Making a Play by Abbi Glines

Author:Abbi Glines
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Calm the Hell Down

CHAPTER 23

RYKER

“I spent breakfast trying to convince her that dating you was making things difficult for the team. I need her to keep you a secret until tomorrow. Our roles in this game are crucial. You know this. I don’t trust my dad’s reaction to her dating you. If this shit blows up in our face before Friday, then our heads won’t be in the game. But you signing to her . . . I wasn’t expecting that.” Hunter’s words stayed with me all morning.

It was a seal of approval I hadn’t expected to get from Hunter Maclay. I’d had to stay to talk to the teacher, who wanted to discuss my last test grade, after first period, so I’d missed seeing Aurora between classes. Even if seeing her always made me late to my next class. Nash was beside me as soon as second period ended.

“In case you missed it, Nova was all over Brett in the hall this morning,” he said as if to warn me.

“Good,” I replied, thinking it was a relief, and I hoped the tennis player could keep her interested for a long while.

“You don’t care?” he asked.

“Hell no. Helps me out.”

“Gets his attention off Tallulah, so I was fucking thrilled, but then I wasn’t sure where you were with this Aurora thing.”

“I’m all in with it. Not interested in anyone else,” I said, turning my head enough to look him in the eyes as I said it.

“Is that why you’re walking in this direction instead of your third-period class? To see her?”

“Yup.”

“Damn, I didn’t think I’d ever see you get all tangled up over a female.”

I thought about that for a moment. “Me either,” I finally said. This was never something I’d expected. But the moment I’d seen her Monday, something inside me had come alive. The more I was around her, and even just texting with her, getting to know her, I was getting more attached. I had no other way to describe it.

“You ready for tomorrow night? North Bank hasn’t lost a game. Richards is the number one scouted quarterback in the state. It’s going to take all we have to pull off a win.”

I had a lot more faith in Hunter than Nash did. He was on the sidelines now, coaching. He didn’t feel the vibe on the field anymore. Only the team could know for sure if we had this. After Hunter’s approval today, I knew we were good. His head would be back on the field. That’s all we needed.

“We’re ready,” I told him. I didn’t have time to talk any more about it, because Aurora stepped through the crowd in the hallway, and her eyes met mine. The way her face lit up at the sight of me made me feel like a fucking god. “Gotta go,” I said to Nash, and moved with ease through the bodies blocking my way, since I was larger than most of them.

She didn’t have to move, because I was to her in moments.

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