Breaking Tessa: A College Sport Romance by T. Christensen

Author:T. Christensen [Christensen, T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 18

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The first game of the highly anticipated basketball season was today. Tessa followed the dense crowd to the athletic center where the University of San Jose Bears played basketball.

She hadn’t talked to Jordan today, but she had sent him a text wishing him good luck. It was ridiculous how long Tessa had taken to compose the simple text. She had wanted Jordan to know she was thinking of him but didn’t want it to be generic or overly emotional.

Lindy led her to the top row of the student section, and Tessa began scanning the yellow jerseys for the gray number four. She fixated on him as soon as she found him sinking ball after ball behind the three-point line.

Lindy elbowed her, drawing her attention away from Jordan. “Holy shit, Tessa. How come we haven’t come to a game before?” She gestured wildly toward the court as she bobbed up and down on her toes. “It’s like a big party with the best-looking guys I’ve ever seen in here. When do their warm-ups come off?”

Tessa laughed. Lindy was right. The band played, and the whole arena buzzed with anticipation. Tessa looked back down to the court and saw Jordan talking to a player.

“Number sixteen look familiar, Lindy?” Lindy’s eyes widened and her mouth popped open when she recognized Deion.

“Oh yeah, I found my eye candy for the game.” She rubbed her hands together and smacked her lips.

Tessa giggled, but Lindy was serious about tracking Deion. She followed him wherever he went. She shook her head and focused her attention on her own eye candy who had dribbled up next to Deion.

Both Deion and Jordan were laughing at something Jordan had said. Tessa couldn’t believe he could be so relaxed. She was nervous and tense just sitting in the stands. How was he not a ball of anxiety?

At least five photographers pointed long lenses at him, and most of the TV cameras scattered around the arena were aimed at him. Tessa couldn’t hear, but she’d bet her last dollar the broadcasters currently standing on the hardwood with microphones in hand were talking about him.

Tessa was uncomfortable being with Jordan in public when he was the focus of everyone’s attention. She couldn’t even imagine being on that court under an actual spotlight, but he acted like it was just another day. The loud buzzer sounded to indicate warm-ups were over, and the anticipation running through the arena amped up.

The lights dimmed, music boomed, and the announcer’s voice rumbled through the arena with player introductions. Jordan was the last player to be introduced, and Tessa maneuvered around to be sure she saw him through the standing crowd.

“Starting at point guard, standing at 6'3", number four from San Jose West High School, our own Joorrdannn Daaavisss.”

The arena erupted. Noise from the blaring music, screaming, and stomping ran across Tessa’s body. She breathed a sigh of relief when the lights came back on and the music stopped. Gradually the screaming died down, and the players went back to the sidelines.

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