Out of Darkness by Cheree Alsop

Author:Cheree Alsop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781310129599
Publisher: Cheree Alsop
Published: 2014-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Sitting in the bleachers surrounded by students who were jostling to sit with us was a new experience for me. Everyone was so excited and by the time the game started, I felt like I had a hundred new friends. I couldn’t stop smiling. Ava linked her arm through mine and practically glowed every time she looked at me. I felt like I was flying even though my feet were on the ground.

Seth and several other boys explained the tactics of football as the game began. I began to see the strategy involved. It was a lot more complicated than I had first thought. By the end of the first quarter, we were cheering for Crosby’s Nighthawks as loud as the rest of the students. I was really having a good time when halftime came.

Seth walked back from the concessions stand carrying hotdogs and sodas for everyone. Students paid him as he distributed the goods. He handed one to Ava and I. I protested. “I don’t have—”

He cut me off. “If I can’t buy my best friend and the prettiest girl at Crosby High a hotdog, then what good is our friendship?”

“Besides getting you close to the cheerleaders?” I asked with a pointed look at Sam who had helped him carry the drinks and was distributing them to her friends. She looked back at Seth with a wide smile.

Seth grinned. “There are other benefits.”

I laughed. He took a seat next to me while Sam sat on his other side.

Something was happening on the field, but I had my focus on the crowd and wasn’t paying attention until I heard my name.

I looked at Ava. She was watching me with a big smile on her face. “Go on,” she urged.

“What?”

She laughed at my confused expression. “They want to give you a signed football in gratitude for what you did in the gym. Get over there or you’ll miss it.”

I stood hesitantly, searching out the small group that stood in the middle of the football field waiting for me.

“Reece, Reece, Reece,” the students around me began to cheer.

My heart thundered at the sound of my name from so many lips. I looked down at Ava. “You knew about this, didn’t you?” I asked above the roar.

She gave a cute little shrug, the red of her cheeks answering my question.

“Come on down, Reece,” Coach Andrews called into the microphone. Principal Kelley stood next to him holding a football, along with several other members of the staff.

I tried to pick my way down the bleachers, but everyone kept reaching up to pat me on the back and tell me thank you.

“Use those wings of yours,” Coach Andrews said into the microphone.

I looked at the principal in surprise. He nodded in agreement. I couldn’t help the grin that spread across my face. I jumped into the air and pushed my wings down hard to rise above the bleachers. Down below, they shouted my name like I was a rock star or something. I couldn’t believe it.

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