Just Remember

Chapter 9 A Crowd Pleaser

Three months passed and most of their games were on the road. J.J. hadn't seen or heard anything about MacNare's attempt to recruit the phenomenon known as J.J.'s wife, and his dreams were filled with the possibilities of her reaction when he finally met with her again. It had been a long road this time, and it was quite depressing knowing that his wife was so close and yet so far away from him. His game's suffered, and spirits were low. It was now yet again J.J.'s birthday, and yet again he was awakened by the insistent ringing of his doorbell, only to get to the door and find the same basket filled with his favorite sweet treats.


He didn't know what crazed fan had discovered his favorite treats, and it unnerved him to think that whoever it was that was leaving the treats knew exactly where he lived, and brought the treats for every birthday since the day that he had moved into the house in Conroe Texas, and every Christmas. It also bothered him that they never left a card to tell who had left the baskets, the only thing on the card every time that he found it was a date that always lingered in the back of his mind for some reason, and his team number that he had worn since he was in high school on the Pirates team.


He tried to think of anything else as he prepared himself for the game and stepped out onto the field on his home field that night and stood there with respect expecting to sing the national anthem with his team with Rob stepped up to the Microphone and made an announcement that would soon make the entire team fight harder than they ever had to earn more touch down's than ever before. "Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to all of you, and welcome to our visiting team the Vikings to tonight's game. Before we get the show on the road and start the game with the singing of our national anthem, the Houston Texans are proud to introduce our new team mascot, and his rider who will perform during half time this evening and will also give you all something to scream and cheer for with each touchdown that your Houston Texan's make at every home game that we play from this day on."


"Please help me and the team in welcoming our new mascots Big Tex and The Lone Star Lady," MacNare screamed as drums beat out a dumb roll, and an athletic woman dressed in a white sparkling skin tight jump suit flipped out of the tunnel with the State and U.S. flags twirling and spinning to land standing on top of one while she spun and twirled the other.
"Hello, Houston! Big Tex and I are honored to be here tonight to help our home team find the will to bring home the win. However I'm afraid that Big Tex is a little shy, in front of large crowds. I'd like all of you to help coax him out, so that we can get this show on the road," Grace said to the crowd making J.J.'s jaw drop and his cup become extremely uncomfortable upon watching her.


"I need you all to stand up and sing his favorite song to make him feel not so scared and let him know that you love him. Sing it with me now! The stars at night, are big and bright," Grace sang out loudly and proudly before letting her Texas flag spin in one hand as the crowd clapped out in unison four times, before finishing the lyric of the song filling the arena with song.
"Deep in the heart of Texas," they sang out, as then there was the bellow of a large black bull that was wearing or it appeared to be painted on its head and horns the Texan's Logo, ran into the arena and slammed his horns into the flag that Grace was standing on giving everyone an instant heart attack as she flipped into their and landed on his back catching both flags and preforming daring stunts before running to the center of the field and coming to a sliding halt between the two teams standing on the bull's back holding both flags one in each hand before she belted the national anthem bringing tears to everyone's eyes.

The crowd was on their feet screaming every time that the Texan's made a successful play, and their cheers went wild when they made their first touchdown late in the first quarter and gasped as the bull rider suddenly burst out onto the field and strange long flowing tails that flew from her legs and arms suddenly changed color and took the form of their team Logo on a field of dark blue never losing its shape as she flipped and twisted while the bull ran a lap around the perimeter of the field on the special dirt track that had been installed while the Texans had been away playing other games.

J.J's jealousy spiked and he enjoyed tackling and sacking every opposing player who had dared to comment on what they'd love to do with the Texans Mascot handler and stunt woman. He was smirking with every man that he took down praying that his impact would leave a lasting impression on them. The number of touchdowns sored on the Houston side as the entire team was enjoying the show that their newest team member was putting on every time that they made it happen. Before they knew it, it was half time, and instead of pulling them into the locker room for their break and pep talk as was normal MacNare and their coaches insisted that they watched the half time show so that it would inspire them to new heights.

The Crowds were on their feet again as the Distance began to play over the loud speakers while Big Tex and his rider rocketed around the perimeter of the field with the stunts growing more and more daring with each lap around the track. "Damned, She's flexible as hell. I wonder if she's that flexible in bed, " Arian said before he was suddenly grabbed from behind and strong arms locked around his neck cutting off his air supply, as J.J. snarled with rage at his words.
"That's my wife that you're fantasizing about, Foster you fucking perv. I'm warning you now if you ever say anything like that about her again, or if any of you dare to even think of touching her in any way, I'll rip off whatever part of your body that you touch her with, and shove it up your ass until it sticks out of your mouth," Justin snarled as he released Arian allowing him to fall to his knees gasping for air.

"Whoa, man, J.J. chill, he didn't know that she was your old lady man," Brian said as he and Brandon grabbed him by the arms and tried to make him calm down before there was blood shed.
"Yeah, man, we didn't even know that you were married. She's never at your house, man," Brandon said .
"My wife's work schedule is tighter than mine. We haven't even slept in the same bed in god knows how long. A problem that I intend upon remedying later tonight after we win this game. She really loves it when I win, it's one thing that turns her on, more than watching her ride does for me," J.J. smirked.

"Man, you are one lucky dude, your wife is smoking hot," Arian said after he had swallowed a large gulp of gater aid.
"Arian," Justin growled in warning.
"No man he's right, she's literally on fire man, look," Brian pointed making J.J. look out to the field where it looked like his wife's outfit was on fire. The flags that she was now spinning as she rode were burning around the edges of the flags and he gaped at the Elevated danger level of her stunt.
"Holy shit, she's never done that before," J.J. said in clear shock as the music ended and the flames extinguished as if they had never been there when she came to a stop in front of the team and addressed the crowds who were screaming wildly.

"Do you want more of the magic and heart stopping action that is Big Tex and I," she asked the crowds who screamed loudly at her question? Well, if you really want more, than you need to tell your team what you want to see. Say it loud, say it proud, TOUCHDOWN TEXANS," she screamed as she held and spun the Texan's flag as she danced around on the back of the bull! I don't think that they heard you down here on the bench. WHAT DO YOU WANT," she screamed whipping the crowds into a frenzy?
"TOUCHDOWN TEXANS, TOUCHDOWN TEXANS, TOUCHDOWN TEXANS," the crowds chanted loudly leaving their team no doubt that they wanted more.

Grace's outfit took on the colors and design of the Texans logo as she smiled and rode out of the arena until another touchdown was called for the Texans, and noticed though she wasn't wearing her glasses that the eyes of every member of the Houston Texans was on her as she rode from the field with a large smile on her face. Each touchdown that they made that night brought J.j. more joy and more hope of the night to come as the game wound to a close. It was now the bottom of the final quarter of the game and as he ran across the goal line with the opposing team on his heels with the ball in his hands he barely heard the scream of Texans Win, through the cheers and the rush inside of his head as he watched Grace flip and spin around the field one last time as the team swarmed onto the field and he was surrounded by his team, the coaches, and the reporters.

He struggled to get through the crowds and passed the reporters and the fans, to get to Grace before she left, and wanted to tackle each and every person who stood in his way but by the time that he made it from the stadium there was no sign of her at all. No Grace, No bull, no truck pulling a trailer for him to follow into the night, and he fell to his knees screaming in frustration at the loss of what he wanted more than any win. Was winning really worth it, if the one he wanted was not around to share it with him? He didn't think so. One thing was for sure though, he'd be ready to catch her at the next home game.