PENALTY by Jacob Chance

Author:Jacob Chance [Chance, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brothers Chance Publishing
Published: 2017-05-09T18:30:00+00:00

The stadium seats are cold underneath me. The chilly November temperatures of this Friday night, make it difficult to sit still and watch the rest of the football game. Raine and I are huddled together seeking any warmth we can find underneath a fleece blanket. Thank god the people next to us had an extra one. We’d be frozen solid by now without it. My fingers are numb even with the thick knit gloves I’m wearing. Earmuffs weren’t enough protection and I had to add the black knit cap of Brady’s I’ve yet to return. I may be holding on to it on purpose. His masculine scent is all over it and sniffing it at different points this week helped me get through the past four days. I still can’t believe I did that.

It’s been four long days since I’ve seen Brady. He’s been busy with football practices and gym time, not to mention he still has to attend his classes.

My own schoolwork has been keeping me occupied and the one night I could’ve spent some time with him, I had to meet my stepmother Cindy. She was here for the day and wouldn’t tell me why, but she wanted to check in on me. We went to dinner at some restaurant that screamed pretentious and snobbish, just the kind of place she prefers.

I wish I could’ve taken her to Gino’s, but it’s not someplace she’d like. She would’ve curled her bright pink lipstick coated upper lip at me and I’d have never heard the end of it. A lecture about how I won’t be thin forever would’ve followed.

As it was, I had to listen to how she’s in the gym four days a week to keep her body fit. It was all I could do to not roll my eyes and I had to bite my lip on more than one occasion. She does look great for her age, but what good is that when her personality is so lacking. I’m sure there are some guys who’d be happy to have her on their arm or in their bed, but those aren’t the ones who are good for the long haul. I want someone who’s there for better or worse and not just because I’d make good eye candy.

Her shortage of motherly concern used to make me sad, but now I’ve come to accept she gives me all she’s capable of.

The cheers of the crowd are a welcome interruption from thoughts of my stepmother and the dinner we shared. “What happened?” I ask Raine.

“Aren’t we watching the same game?” she asks her voice filled with sarcasm.

“Yeah, sorry. Just thinking about dinner with my mother the other night.”

“Gross, why would you willingly think about her?”

“I know. It was a momentary lapse in sanity. So what did I miss?” My eyes greedily seek out Brady on the field. I need to focus on the good in my life, not the things I’ve no control over.

“They got the first down they needed,” Raine informs me.

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