Can't Be Tamed

Chapter Fourteen: Loving Is Never Fairytale Easy

Hey guys, I'm making some changes in the cast. If anyone would be kind enough to tell me their choice then please do. For male lead (that's Chris) I have: Matt Lanter, Luke Mitchell, Colton Haynes, Chad Michael Murray, Josh Bowman and Eric Winter. Please help me with this.

The dedication is to my grandfather who I dearly miss and love very much, wish he was here to appreciate my works.

I can’t believe I’m posting this on Valentine’s Day and the name of the chapter is also fourteen. The irony. Huh, anyways, here’s the chapter.

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Nicole's POV

"Nicole!" Damon called and threw the ball to me. I took the catch and doubled my speed. I saw both Tyler and Chris running towards me. "Oh boy," I said. Tyler was almost about to jump at me when I threw the ball back at Damon. He ran and scored. "Whew, that was really close," I said to Lydia. Just then Chris came up to us and said, "Hey there." But it was not for me, it was for Lydia. After that there was a lot of smiling and flirting. Again, not with me, but with Lydia. What the hell is wrong with this guy? One minute he's into me and then into Lydia. God, I hate him.

The ball came flying towards me and I began running, but apparently Tyler was again on my trail. I passed the ball to Lydia, but Chris had all her attention. The ball went past her and into Claire's hands. No one was there to stop her and a touchdown. That's when I lost my temper. I went up to her and said, "Could you please like play a bit more attention to the game?" I did sound bitter but what could I do, I was a sour loser.

"Don't get mad at me, if you'd have called a bit louder, I would've caught it," she said in her defense.

"Yeah, like those four or five other times when you almost caught the ball, right?"

She blushed, but Chris came to the rescue. "Nicole, stop fighting with her, it wasn't her fault."

"No, it was." I turned to Lydia. "Can't you see? He was doing it on purpose to distract you."

"What if I was not?" Chris intervened. I was going to say, "Of course you were, why else would you flirt with her?" But then I knew I didn't want to hear the answer.

"Just look out for the ball, okay?" I said and went ahead.

"Whoa, she's a freaking dictator on the field," I heard Lydia say.

I turned back to reply to her but Tyler pulled me away. "Don't you dare. She's just trying to be funny; she has no intention of humiliating you."

"Oh yeah?"

"Just let it go. We're here to have fun. You'll kill it if you fight with Lydia."

"Only because you're saying this,” I finally gave in.

"Good girl."

The game resumed again. I saw Lydia making a serious effort to play well and was content with it. What more could be expected from her?

The ball was in my hands again. Clearly, Damon didn't trust his own girlfriend enough. I was almost near the goal field. This time, I didn't see the impending disaster.

"Watch out Nicole!" I heard Damon yell. Suddenly, something slammed into me, hard. Before I could fall, a hand cupped my head. And it had to be Chris to stop me from scoring. He was on top of me and I couldn’t move a muscle. The closeness was intimidating as I tried to say," C-Chris, g-get off."

"Do I make you so nervous?" He simpered.

"Get off!" I yelled.

"That's more like it."