In The End Zone

Chapter Three

Kyle's POV

I jerk up from the couch and look down at my watch, 10:06. We must have fallen asleep!

"Bailey, Bailey wake up! It's 10:06!"

"What?!" She jumps up, wincing. She grabs her head. "Aw my head!"

"You can't go home yet, you need to rest!" I sit her back down. "Hold on, I'll get you some ice." She nods. There's ice in the cool room. I walk back out holding a bag of ice, Bailey's lying on a pillow. I kneel in front of the couch and place the ice on her eye. "Let me look at this cut on your eyebrow." I turn her head a little bit.

"You don't have to do this."

"But I should." She smiles. "It's not deep, but I'll get you a band aid." I pull one out from a drawer in the desk on the other side of the room. "There, now you look like you went to war!" She laughs. She had a bloody nose, black eye, and a cut. Her nose stopped bleeding though. After about 15 minutes I take the ice off, she's got a very purple eye! She starts dozing off but jerks awake every time. "Hey it's ok, go to sleep. I'll drive you home."

"No, I'm going to Jordan's house."

"Ok, I'll take you there. Our parents work together, I know where her house is." I went to my room to get a jacket and a blanket, when I come back she's asleep. I put the blanket on her and pick her up. I carry her upstairs and outside to my car. I put her in the passenger's seat and lean it back. I safely drive her to Jordan's house. When I get there Jordan answers the door.

"Oh my gosh Bailey! What happened?!"

"She had an encounter with Chelsea Mays." She lets me in and I take Bailey up to Jordan's room. "She cut her eyebrow and got a black eye. Her nose was bleeding but it stopped now. She fell asleep on the way here."

"Thank you Kyle. I'll let her parents know you took good care of her!"

"It was nothing. I'll see you around!"

"Yeah." I go back downstairs and drive home. When I get to my room all I can think about is Bailey and how I should've kissed her. And that thought floats in my mind as I drift off to sleep.

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It's Saturday, quarterback tryouts. I have to wear my jersey and meet up with Brett outside the school at 9:15. Tryouts don't start until 10 but we have to be there early. Brett's standing behind a table on the field holding a clipboard and flirting with Jessie, a cheerleader. I pull him away from her and sit him down behind the table.

"Bye Jessie!" He waves back at her, I sit down next to him.

"Are you focused Brett? Or do I need to call in someone else for this?"

"I'm good." I nod. We just sit and talk for a while then it's finally 10:00 and guys trying out start to show up. They're all big, except for one little guy. He's got the body of a girl, and in a boy's perspective that's bad.

"Alright! You came here because you think you can make it on the team, well I'll be the judge of that. Ok line up, we're gonna do some throwing!" I hate yelling it makes me feel like a dictator. Everyone gets in a line and we practice throwing the ball down the field. They're all pretty good but that girl-bodied guy is really good. He has a rocket arm! But he won't be able to withstand a tackle, there's no way he could make it. These guys have to take a hit, which is what we're going to practice next. I set them up in their positions and run the play. I decided to put the girl-bodied guy in as quarterback first. They hike the ball, he makes the throw, gets tackled. The moment of truth-woah. He just jumped back up. This guy's in! While everyone's getting water I walk over to Brett.

"Hey got eyes on anyone yet Kyle?"

"Yeah," I point to the guy. "That one, he has an arm and can take a hit. He's our guy!"

"Whatever you say." He walks to the middle of the field. "Alright everyone, we have our new quarterback. Gather around." He points to the guy. "You, you're in! Come get your uniform after school monday!" Everyone walks off. I think I'm going to go take a nap...

++End of Chapter Three++

Hey guys, sooooo sorry this update is late at night. I had a softball game. Anyhoo I just wanted to thank our 35 readers already! It's not much but it's a start! So thank you my fruit loops!

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