"let's go bobcats, let's go!" the crowd roars over and over again. henry, holding onto drews arm as they make their way to the bleachers, rolls his eyes, "where are all these people when our team plays?
drew snorts, "i have no idea. it's easier to pretend to like football i guess."
the two boys slide through to the center of the second to front row where oliver and trevor have two seats saved for the two of them.
drews stomach tightens up in an anxiety fit when he thinks about what's happening again. it's fine they're awesome dudes. abby's not here. you're finneeee.
he remembers last week when trevor asked if henry and drew wanted to come along to watch the game. henry accepted before drew could answer.
"hey! it's 7 to 2" trevor yells over the crowd. oliver smiles to the two of them and does the whole guy hand slap/hug to henry.
what feels like a century worth of clapping when the crowd goes wild passes and it's finally halftime. drew decides to go to the bathroom while the everyone's not hollering.
"wait where are you going? abby's up now! don't you wanna see her?" trevor asks drew. what? abby- ohhh "oh right! sorry forgot." he goes back to his seat searching the field for red hair.
"you excited?" henry asks drew under his breath. drew elbows him in the arm, "stopit." henry snorts and shakes his head.
the band runs out onto the field followed by the cheerleaders. henry reaches over to grab drews arm and makes a weird noise. drew shakes his hand off his arm and smiles, "stop henry, jeez! gah what's wrong with you today?"
henry laughs and starts to talk to oliver. drew watches as abby glides out with the other red and yellow covered girls. the crowd cheers as the band plays a crappy version of stronger by kanye west.
drew chuckles at the sad music and abby's face whenever the tuba behind her plays the wrong note. the girls all do their dances and leaps.
drew watches abby from the crowd as they begin to line up right in front of the bleachers. abby and him lock eyes and she smiles and waves. drew waves back. meanwhile the next set of moves begin, but abby is distracted by drew.
she scrambles to follow the rest of the girls but is far behind, causing the crowd to boo and yell. a kid behind drew says "get off the field dumbass!" drew whips around in shock.
control yourself drew! don't do anything rash
henry asks if drews okay. drew nods once grinding his teeth.
you're all good. you're calm. she's fine. she's okay. she's- aw shit hELL no
while abby stumbles into the front row of the cheerleaders, a kid in the front row throws a drink on abby. she stands there mouth open drenched in coke. the other girls stop and scramble to help clean her up.
"drew. drew where are you going. drew!" drew stands up and walks down behind the kid who's now laughing and high fiving his buddies, and taps his shoulder. the kid smiling ear to ear turns around.
"hi jackass," drew says as he punches his face, knocking him out.
YOU ARE READING
blurry nights
General Fiction"my skin is dark as night, but you're the one with constellations across yours"
