Crush

Game pt.1

" why are you so red?" Chuckled mom.

I touched my cheeks and they were hot.

" I'm not red?!?!" I lied.

" Looks like someone has a crush."

" No mom me and Andrew are good friends."

It was the truth and I only saw him at that.

" Alright sure."

" I'm going to sleep."

" Ok "

I took a shower and layed in bed.

Andrew: hi

Me: hi

Andrew: are you excited

Me: I guess

Andrew: hey I have a game on Wednesday want to come

Me; I'm in marching I have to go

Andrew: cool

Me: that's too bad

Andrew: how's the project doing

Me: its fine

Andrew: nice

10 minutes later

Andrew: are you there?

Andrew: did you fall asleep?

Andrew: I'll take that as a yes

For the record I did sleep.

Wednesday

Andrew and I walked to school while drinking our coffees.

" You ready for your game?" I asked.

" Yes I'm ready."

" I'm stuck with watching you."

" Yup."

" Are you ok?" I asked.

He nodded not saying a word.

" Alright see you later."

He waved and walked off.

I sat in Homeroom and Grayson came in.

" When are we working on this thing!" He whispered sitting next to me.

" I'm working on it so chill."

" Oh ok then I can't go today because I have a game."

" Oh yeah I know."

" You do? Are you coming?"

" Yeah I have to play for you."

" Right, I would join marching band again but sports are.... You know."

" Yeah but there's no Oboe I'm marching."

" I could do tenor."

I chuckled

" Do you not think I'm good enough?" He asked while smiling.

" I didn't say that."

" So I'm good right?"

" I didn't say that either."

" Well you'll see me today I'll beat ass."

" If you say so," I shrugged.

" Wow."

" Fine if you don't score the winning basket you give me 50 dollars."

" Excuse me!!" He chuckled.

" Are you scared?"

" If I win then.... I get a kiss from you."

My cheeks turned red," Oh very confident I see."

He shrugged and smiled back at me.

" I can't wait to get my money!" I said rubbing my hands together.

"In your dreams."

We both giggled before class started.

My last period was band so I played through some of the songs and waited for the clock to hit 3:15. We were dismissed and I still needed to wait until 5:30.

Me: want to go out?

Andrew: sure but I have to be back at 4:30

Me: ok meet you in door 3 in 5

Andrew: cool

I put away my stuff and ran to the bottom of the steps to the door. He was already there so he opened the door for me.

" Where do you want to go?" He asked.

" I don't know I just want to kill some time."

" Want to go for some McDonald's?"

" I guess"

We ordered and sat down.

" Well it's your big day!"

" Yeah I'm a little scared, this will kick off the season."

Hey it's me idk when basketball season starts so sorry

" You'll be fine." I reassured.

" Thanks."

" You have to beat everyone alright!"

He chuckled and nodded

" For sure."

I gave him a reassuring smile and he did too so I looked at the ground.

My cheeks turned pink.

We ate and he told me the worst joke in history.

" It's four thirty."

" Let's go."

" Why basketball?" I asked on our way back.

" It's easy plus I also do football that's my main."

" Oh ok."

" Yeah."

" Who are you going against?"

" A highschool called Ellison or something, they're the Ellison dolphins."

" But they can't win us, the Laos Warriors right?"

He chuckled "right."

" Bye I got to go," he said running off to the the gym.

I waited in the library for another hour until I was called and I out on my uniform.

We sat all the way at the top and started playing as they rolled in.

Meanwhile the basketball team did laps and push ups, team drills, dribbled, and shot.

Andrew's hair was wet and hanging low near his brown eyes. His muscles flexed each time he took a shot and a smirk or approval each time he made one.

His sharp jawline was clearly visible when he dribbled and his shirt lifted each time he jumped.

I felt myself blush again.

When the game started they played the anthem and the schools team members.

We played and it started.

Ellison got the ball but Grayson stole it and passed it to Mike.

They passed it to Andrew and he made the first basket, everyone cheered and he took the chance to send me a quick glance.

Ellison scored, they were ahead but we kept it a tie.

Grayson was also sweaty and his girlfriend kept cheering for him with the cheerleaders.

He smirked and also sent me a glance. We were only ahead by 2 points the whistle blew and it was time for a break.