Falling for the Bad Boy

Chapter 18- Superbowl

A couple of days had gone by and me, Zen, and his mom were sitting in the kitchen. I was drinking a cup of coffee, Zen was eating one of his dad's famous omelets, and Mrs. Bethune was cleaning up after Mr. Bethune. "So Paige. I barely know anything about you! Tell me a little about yourself!" she said excitedly, washing some dishes. "Well, I am a junior, I play softball, I run, uhh.." I stuttered. "I love to bake, well loved.." I said trailing off. She stopped what she was doing and looked at me. "And why is that? She asked. "Well, it was kind of me and my mom's thing, she passed last summer and ever since I haven't really got back into it the way I had been passionate about it before," I said. She nodded, "Well maybe we can bake sometime. I actually need a lot of help with the Superbowl tonight. There is a lot of food to make, especially for these kids. Oh, and do you want to invite anyone else over honey?" she asked Zen. He nodded, "Can I invite Kanna, Aj, Kate, and Nicole. They are Paige's and Ash's friends, and Nicole is Jame's girlfriend." he asked through a mouthful of food. She nodded and there was a silence until she broke it. "So, what is up with you and Zen?" she asked. I could feel myself blushing and she laughed a little, then Zen popped in "She is my girlfriend." he said smiling down at me. "OH MY!" she said, obviously in shock. "I thought you guys weren't official yet." Zen laughed, "Well, I should probably ask, will you be my girlfriend Paige?" he said, grabbing a football jersey with his number and "His" embroidered on the back. I smiled, took the jersey and put it on. I nodded and then we shared a quick kiss. He then got up and showed me his shirt which had my favorite number and "Hers" embroidered on the back. I laughed then got up and helped Mrs. Bethune cook.

Hours past and we cooked till our hands were raw. We stepped back to look at our finished work. Hotdogs, hamburgers, watermelon, vegetables, fruits, chips, potatoes, salads, pies, cakes, cookies, you name it. I looked at the clock and saw it was 1. She nodded, knowing I had to go up and get ready. I ran upstairs, into my room. I took my clothes off and took a cold shower. I then blowed dried my hair and waved it then put part of it in a bun. I applied my foundation, highlight, blush, and mascara. I threw on the red jersey Zen had given me with a pair of light blue ripped jeans. I went to my closet and started looking through the jackets when I came upon a leather jacket. I put it on then scanned my shoe rack for a pair of shoes. My eyes finally landed on a brand new pair of Nike Air Force 1s. I put them on and tied them up. I opened a drawer and was shocked at what I see. Every Kendra Scott necklace was in the drawer. My mouth fell open as I touched the jewels one by one. I found a red ruby with a gold chain and put it on. I smiled at my complete look in the mirror and ran downstairs. Ash was helping put appetizers out. She stopped and looked at me. "Wow, you're getting good at this," she said laughing. I nodded and laughed spinning around. She ran over to me and turned me around. "What is this missy?" she asked, pointing the His. I smiled and heard the doorbell ring so I ran to the door and greeted my friends with hugs. They walked inside and were INSTANTLY in awe. Mrs. Bethune greeted them and told them that her husband and the boys were outside preparing the football field. I looked at her, "You mean, we get to play football!" I asked, jumping up and down. She nodded and laughed walking out of the room. We all followed her into the living room were, me, Ash, Kanna, AJ, Nicole, and Kate started talking. Mrs. Bethune got up and walked into the kitchen to continue preparing dinner. As soon as she left the room, Ash whipped her head at me. "What is up with you and Zen?" she asked, pushing me up and showing my friends the back of my shirt. I laughed a little "We are official." I said smiling. They all shrieked and then started talking about James, Blake, and Zen and how they all looked so cute in the photos of them when they were little that were hanging all around the house. I was sitting down when I felt a pair of warm, muscular arms wrap around my neck. I looked up and smiled at Zen. He plopped a kiss on my forehead. "What ya'll make fun of us for?" he asked, smiling down at me. Kanna piped in "Oh, we were talking about how cute you guys were when you were little." she said laughing a little. James came and sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her "What are you saying? We ain't cute now?" he asked, smiling a little. She looked at him "You were cuter when you were little." he frowned but Nicole gave him a quick kiss and he was fine. Mr. Bethune came running into the room. "FOOTBALL GAME!" he screamed. We all got up and ran outside. I took off my leather jacket and set it down on a chair next to Mrs. Bethune who was sitting, drinking a glass of red wine. We decided that all the couples would go against each other. So the teams turned out to be, me, Blake, Nicole, and AJ on a team while Ash, James, Zen, and Kanna were on a team. Mr. Bethune ended up reffing and decided that my team, the Purple Ninjas, would start with the ball. Blake wanted to run and he knew I had a good arm so he let me be QB. AJ snapped the ball to me while Nicole covered James and Ash. I stepped back and saw Zen running at me, I waited then did a spin move, throwing a ball all the way down to Blake where he jogged easily to the endzone. I smiled at Zen and he nodded back "Alright Stockford. You're on." he said in a serious tone, but then laughed at the end. I giggled a little the set up to guard James. Ash hiked the ball to Zen who caught it and shuffled back. I saw no one was open so I ran at him and wrapped my arms around him, hugging him. He laughed and threw the ball to James who caught it but then tripped over Nicole's foot. Zen turned and looked down at me. "That is illegal you know?" he asked. I nodded "I know, I just wanted a hug." he laughed, lifted me up over his shoulder. He started to spin around I laughed. The game went on and we ended up losing track of the score. 

It was 4 so we all ran into the living room and plopped down onto the couch. Me and Zen sat in the corner. His arm was around me and I was leaning into his chest. His other hand and mine were interlocked. The game went by and it started getting bored. I ended up falling asleep on Zens chest. I was half asleep when I felt Zen lift me up. He took me up the stairs and laid me down on my bed. He then took my shirt off. I shot up in my bed. "What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled. He looked over at me from my dresser and frowned "Hey, chill, I was getting you in some more comfortable clothes. You don't wanna sleep in those jeans." he said, digging in my drawer. He pulled out a grey t-shirt I had gotten from a softball camp and my black Pink sweats. I put them on, got up and went over to him. "I am sorry babe. I didn't mean to yell at you like that." I said, looking down. He smiled and wrapped me into a big hug "Its ok baby, I know that the situation looked bad but I would never do that to you." he said into my hair. I crawled into bed. He kissed my head then was about to leave "Wait!" I said to him. He stopped and tilted his head in confusion. I got up and ran over to him. I gave him a kiss on the lips "I love you." I said looking into his dark brown eyes. He smiled "I love you to shorty." he said before he walked out. I jumped onto my bed, climbed under my covers and fell asleep with sweet thoughts in my head.