The One That Got Away

Part Four

Warning: swearing

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"Fuck yeah!" Coach and you both screamed out in excitement when your team won the game, and its during your utter excitement that you end up flinging yourself into Coach's arms as he hoisted you up in the air, lost in his own excitement.

The next few seconds seem to play out in slow motion then, as Coach and you stared deeply into each other's eyes. Coach's eyes then drop to your lips causing your eyes to widen in surprised shock when it seemed like he was about to kiss you, and just like that; the moment is broken when he suddenly comes to his senses, lowing you back down to the ground.

"Uh... good job" he murmurs, awkwardly patting you on the shoulder.

"Yeah..." you stammer, confused at what the fuck just happened. "You too..."

And before the situation could get any more awkward, you were saved by the rest of the team joining in on the celebration of the win.

*****

"Great job girl!" Y/B/F/N hugs you outside the parking lot.

"Thanks, but it's not like I was even playing" you remark with a shrug.

"It's your leadership and ideas that got the win..." Y/B/F/N points out.

"Yeah, but Coach had a role in it too" you remind her.

"Speaking about Coach..." Y/B/F/N slowly rolls the words off her tongue with a knowing smirk.

"What about him?" you narrow your eyes at her, knowing exactly where the conversation was heading toward.

"The two of you had an interesting celebratory moment after the win..." Y/B/F/N remarks with an eyebrow bounce.

"We both got a little overexcited, ok..." you nip the subject in the bud immediately.

"He did have you in the air for a quite a few seconds there..." Y/B/F/N curls her tongue up against her top lip suggestively.

"You're reading too much into that interaction" you remark with an eye roll, "now get into the car before you get me into trouble."

"Girl, just admit it..." Y/B/F/N place her hands on her hips with a knowing arched brow at you, "you wanna take a ride on the Negan-go-round..."

"Oh my God!" you gasp out with a loud chuckle, "get in the fucking car, right now!"

Y/B/F/N cackles out loudly at your reaction while getting into the car, shaking your head at her, you look around the parking lot; making sure that no one had heard the conversation. Satisfied that the coast was clear, you got in behind the wheel and drove off.

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The Next Day

Negan's mind was everywhere except where it needed to be, thoughts of Y/N were the only thing that was accompany it these days. Negan knew he shouldn't be thinking of her the way was, but he couldn't help it. For fucks sakes, he nearly kissed her yesterday.

Shaking his head to clear it from dangerous thoughts, Negan quickly grabs the paperwork up from his desk and heads out to deliver them to the principal's office.

Y/B/F/N, you and a few others were making your way down the hallway. One of them makes a perverted joke and you respond with an even more perverted comeback; curling your tongue up against your top lip victoriously, and it's during that exact moment that you inadvertently make eye contact with Coach as he was making his way down the hall to pass you guys.

"What's up with Coach?" one of them asks when he stopped dead in his tracks to stare weirdly at your group.

Y/B/F/N, having noticed what was going on suddenly takes the reins to avoid any suspicion. "Hey Coach!" she greets out loudly waving at him.

Realizing he was staring; Negan shakes himself out of the daze he had been in. "Hey kids" Negan walks up to the group. "How's everyone doing?"

"We're all good..." Y/B/F/N leads the conversation with Coach while you remain silent as you stared at everywhere but directly at his face.

"Y/N..." Coach then addresses you, "how's the knee?"

"It's good..." you finally look up at him with a faint smile.

"That's good" Coach smiles in return, "anyway, I gotta get these to the Boss. See you kids later."

Everyone splits to different paths, Y/B/F/N and you head towards the girl's bathroom then. "Thank you" you let out a breath of relief leaning against the closed door.

Y/B/F/N holds a hand up for you to be quiet, checking to make sure the room was empty first. "What are friends for..." she winks at you with a smile, "you know I got your back."

"Yeah, you definitely saved my ass from a very awkward situation."

"You do realize that he really is into you, right?" she smirks at you.

"I don't know" you shrug, "maybe..."

"The way he looked at you said it all" Y/B/F/N remarks. "Just do me a favour, be smart about it."

"I told you; I don't plan on doing anything" you scoff at her remark.

"I wouldn't blame you if you did. But I suggest if you did, maybe wait until the year has ended, this way neither of you would get in trouble."

"Y/B/F/N, the man is married" you remind her, "I don't plan on acting on my attraction towards him."

"Just saying... he might be the one to make the move. You never know..."

"Just do me a favour" you request of her, "jump in whenever you see things getting suspiciously awkward in public."

"Deal..." Y/B/F/N smiles at you, and you both hug it out and head out of the bathroom to go to class.