At the Buzzer_A High School Bully Romance by E. M. Moore

Author:E. M. Moore [Moore, E. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-29T05:00:00+00:00

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This year at Sign-Ups I feel the same pit of excitement-slash-dread in my stomach. I’m not worried I’m going to piss off the Ballers this year. In fact, I know they have my back one hundred percent. What I am worried about is Lake. Today would be the perfect opportunity to trash Ryan’s mom in front of people who adore him.

Plus, today also feels like the culmination of everything that’s happened so far. Finally, my Ballers are going to be on my side, and everyone will know it.

I can’t even tell you what happened during the school day. It went by in a blur as I prepared myself for the actual Sign-Ups. My dad will be there, of course. I’ll have to stand next to him during the beginning and through his speech just like before, but then he wants me with my team when they announce the starting lineup with the lights and the music. My fingertips buzz with the emotions spreading through my body.

I wore a simple dress, something that will complement my father, but also doesn’t look too ordinary when I’m next to one of the guys. Dawn can sense I’m on edge, so she walks me to the court herself just like last year. Sure, Hayes is trailing behind us by a few feet, but Dawn doesn’t care about that. She’s got a big enough bite herself that I’m not sure Hayes would have to do anything if someone messed with me right now. Not that anyone will. Things have actually been a lot better since the guys started hanging around me. The only people I have to worry about are the ones who are on Team Lake, and that basically boils down to Lake, his brother, and all the Baller bitches because I took away their playthings.

Before we can enter the glass doors with the words Timothy Dale Court typed across them, Coach calls the whole team to the side. Dawn slinks away while we surround him. In a hushed voice, he says, “The media is here. We know that. It’s not different from any other Sign-Ups Day. We need to have a united front. No outside shit on that court, you understand me? You’re a team. Act like it. If anyone says a disparaging thing about their teammates and I hear one of you had something to do about it, you’ll have to deal with me, and I can promise you that it won’t be pleasant.”

With that, he leaves us all standing there while he takes his place a few places down from my dad. I grit my teeth and follow. I know exactly what he’s talking about. He wants to make sure the media doesn’t get wind of the rift between the starters. If they do, it’ll be all over the papers, and if you don’t think other teams’ coaches check the papers, you’d be wrong. They’ll use whatever they can to get their team riled up to beat us. So, when Lake

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