First Down Darling: A College Football Romantic Comedy by Kiss Tabatha

Author:Kiss, Tabatha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

ROSE

“So,” Daisy says, “how are things with your student fuck buddy?”

“Shh!”

I look over my shoulder at the sea of faces surrounding me on the bleachers, just in case someone heard that. It’s the Homecoming game, and this is the largest crowd I’ve seen at a game so far this year.

“Rose, we’re on the phone,” Daisy says. “Unless the chemistry department has started wire-tapping cell phones, I think we’re okay to speak freely about your fling.”

“Sorry. It’s habit.” I keep my voice low. “Dr. Zach almost caught us yesterday.”

“Where were you?”

“In the TA office.”

She gasps. “You’re banging him on campus?”

“Daisy.”

“Bravo! Such a dirty girl! Even I’ve never done it in public. Good for you.”

“Stop it,” I say, barely glancing at the field. We’re on the defense right now. As much as I love football, I tend to zone out whenever Douglas is on the field. “I think I should call this whole thing off. It’s getting too risky.”

“But risky is what makes it fun.”

“I’m not disagreeing with that, but…”

“But…?”

“I think he’s… corrupting me.”

She laughs. “Good.”

“Is it?”

“It’s about time, if you ask me. I couldn’t even get you to swipe a tube of lipstick in high school.”

“Well, that’s illegal,” I say. “This is just…”

“Dirty.”

“Yeah.”

The crowd boos and my attentions fly back to the field. The other team scored yet another touchdown, giving them a very considerable lead over us. Good thing we’re only in the second quarter.

The players shuffle around on the field. My chest flutters as I spot John walking out there.

“Don’t think too much about it, Rose,” Daisy says. “Just have fun with it.”

“There is such a thing as too much fun, you know.”

“Agree to disagree.”

I bite my tongue as John gets slammed by a rather overzealous cornerback. Junior helps him to his feet as the crowd groans again.

“What’s up with your boy today?” Daisy asks me. “He’s playing like shit.”

“I don’t know.” The team huddles up on the field, but I focus on him, craning my neck to see over the freakishly tall people in front of me.

“Well, did you guys have sex today?”

“No,” I answer.

“Last night?”

“No.”

“Is he getting it from someone else?” she asks. “One of those Booba Koopa girls?”

“Beta Kappa?”

“Yeah, them!”

“I don’t know! I hope not.”

“You guys haven’t had that talk yet, huh?”

“No.” I cringe. Should we have that talk? Should we have already had that talk? “Get to the point, Daisy,” I say before I spiral.

“Sex is a natural performance enhancer,” she says. “It temporarily increases testosterone levels, makes them more focused, more controlled. All that fun stuff.”

I shake my head. “That can’t possibly be true.”

“Dude, you’re the chemist.”

“Oh, man.” I look at the field as the teams cradle the line of scrimmage. “Is this really my fault?”

“Probably.”

“Hike!” Junior spins around and hands the ball off to John, who instantly bolts to the left to dodge a fierce defense as it pummels right through the offensive linemen.

He takes yet another hard tackle.

I wince. “Ah, crap.”

Daisy chuckles. “Or… you can acknowledge that football is a team

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