Thinking Out Loud (A Hunter Hayes Fanfic)

Chapter 17 Thinking Out Loud

Chapter 17 Lauren's POV
I looked back at Hunter as I was literally getting pushed from behind to get to the starting line. The crowd was bigger, WAY bigger this time. My arm was hurting, I looked at Hunter as he was talking to Jayden. I feel like this is all about me and I hate this, I wish I could go with Hunter so he can keep going on his music. I should miss my senior year for him even though he may be mad at me. "UCLA!!!!???" I turned as USC came up to me with anger in her eyes,"YOU TOLD THEM HUH!?" I laughed because she's being ridiculous,"no. They caught you so they wanted us to race again just us too." She spit on my shoe. She tried to make me start a fight, does she really think she can imitate me? "You are so unprofessional." I told her with a smile,"the only unprofessional person is you UCLA-" "Lauren." I quickly snapped,"my name is Lauren, not UCLA and by dear god you call me that one more time, you wouldn't want to be calling me neither name." I finished almost spitting in her face. I got on my toes getting ready to race again, I'm so winning and ready to compete this time. "Runners on your mark." The man said as he was getting ready to fire the gun. My arm is broken, so. USC pushed me out of bounds to win, so. You have only lost once, so. But this counts because I am for certain this will be my last race because Hunter needs a life, he needs to be enjoying his music and not track. "GO!" The gun was fired as I took off. I didn't care what was around me, not even USC. I ran with all I got. I passed corner number 1 and I didn't see anybody around me. I looked back as USC was far behind me when I noticed I had a big lead and I need to continue that. Before I knew it, I passed the corner and was running with all I got. The crowds roared and I could see Hunter at the finish line which made me run even faster. I won. I passed the line. You won Lauren and the first thing I did was run into Hunter as he caught me and hugged me. I was breathing hard catching my breathe. I was sweaty and I ran with one arm moving as my broken arm was against my stomach during the race. "You did it." Hunter whispered in my ear as he continued to hold me. I smiled still catching my breathe. I pulled away and gave him a kiss. USC just crossed the line, 3 minutes after I crossed it. I laughed because it showed she isn't what she think she's all about, she's not like me. She's weak and likes to use other people to make her feel good about herself and in this case, it was me this time. Hunter's phone rang as he looked to see who it was, he frowned and looked at me,"let me take this." He said walking away from me.