Bitter Nightshade. |BxB|

-5- Seasonal changes.

-You're the cigarette and I'm the smoker.

TYSON SPOKE as he settled down with his wife, "Did you see that touchdown Khari, I'm telling you my grandson is gifted."

Chuckles came from the people around him. The paternal grandparents of Sebastian were visiting.

They were home after watching the football game which ended half an hour ago. The thrilling game was met with excitement.

Khari grinned, "I know Dad, he's a hard worker."

Tyson laughed, "Yeah, Sebastian playing brought back some old memories, I remember you playing back then with the boys."

Khari nodded, as he reminisced. "Yeah."

Miranda said, "You know Landon never enjoyed coming to your games then, we forced him every time."

Khari gaped, "No, you didn't."

Miranda flapped her hands, "Isn't it right Tyson?"

Tyson sighed, "Yes honey," Khari looked gutted.

Miranda swerved to Willow, she asked. "Where is my grandson anyway? I thought he was going to come after us."

"He went out celebrating with his friends," Willow answered.

Miranda asked calmly, "Is he spending the night out?"

Willow shook her head, "I don't think so, he usually comes home after a couple of hours."

Tyson snickered, hitting Khari on the shoulder. "Haha, well he's nothing like Khari is he Miranda?"

She hummed, "Hmm." She grinned. "Khari rarely came home after his games, he was always sleeping over at his friends' house."

Willow's ears perked up, "Really?"

Khari frowned softly, "Don't start mum."

Willow cracked up, "Are you afraid I'd find out something."

Khari scoffed, "Nope,"

Tyson laughed softly, he pointed at her son and his daughter-in-law. "Now see what you've done honey."

Miranda laughed and walked to Willow who was in the kitchen.

"Now Willow honey any girls so far?" Miranda asked in a cheerful tone.

Willow laughed, "I think Miles has someone but he's playing it cool. Sebastian on the other hand I believe has football as his priority."

Miranda grinned, "Love would eventually find its way just as it did with you and Khari."

Willow smiled into her mug, "Awnn."

•

"Shots for everyone!!" Nile roared.

A group of boys chugged down their glasses of booze cheering.

Trey lifted a glass, "I just wanna say although we've been going through some problems this season, I'm happy we stuck through and got ourselves a win."

Nile jerked his head, "This goes to show how dedicated we are, we've been practising nonstop this is our reward."

Sebastian smiled, emptying a glass. "We are good, but it's not over we still have games to play and I believe we'll pull through."

"Yeah!!" The boys echoed.

"The pizzas are here boys," Joe pointed at the door. The boxes were positioned on the table, and hands from all directions reached to pick a slice.

"Now I see no reason why Sean couldn't come," A teammate brought up. Grunts could be heard from the boys on the table, others brought up theories.

Joe scowled, "I'm sure he's still hurt that Jason beat his ass,"

Another said, "He's just an asshole that's all."

Jason grimaced, "Let's leave that idiot alone, this night we're here and happy,"

Nile reached for another slice, and he nodded. "True. If he was here, he'd likely cause a scene and get mad for no reason."

Sebastian lifted his hands, "That's enough, let's leave him be."

Trey agreed, "Sebastian's right, I mean the dude's suspended already."

•

"I knew I'd find you here," Sam said patting his friend on the back as he sat on the chair in front of him. He knew he'd find him in the ice cream shop.

Elliot groaned, "What do you want?"

Sam ignored him, he tried to take a scoop from his ice cream bowl, and Elliot whacked his hand away. "Get your own,"

Sam mumbled, "You missed the game."'

Elliot didn't respond, he just looked at him.

Sam laughed, "It would've been entertaining to see the look on your face when they won, you should have seen his face he was so happy."

Elliot said frankly, "I don't enjoy the sport, so why waste my time watching something I rather not."

Elliot added scoffing, "And good for him, he's one step closer to a brain injury." Elliot's phone buzzed, he paused, read the text and replied.

Sam stood, "Be right back," he went to the counter.

"Who was it?" He asked settling back with his ice cream.

Elliot glanced at his phone, "It was Mindy,"

Sam frowned, rubbing his stomach. "What'd she want?"

Elliot shrugged, "She said you left without saying a word and something about where Dean is."

Sam pulled out his phone, took one look at it and returned it to his pocket. "Huh, but she said she was gonna show Soph around and I left the field."

Elliot smiled, "Yeah, Sophie sent a text about it. She's really happy to be back."

Sam nodded, "Yeah she is, and it turns out Sean was kicked out of the team."

Elliot raised a brow, "From what I heard he was suspended."

"Well at the game, it was sort of circling that Coach gave him the boot," Sam said hastily.

Elliot thought carefully, "I–I don't wanna talk about this. The last time I spoke of their team. Sebastian and I got into an altercation."

Sam paused, and he grimaced. "Oh yeah."

"Hm," Elliot muttered.