We Come Alive 4

"I Promise You That."

Mornings later, on the third day of school, Stephen was standing at his locker unlocking it to get a textbook out for his first period class when he felt hands on his back. He turned around to see his long time girlfriend, Jessica, standing there with her usual big bright smile on her face. Jessica waited next to him to finish getting stuff in and out of his locker. Once he finished, Jessica handed him her notebook and textbook for him to carry which he gladly did.

Jessica smiled as she walked along with Stephen with her pink flowing skirt bouncing around as she walked. She paired it with a white lace crop top and gladiator sandals. Stephen smiled down at her as they walked to her first period class.

"You doing alright?" He asked. "You look gorgeous."

Jessica blushed and put her hands on her face for a moment before moving them. "Thank you. I just threw this together. But, what're you doing after practice today?"

Stephen smirked as they walked up to her class. "Why? Wanna go out or something?" He wondered, handing Jessica her books as he leaned against the doorframe.

Jessica nodded smiling brightly. "Yeah. Unless you're going out with the boys. First game day is in two days so, it'd be understandable if you wanna go out with them."

Stephen smirked as he kissed her forehead. "Tomorrow night, I swear. We have our 6 mile run today, so I'll be all sweaty and tired after practice. There's a lot of pressure for Friday night so I'll be pretty busy for the next couple days."

"Okay." Jessica whispered, understanding. "Promise to win Friday night?"

"Cross my heart hope to die." Stephen smirked. He gave her a quick kiss before running off down the hallway to meet some of the boys at one of their class rooms.

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Meanwhile around the middle of the afternoon, Manny was walking around in the nursery for her baby girl as her mom Kiara was helping her decorate. Bryce and Mateo had already put the crib together last week and it was sitting in the corner of the room.

"Bryce at work?" Kiara asked, taking the tape off the walls since they had painted the nursery yesterday.

Manny nodded as she stared putting some of the things Bryce already bought for her in the closet. "Yeah. He has the day shift at the factory today. He's off tomorrow though. Why?"

Kiara shook her head as she balled up the tape and threw it into the hall for her to throw away. "No reason. You ready to go up to the practice now? Gotta be on time to be Clover's assistant."

Manny scoffed as she walked over to her mom, her stride had a bit of a waddle as she walked around in a white shirt that showed off her nearly 7 month baby bump and red shorts and flip flops.

"She's my assistant, not the other way around." Manny smiled. "But yeah. Let's go. Can I drive, I need my hours of driving for my license. Got my permit and now I need my license."

Kiara looked at her skeptical, but nodded. "Just move the seat all the way back. Don't let the wheel touch your stomach."

Manny smiled widely as she walked out the nursery and headed out the house. Kiara met her at her car and handed Manny the keys. Soon, they were driving up to the school for football practice. Kiara kept telling Manny to slow down or to pick up her speed, but they got there in no time.

When they pulled up, they parked next to Mateo's car in the front row before seeing Victor walking towards the parking lot with his usual tooth pick in his mouth.

"Here she is!" He yelled out, turning around and walking back to the field.

Manny got out the car and handed the keys to her mom before heading to the field where she saw Clover in leggings, a lime green sports bra over a hot pink one and than a muscle shirt on over that.