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Chapter 22- Greyson POV- Hoco Game

Football Friday finally came upon us and even though I could not play, I was excited.  The homecoming game was always my favorite, and I was happy to have a date this year. Last year was really awkward, especially when some girl tried to get me to ask her, but I really was not feeling it. The whole school went all out, blue and gold, for the game. It also felt great to be off of my crutches. Peyton wore my blue jersey and I wore the white one. The day was awesome, and even Mr. Mason was in a good mood. 

When I arrived at the field for the game, I threw my jersey on, without pads or anything. I started to get down a bit that I could not play, but I tried to perk myself up. I still had next year, and I knew it was going to be fine. At I least I was only missing two games. Matt was out last year for six of them. Matt. Don't even get me started. I was still incredibly angry at him for blackmailing Peyton, and on top of everything else, hurting her. Peyton had made me swear not to tell anyone, but I was angry. I knew I could Matt to stop it, so after the game, I had something planned. 

The game started, and I was into the game. We were up, and doing well. Our back up QB was pretty good, and we were doing fine. The school was totally into the game, and everyone was going nuts. I also got a couple glimpses of Peyton cheering for the first time, which was cool to see. She was almost always on top, I assumed because of how tiny she was, and she was really good. I was so proud of her. 

As the timer began to run out, we were up, and doing good. It was the fourth down, and we were about to run one more play, hopefully, to get a buzzer beater touchdown, which seemed to always be my specialty. I could tell this was the plan from how pumped they looked in the circle, and this attempt happened almost every game. The timer started up, and the QB threw the ball to Josh, and he caught it and just as the buzzer ran out, Josh had scored the touchdown. The crowd went crazy, and Josh had a hilarious victory dance. The game had been an incredible one, and a fun one to watch. 

After the game, we all were pumped in the locker room, and I knew it was time for me to talk to Matt. As everyone cleared out, I walked over to him.

"Hey Matt," I said coolly. 

"Hey Grey, what's up?" he asked nonchalantly. I looked around to ensure everyone was cleared out. Even though I had gotten off of my crutches yesterday, I felt strong enough to do this. I confidently grabbed his shirt and pushed him up against a wall. I pinned his hands up against the wall.

"How could you, Matt?" I yelled.

"What are you talking about?" Matt said angrily. 

"You threatened Peyton? And then punched her?" I expressed furiously.

"Maybe I did, but you just ruined it. I'm telling my parents, and now your little girlfriend will be gone forever," Matt snarled devilishly. I punched his face, and then we started to fight. I started to realize this was dumb, especially considering my ankle was starting to hurt worse. I had taken a couple punches, but Matt had taken more. Once I had him pinned on the ground, I started to yell at him again.

"Look, Matt, if you tell on Peyton, I will tell everyone that you have been cheating on Danielle with Kaylee," I spat out. I had known about it ever since I had walked in on the two of them making out, and I was sworn to secrecy.

"Greyson, come on," Matt started to say.

"No, you have to swear not to tell. We both know I could hit you a lot harder than I just did," I threatened.

"I won't tell," Matt gasped. I got off of him, and stood up, taking a deep breath.

"Look, Matt, I don't know what came over you with this. Just never do it again okay?" I reasoned.

"I know Grey, I'm sorry," he said.

"I'm still pissed Matt, but I won't be showing it around our friends. It's too risky. If you breathe a word to anyone, I swear," I started to say.

"I won't Greyson," Matt said sincerely. And I really, truly trusted him.