Try and Catch Me (Published)

Chapter 16: I Don't Understand

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Chapter 16: I Don't Understand 

I wish I could have said that Aspen and I went back to Duckling Park and continued our little kisses, but that didn't happen. After we left Quinn's house, Aspen explained that he really needed to go to the homecoming game and he begged me to go with him. I said yes, naturally. I wasn't happy about it, but he was basically Mr. TreeFall, he had to make public appearances at homecoming. 

"What's so important about Homecoming?" I asked Aspen while he was driving.

"Well, it's pretty much just a celebration of the first home game for the football team," he explained as he turned into the school parking lot.

"Yes I know what it is." I shook my head. "But that shouldn't be it." Aspen looked at me slightly confused. "Why can't soccer have a homecoming?" I protested.

"Branson, you know I hate the pressure of soccer. Homecoming would just add on to my stress and make me hate the sport even more," he said. I shrugged; I guess he had a point, but what about all the other sports. Football wasn't special at all. They never made it to states in TreeFall history.

"Then, why not golf?"

Aspen raised an eyebrow when he finished parking. He shifted his body towards me. "Golf?" He practically laughed out the words.

"Yeah, I heard that Harry kid is pretty great at the sport." I smiled while Aspen shook his head.

"What goes through you head when you talk?" Aspen laughed.

"Brilliancy," I said and leaned towards him. His lips greeted mine and my toes began to tingle. Those kisses would never get old.

. . .

Sam was spotted as soon as I entered the bleachers. She stood front and center, leading her pack of plastic cheerleaders. Most of the people in the crowd were looking at the cheerleaders, not the football team. It made me want to punch myself because of all the love they were receiving. They were not good girls, or angels, or anything like that. All they were were self absorbed, sex driven girls. It was honestly sad the way the senior cheerleaders corrupted the freshman. The freshman looked up to the upper class man, but all they showed was a cruel attitude toward others.

"Sam found her pom poms," Aspen laughed next to me.

I looked at him. "Yeah," I said confused. "How'd you know that she lost them?"

He looked at me as if I seven heads. "You texted me."

"Oh my God, you're right." I shook my head and rubbed it with my sweaty hands. Curse Aspen for making me so nervous. "Sorry." I waved a hand towards him. "I'm just paranoid. Sam has been bugging me about you ever since her party." I rolled my eyes just thinking about her constant nagging. She would never stop! It was just question after question after question. Honestly, it made me want to die. My alone time with Aspen made it all worth it.

"It's okay." Aspen took my hand and kissed it. "You're under a lot of pressure." I nodded. That wasn't entirely true. It was more that I was so determined that Sam had a plan to do anything to separate Aspen and me.

Sam caught my eye and waved a pom pom. The pom pom wave wasn't for me, though. It was for the lovely Aspen. Aspen gave a fake smile and lifted a hand. She beamed at his response and jumped back into the cheer she was supposed to have been doing.

"Still don't understand you two." I shook my head.

"Don't worry about it," he murmured and planted a kiss on my forehead. That made me forget about all of it. I nodded.