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I felt the tears forming in my eyes when Kieran elbowed me, "Ace, what's going on?" Why was I so emotional these days?
"I understand now. I understand why hewants me to come watch him."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
The game started and by the second half, I was on the edge of myseat. Score was tied at 10.
I texted Zander, I didn't know if he'd be able to read it during halftime.
You look really good in ur uniform, babe. Btw, stop trying to remove that wedgie on ur butt.
I didn't get an answer. After halftime, the opposing team was on the field. Zander and the offensive line were waiting for the defensive line to get the ball for them.
On the sidelines, I noticed that Zander took off his helmet and scanned the crowds. I had a feeling he saw my text.
He kept scanning the crowd and then he leaned to John and said something. Now, he and John were scanning the crowds. I knew he was going to find me because I was sitting next to Kieran. It was kind of hard to miss a 6'2", blonde guy, wearing a bright yellow shirt.
From across the field, I saw his face break into a huge smile. It was one of those smiles that showed off his right dimple, if I wasstanding close enough. His teeth were gleaming and he said something to John. He didn't point at us. He saluted to Kieran and kept smiling. He put his helmet back on and a few minutes later, Zander and his offensive line got their turn on the field.
Zander was on fire in the red zone. He threw 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter and got his team close enough to the goal line for a field goal. The final score was 27-17.
After the game, Kieran saw a friend of his so he stayed down by the bleachers to chat with him. I told him I was going to wait for Zander by the side of the tunnel where the players entered and exited from the locker rooms.
While waiting, I saw the visiting team; San Francisco River’s football players came out and filed themselves on the opposite end of where I was standing. They were waiting for their team bus to come and pick them up.
One of their players, Dan, recognized me. He was Kieran's camp buddy. He was an Asian-American guy who had a charming demeanor. He and I started talking about Kieran when I heard Brennan's voice.
"Well, look who have here, Ms. Sedona McKenzie, my ex-girlfriend extraordinaire."
The tone of his voice warned me of impending trouble.
I excused myself from Dan. I had to get away from Brennan before he caused a scene, or worse, a fight. His team’s loss was fresh on his mind. Any emotion that he was feeling would be magnifiedten times. He had that same, menacing voice that made me shut my door on his face, when he stopped by my apartment, a few months back. At that time, he demanded that he wanted to talk to me, after confirming that Zander and I were dating. Chills ran up my spine.
Before I could take a step, Brennan was standing in my personal bubble. Dan stepped away, his eyebrows furrowed.
"You knowSedona?" Dan asked Brennan.
Brennan, in his maroon shirt, khaki pants, and sneakers looked good. I'd give him that. It was the look on his face that gave me the creeps. He was not the Brennan I dated. This Brennan was someone whom I didn't know. He looked meaner.
"Do I know her?" he was addressing Dan but his eyes were on me, his face masking the underlying anger in his voice, "I was with her for a long time until she left me for Zander!"
Dan, trying to deflect the anger rising from his quarterback, said, "The bus is here. Let’s go, dude.” Dan walked towards the bus, hoping his teammate would follow behind him.
Brennan ignored him. I took three steps towards the tunnel's entrance. What was taking Zander so long? Where was Kieran? I really needed to get away from Brennan before thissituation got out of hand.
I thought I was going to be able to walk away. I was about to take two more steps when my whole body was spun around. Brennan pulled me,maneuvered me into his arms, and yanked my face to his. I struggled to get him off me.
His lips were rough on mine. I kept trying to push him off and kept my mouth closed. One minute, I was struggling to keep his face away from mine. The next minute, he was flying onto the cement floor.
It was thesight I was trying to avoid.
I saw Zander lifting Brennan from the ground and banging his bodyagainst the wall. I have never witnessed Zander's anger like this. Nor would I ever want to see it again. His eyes were mad with fury. I heard a loud smack as Zander's right hand connected with Brennan's nose and blood gushed out of his nose. Brennan retaliated with his own punches and kicks.
I screamed to makethem stop; neither one of were hearing me. Brennan's teammates hurried off the team bus and tried to pull them away from each other. Three of Zander's teammates were holding him back to stop him from throwing more punches.
"Fuck you, Zander! You fucking stole her from me! What does he have, Sedona? What does he have that I don't have?" Brennan's rant could be heard across the field.
