Uncross the Stars by Janell Rhiannon

Author:Janell Rhiannon [Rhiannon, Janell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Romance
ISBN: 9781505666960
Amazon: B00R348878
Barnesnoble: B00R348878
Goodreads: 23303079
Publisher: Janell Rhiannon
Published: 2014-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Fiona scanned the benches looking for Dario. She spotted him chatting with a few guys near the locker room entrance off the hall. His eyes caught hers and he smiled. She felt relieved. He motioned her to come over. He paused his conversation, acknowledging her with a kiss on the cheek.

“Hey,” he said.

“Hey, yourself,” Fiona said back, blushing.

Dario resumed his football conversation with some boy Fiona didn’t know.

“We’ve got the better offense, no doubt,” Dario said.

“Yeah, but dude, they won city champs three of five years running,” the other guy said.

“They haven’t met us on the field. I’m telling you we’re gonna run all over them.”

“We’ll see. My brother said—”

“Your brother had his chance two years ago. That was then. This is now. Listen, clear that doubt from your head before you step on the field. Doubt is dangerous to the game,” Dario cautioned.

Fiona stood by silent, feeling slightly awkward. She wondered if she should just excuse herself. Then, she remembered the twenty. Dario’s bag sat partially opened on the ground next to her feet. She took Meagan’s twenty out of her pocket, knelt down and quietly slipped it into Dario’s gym bag. As Dario’s conversation continued, she slowly stepped away and started walking back down the hall, hoping she’d find Meagan before class.

***

Across from Dario and Fiona, Ryan carefully eyed the scene and made his big play.

“Look at that chick! Who does she think she is?” he said out loud to a half dozen guys on the team, who zeroed in on Fiona putting something in Dario’s bag. They all watched her walk away.

“She’s got no respect,” Ryan said to the guys standing around him. They all looked dumbly at each other, shrugging and shaking their heads.

“She’s Dario’s girl, man,” said one.

“Ain’t no thing, Ryan. Why you trippin’ so hard over somethin’ la’dat?” said another.

“You guys don’t get it, do you? She’s bad news. Mark my words.” Ryan defended his position. He brushed them off and walked over to Dario, casually leaning down to peek in the unzipped opening. He assessed the guys across from him, making sure no one was watching him as he took a small vile from his pocket. He let it slide from his hand into Dario’s bag and then stood up.

He interrupted Dario’s rundown of local football. “Hey, D. Fiona put something in your bag, bro.”

“What?” Dario’s attention shifted from football to Ryan. “Where’d she go?”

“I said, I just saw Fiona put something in your bag and then she left.”

“What was it?” Dario asked.

“I don’t know. She walked over here in stealth mode. Opened your bag. I saw her put something in it. We all did.” He pointed to the group of guys standing across from them.

Dario squatted down and unzipped his bag all the way, rummaging through the contents. He finally pulled out the twenty and the small vile.

“Dude! That’s a spit load of steroids!” Ryan’s loud surprise drew the attention of everyone in earshot. “I didn’t think you were seriously thinking about it.

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