My Other Half

Want

Dominic

I sigh as I walk into the locker room after football practice. I was off my game today, I just couldn't stop thinking about Damiona. What if she changes her mind on giving us a chance? I think that might break me. I'm brought out of my thoughts by my best friend, Jackson, shaking me by my shoulders.

"Dude, you good? You were just staring into space for like 5 minutes just now. And you were really off your game today. "

Jackson asks concerned

"Yeah man, I'm good. Just got a lot on my mind lately."

I answer while changing out of my sweaty workout shirt. I would normally take a shower right after practice but I'm too tired to do that today.

"Yeah? Like what? Oh I heard that you and the wicked witch of the west broke up. Is that true? Is that why you're upset?"

I laugh at the stupid nickname he gave Alexandra. It suits her though.

"Not exactly. Ist not that I'm upset that we broke up. You know how I really felt about that girl. "

"Well why did yall break up?"

"Well there were a multitude of reasons, but the main one is that i have feelings for another girl, and i didn't plan on playing her, so breaking up with Alexandra was necessary."

"Who?"

"Damiona."

"I knew it!" 

Jackson suddenly shouts

"Wait, what? How?"

I ask confused on how he could now

"Well it's not like you were discreet about it. You would stare at her every chance you got.

But hey, I see why you would want to. She's like one of the only girls in our school that is gorgeous."

He answers

"Yeah she really is."

I mumble under my breath, picturing damiona's beautiful face in my head.

"But still why were you so off today? Did something happen with her?"

"Well I went to talk to her this morning about everything. How I feel about her, and how I regret everything I did and let happen to her. She obviously didn't believe me at first. I didn't expect her to, but then she said that she has had a crush on me for almost as long as I have her and even after everything I did she still felt that way."

"Damn really? Contrast man. So if you guys both have feelings for each other then what's the problem?"

"Well yeah she has feelings for me but she's still unsure if I was being truthful about how I felt, so she said she would give us a chance we would just need to go REALLY slow and bulge up trust with one another, but she said that if I f**k this up even once then that's it. DONE. "

I explain

"So you're scared that you're going to mess things up and completely ruin your one and only chance with her."

He says more of a statement than a question.

I just nod. 

"You just need to make her feel secure and confident that your feelings are sincere."

Before I can responde I hear the voice of our running back, Massion.

"Whose feelings?"

"Dom's."

Jackson replies

"For who? I thought you were with Alexandra?"

Jackson looks at me for confirmation to tell Massion. I just nod and go back to changing out of my gym clothes.

"Damiona Snow."

"He likes her, a lot, and he doesn't want to f**k things up. He also broke up with Alexandra."

"Damiona? You mean that ugly art nerd? Why would you ever like her? You have Alexandra Lock man. Why would you ever downgrade to that bi**h?"

My cheek twitches and my fist clench at hearing him talk about Damiona like that. I lunge at him but before I can get to him Jackson grabs me around the waist and pulls me back.

"Dom, you might be the star player, but coach won't hesitate to suspend you from playing."

Jackson says, trying to get some sense back into me.

"You were really about to start a fight all over that bi**h?"

I calm myself down the best I can and get Jackson to let me go.

I walk over to Massion and back him into a corner and whisper by his ear

"If you ever speak about my girl like that again, god himself won't be able to save you from the things I will do to you. Do you understand?" 

He quickly nods and speed walks away scared of what I might do if he were to stay any longer.

"Dude that, right there is a perfect example of what could completely trash your chance at being with Damiona. You need to control your anger."

'I know, I just couldn't stand hearing him speak about her in that way. "

"You never reacted like that when any of the guys in our school talked badly about Alexandra. You really do love her, don't you?"

"Yeah I really do."

I say smiling.