If You Make a Deal With a Shadow...

Chapter 55

"Just stay down and I'll stay true. Girl, you need me like I need you. Girl, we can leave, but we came too far. We can make it last but right now we're both just mad. I just wanna' make you smile..."

- Smile by PnB Rock

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"Payton, my trainer can't come today," Aubrey yelled from the kitchen after she got off of the phone. Payton was heading up the stairs to get in the shower.

"Okay, what does that mean?" he paused to hear her answer.

She huffed and rolled her eyes. "I'm not about to yell back and forth with him," she mumbled to herself before heading upstairs to follow him to bedroom.

He pulled out a drawer to grab a t-shirt. "You just gonna' go to the gym by yourself then?" he continued as she walked in.

Aubrey didn't even realize he was still talking to her. She was too busy watching the way his body moved so loosely. No matter how many times she saw him in the flesh it would never get old. The way her body reacted to him would never get old.

"I—uh..." she licked her lips and looked up at him.

Payton didn't even realize she had been eye-fúcking him. He snapped his fingers. "Earth to Aub."

She quickly sobered up. "No, it's boring working out by yourself but I do have a better idea," she smiled uncontrollably.

Payton snapped his neck back before cocking it to the side. "What idea?" he spoke uneasily.

Aubrey held her hands up. "You have to hear me out though," she exhaled slowly. "Let's play the Love and Basketball game 'I score, you strip' but in the football version," she said quickly.

Payton laughed a hearty laugh. He then took one a look at her, noticing how serious she was, and his smile dropped. "Babe, you're serious? I was just about to get in the shower."

She nodded. "Yes, so let's go out to the backyard. Let's play," she pointed her thumb behind her. "Besides, it can be your workout for today too."

He chuckled and shook his head. "You do realize I play football for a living, right? What makes you think you won't end up in the backyard fully naked? Don't play with me. I'm a little rusty but still way better than you," he laughed again. "So, you sure?"

Aubrey let her weight fall to one side and put her hand on her hip. "Just go get the football, Payton, and meet me out in the back," she pivoted on her heel and left with a semi-dramatic exit. Little did he know, she had a few tricks up her sleeve.

Payton sighed before grabbing workout clothes and shutting the drawers. He changed and met her outside where she was sitting in the middle of the field. He looked up at the sky. "It looks like it's going to rain," he observed.

Aubrey looked up too before looking back at him. "Oh, please don't tell me you're afraid to get a little muddy. What kind of football player are you?" she teased.

He scoffed and tossed the ball at her. "Okay, Miss Aubrey, show me what you've got."

Aubrey smirked when she caught it. "Okay, it's just like regular football except we get five seconds to pick the ball off the ground and run it down the field. Four downs... Absolutely no tackling, Pay," she forewarned sternly. "Because I swear to God if I lose a tooth I'm going to kick you in the place where the sun doesn't shine."