I Don't Mind

Prologue

3rd Person

Adrian Sanders and Derek Peterson were close friends. They were part of the same friend group, which included some of the best people either of them knew. Cameron Patterson, Aaron Williams, Devin White, and so many more. They were revered by the school, their teammates, and everyone basically. 

They won the state championship. The California state championship belonged to Bryant High School, and two of those players were Adrian and Derek. They had been a massive part of taking their school to the promise land. 

Adrian, in particular, saved his best performances of the season for the playoffs. He celebrated hard after that game, dancing around with his friends and shit. It was a good day for him, to say the least.

For Derek, it should've been a good day. He should've left the Rose Bowl satisfied, but he wasn't. This is because of what happened immediately after the final play, where Aaron caught a touchdown from Cameron. Derek got up and started celebrating with his teammates, until he saw something that he wished he never had to see.

Cam and Aaron were kissing in the endzone in front of thousands of people. Derek looked at them in disbelief, disappointment, sadness, everything that could hurt you. Derek was hurt. Not because he thought that Cam liked him back, but because he thought, somehow, that Cameron would be someone that he could get.

And he pretty much was. Cam was one of if not the most attractive person in the entire school, and Derek was definitely up there in terms of attractiveness. He was tall, ripped, had perfect hair, all of those things. These things made him a bit too similar to Cameron though, because Aaron was not that similar in looks to Cameron.

First, Aaron had black hair, which was also perfect, but a different style. Aaron was tall, but not as tall as Cam. Aaron was ripped, but not as ripped as Cam. 

After the state championship, Derek didn't celebrate very hard. He went home and cried. He wasn't jealous of Aaron, or so he told himself, because Aaron was his best friend. Aaron was the coolest, most supportive guy Derek had met. He can't be mad at Aaron for being attractive. 

Even at the state championship assembly, he got his medal, thanked the students, but didn't smile once. He took a seat right near the stage with the rest of the team and had to watch Aaron and Cam kiss each other again on the stage. This was not a one time thing, the two of them were dating and very much in love. Multiple assemblies he had to be at where Cam and Aaron were there as a couple, making the whole situation excruciating for him.

"Dude, are you okay?" Adrian asks him next to him.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Derek lies. He was not doing well. The only thing he was kind of looking forward to was going back to San Diego for the summer, not really having to do anything in Kai and Jax's now owned house. 

"Okay," Adrian replies, still concerned about Derek. 

Adrian has been extremely attracted to Derek for three years, ever since basically the moment Derek stepped into the school. It makes sense too, Derek was undoubtedly an attractive individual. 

Adrian had some options this summer. He was debating going to a football camp for most of the summer or going to San Diego with the rest of his close teammates. The football camp could be important because Adrian had to put on some muscle before his first season of college football, which would be starting in the fall. 

It's something he's just gonna end up thinking about for a little bit, probably a game time decision. He would rather go to San Diego with everyone else, but he knows that he has to put in the work. No matter how talented he is at the game, he needs to have the body to survive in the much tougher game of college football.