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“Fine, yes.”
“Talk to Coach.” He nods in Coach’s direction.
“You heard him at halftime. Everything is going Bradley’s way because they’re double-teaming me. I can get open. Pass me the ball.”
He blows out a breath. I love Cooper, and he’s a great quarterback, but he’s a rule-follower. But he’s also one of my closest friends.
“I swear to God, Damon, if you don’t catch the ball and run it in for a touchdown, I’m gonna make you eat the pigskin.”
I hold up my hands. “Deal.”
He shakes his head. “You do understand that you don’t have to impress her, right? She knows you’re a good player. This feels a little high-schoolish.” He stands and pulls on his helmet since the offense is going back out there.
“Hey, maybe if you tried to impress Ellery a little more, she’d be more than just your best friend.” I pat his back and run out onto the field.
“Asshole!” he shouts from behind me.
I raise my hands as I run out there to get the crowd going. I need their energy because my ego might have bit off more than it can chew with this play. Especially if I’m going to have two guys on me.
We get into the huddle, Cooper glaring at me from the corner of his eye. “Listen, guys, Siska wants a touchdown. Coach wants me to throw to Bradley. We’re going to Siska. I’m faking it to Bradley with the hopes their defense goes that way, but we’re going to Siska.”
“I’ll get a jump on them,” I say.
He points at me. “Let’s hope so. If I get my ass reamed for calling an audible, I’m gonna strangle you.”
We all line up, Cooper calls for the ball from the center, and I fucking run, faking out the cornerback, leaving me and the safety to fight it out.
“Not today,” I say and act as if I’m going right, but shift left.
Because of Cooper Rice’s brilliant arm, as soon as I’m open, the ball sails right into my hands. I run it in for a touchdown.
The crowd roars, and the Jumbotron lights up. Cooper runs up to me, smacking me on the helmet, and we both do a little dance in the end zone.
“Fucking hell, best play all day,” Cooper says, shaking his head at me the entire way back to the sidelines.
“Finally got a touchdown for your girl, Siska?” Coach Iverson asks, shaking his head. “I swear, you two.” He tries to hide his smile, but he knows it was an awesome play.
I look up at the stands and find Adeline smiling. She mouths, “way to go,” and I tilt my head like I told her so. She laughs, and goddamn, she’s so beautiful.
“Now you’ve gotten yourself on the Jumbotron,” Cooper says.
I lift my gaze, and sure enough, there are our faces in a heart with Cupid shooting an arrow at us.
“Man, that co-parents-with-benefits thing doesn’t seem confusing at all.”
I sit down next to Cooper, not interested in his opinion. We know what we’re doing.
The Grizzlies win, and I end up scoring another touchdown, so our small group decides to go out and celebrate. Adeline’s mom takes Clover back to her house for the night, and I cancel Haze for tomorrow morning.
We score VIP tickets, so we’re in the upper part of a nightclub with only a few other groups of people. Adeline and Bryce are dancing while I’m sitting and drinking a beer with Miles and Cooper. Ellery returns from the bathroom and joins the two women.
The dress Adeline borrowed from Bryce is probably going to get me into a fight tonight. It’s tight and red, pushing her tits up and her ass out, which looks ready to be slapped. I’ve had to keep my dick in check more than once tonight.
Miles’s eyes widen. “You look like a lion ready for his next steak.”
“Fuck off.” I finish my beer and slide out of the booth. I walk up to Adeline, grabbing her hand. “Come on.”
“Where?”
