at him. Every part of me wanted to kiss him again.
“You made it.”
“Of course.”
“I’m glad. I hope these two didn’t bore you,” Nero said pointing at Quin and his brother.
“No. I wouldn’t have understood what was going on without them.”
“I’m Titus,” the friendly guy behind Nero said offering me his hand.
“I’m Kendall.”
“And, how do you know our star, here?”
