Beyond Education [Jemily]

In the Spotlight

September 21, 2019
— JJ's POV
Night games need to happen every night, in my opinion. School spirit at Yale is pretty strong, but it's always on a particular high whenever there are games in the evening. Something about sports in the dark, only lit by soft spotlights, really makes people happy.

Emily's game hadn't even started yet but I was already having the time of my life. Watching her warm up was definitely doing something to me. I'd never seen her in her football uniform before, but now I have and I'm obsessed. Aaron whistled loudly and motioned for Emily to come over to us. Derek was still occupied so he couldn't. She jogged up to the fence below the bleachers and I bounced down the stands to see her before Aaron and Haley had a chance to catch up to me. She lifted her helmet and quickly jumped up to grab onto the top rail so she could reach me for a kiss.

I pulled away and let her jump back down, "Mwah! I love seeing you in your uniform."

She panted, still out of breath from warm-ups, "Oh yeah?"

"Mmhmm. It's sexy."

"Now you know how I feel when I see you in your soccer shorts."

I laughed, "I guess I do... You gonna win tonight just for me?"

"Just for you, baby. I'll blow you a kiss from the end zone." Before I could respond to that, Aaron made his way over with Haley and Spence.

Emily smiled, "Ay, Reid, you made it!"

"I finished my chess match early so I thought I'd stop by."

"Thanks, man. Derek wishes he could come say hi but the 'star of the team' is apparently too busy."

Aaron rolled his eyes, "Big shot. That's all right, E, we'll see him after."

"For sure. If Tara stops by wave her over to sit with you, okay?" Aaron nodded and we all heard the buzzer sound for the game to start.

Emily's coach called her over, "Prentiss, let's go!" She pulled her helmet back down and turned around to jog onto the field. Side note: her butt looked really good in her football pants. The four of us walked back up to our spot in the stands and waited for kickoff. They were playing Dartmouth tonight, a school that apparently had only a slightly-above-average football team. That was proven when Yale was up 31-10 at the half. Emily hadn't scored yet but Derek set her up for some pretty good plays so far. Aaron and Tara, who showed up about 15 minutes in, were trying to explain how the game works to Haley and me as the quarters went by. It was pretty complicated but I kind of got the gist.

A fumble from Dartmouth gave us the ball at their 30 yard-line, and I was hoping and praying Emily would score. She was positioned on the left side of the field, closest to our side of the stadium, so I had a pretty good view of her. The ball was snapped to Derek and I watched as Emily took off down the sideline next to a Dartmouth lineman. Derek bounced back and forth, looking for a free player to throw the ball to. Emily juked to the side and shook off her lineman, earning a loud cheer from her groupies in the stands. Derek launched the ball her way, and she jumped up into the end zone for a one-handed catch.

Aaron laughed, "Holy shit, that was a sick catch!" Haley and I were still confused on some of the plays of the game, but we knew that Emily just scored so we jumped up and down in a flurry of cheers. Derek ran for Emily and bumped up into her in celebration before she landed back down and scanned the crowd for me. She kept her promise and blew me a kiss, making me blush. There was still about 30 minutes left in the game, but the score was now 38-10 and it was pretty obvious what team was gonna win. The final score was 45-17, and we all headed out for drinks afterwards as a celebration. I loved being a cheerleader.

September 22, 2019
Fall is upon us in New Haven. It was just starting to get a little chilly outside, and everyone was breaking out their hoodies and sweaters so they could still sit outside on the New Haven Green, a popular outdoor lounging area on campus. I was heading over there right now to meet some of my teammates for a study session. Olivia and Charlie were conveniently both in my English class, so we worked together on occasion.

I spotted where they were on the lawn and took a seat, "Hey, ladies."

Charlie smiled at me, "Hey, Jenny."

Olivia waved, "Hi, Jen."

"How's it goin?"

Charlie groaned, "Like hell. Apparently Professor Blake delights in torturing us." Our Professor, Dr. Alex Blake, was notoriously a particularly strict instructor, but I had an edge in her class because I was her favorite.

I shrugged, "Meh I don't think she's so bad."

Olivia chuckled, "That's because you're the teacher's pet, Jareau."

I sighed and took out my laptop, "Anyways sorry I'm late, my girlfriend held me up at lunch."

Charlie leaned closer to me and said quietly, "Oh isn't your girlfriend Emily Prentiss?"

Olivia leaned in too, "Yeah we saw you guys at her game this weekend."

"Yeah, she is."

Charlie giggled, "Have you seen it yet?"

I scrunched my brows, "Seen what?"

"You know... Her thing."

I was still really confused, "What thing?"

Olivia whispered, "You haven't heard? She has a dick."

I widened my eyes, "W-What?"

"Yeah. Like... naturally attached to her."

I shook it off, "That's probably just some rumor."

Charlie shook her head, "Kelly's best friend slept with her after a party one night. Whipped it out with no shame. There's truth to the charge, Jenny."

I whispered, "Really?"

Olivia nodded, "Yeah." She smiled, "Apparently it's really big, too." I was in shock. I've never seen anything like that before and was still having trouble believing it until Emily told me herself. Olivia took me out of my trance and asked, "So you haven't had sex with her yet then?"

"We've only been dating for a week and a half, Liv."

"All right you do you. Is it gonna be a problem? Like... the fact that she has a... a penis?"

I swallowed hard, "No I-I mean... She's still Emily. It's just I... I didn't kn-- I gotta go you guys." I started to pack up my stuff again.

Charlie whined, "But what about Blake's paper?"

I yelled back as I jogged away, "I'll send it to you later, I gotta go!" I have to go find Emily.