Can't hate you || e.d

The game

Sun

After the last meeting I was a little nervous. I wasn't nervous for me. It was probably because Dean was going to be on the field in front of my parents for the first time. No matter what happened, what they thought of him was still important to me.

All I wanted was them to be happy with me and feel proud of me.

My legs were shaking. I fixed my hair and checked if my clothes were sitting right.

As soon as coach gave us the sign we walked out to the field and did our job like always. My heart was racing like crazy. I thought I was about to get a heart attack. I was scared that I was going to make a wrong move and ruin everything while my dad was watching us. That would've been very embarrassing. I needed to get myself together.

I looked around and tried to find mom and dad between the other parents and students. Unfortunately I couldn't find them between all the people who were clapping and cheering. I didn't want to jump into conclusions too fast because I wanted to give them a chance.. but I wouldn't have been surprised if they would've missed it... I was ready for the disappointment.

I thought that I probably just didn't see them because there were too many people but I knew they weren't going to make it.

I didn't feel like moving and smiling at all. Of course we still started and did our thing. I wasn't going to let them ruin this. I didn't waste another look at the crowd.

Y/n

I held Ethan's hand when the music started playing. We chose a place where it was hard to notice us. Sitting in the middle of the crowd wasn't our thing. We had to keep it on the low.

I could see how Sun was looking for us so I waved at her but I wasn't sure if she saw us. No matter if she did or not, she was amazing and I was really proud of her. Once again. She was so graceful.

Although I've seen her performing many times I noticed something different this time. As if this was a fight and not a show. A fight that she had to win. She was so passionate. The way she smiled at the end of the performance was like magic.

I got tears and had to blink them away.. Ethan's grip around my hand tightened.. I saw his soft smile that he tried to suppress. I knew that he was about to explode because he was so proud too.

When her and the girls were leaving the field running into the direction they came from, the boys were walking towards the field and my eye caught Sun interlocking her hand with one of the boys for a second. Their hands on the height of Sun's face and Dean's chest. I knew it was him. It seemed more like a secret little handshake that was filled with love, instead of a simple interlock. That was cute.

She told me which number he had. Eighteen. That was going to be really helpful.

The principal made a speech and after like twenty minutes everyone was totally into the game, screaming several names and clapping, doing their bests to support their kids out there and in that moment I felt that little pain in my chest because I knew that Dean didn't have anybody who could support him..

He was so lonely and it made me sad. He deserved so much better.. I knew that he was who he was because of what he went through and I didn't even know half of that. I didn't want to imagine what that monster has done to him. The tattoos on his arms were telling enough of his story and I got goosebumps whenever I thought of it.

"Damn that boy is good. He has potential." Ethan said. He seemed really interested in that one person. "Who?" I asked trying to find who he was looking at but that was impossible because there were too many people.