Forbidden Love

Emotions

Emily's POV

After I got handed a red card I decided I didn't want to watch the rest of the game. I was going to shower when I heard the stands explode. I turned around to see Amy on the ground, with Lindsey standing above her.

'What the hell?' I think to myself. I didn't catch what happened but I see Linds get a yellow card and am immediately confused. Did she just push Amy down? Why the hell would she do that?

After the ref blows the whistle, the game starts again and I turn back around to head inside.

After I shower and change back into normal clothes, the game is over and the rest of the team is walking back inside. I'm looking for Linds and Tobin but can't seem to find them. Hayley walks over to her and my attention is now elsewhere.

"Hi," Hayley whispers as she wraps her arms around me.

"Hi yourself," my hands find her hips. This has become a normal position for us, her arms around me, my hands on her hips.

"Are you okay?" she asks worriedly.

I roll my eyes, "Yes, I'm fine. Nothing happened baby." I try to reassure her.

"I wouldn't say that...." she trails off.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

Lindsey and Tobin walk in together, deep in conversation. Their eyes find me and Lindsey immediately frowns.

"That is what I mean," Hayley nods towards my friend. "Did you see what she did? She pushed Amy!"

I shrug my shoulders. "So? She was just being a protective friend, Hayls, I would've done the same for her."

Hayley messes with my shirt, not making eye contact with me. "It looked like something more."

I lift her chin up. "You have nothing to worry about okay?" I reassure her.

She wraps me in a hug. "What is all this about babe? You never want to be cuddly in public?"

"I don't know, I just got jealous," she nuzzles into my chest further.

"Jealously looks good on you," I whisper in her ear. She looks up at me and blushes. "Go get your stuff and then we had head back to my place, okay?" She nods her head and walks back to her locker.

Lindsey walks over to me with a scowl on her face. "So are you guys, like a couple now?" she asks me.

I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know. Right now we're just having fun I guess."

Linds doesn't say anything. "Is something wrong?" I ask confused.

"I just, ugh, why didn't you tell me Sonnett?"

"You're still stuck on this Linds? I told you I was sorry, can we just move on please?"

Lindsey looks at the ground before looking at me and sighs. "Yeah, fine."

"Thank you," I let out with a huff.

"Me, Tobin, and Christen are going to order take out and watch a movie later, do you want to come over?"

This is our post-game routine. Usually it's just me, Linds, and Tobin but whenever Chris is free she joins too.

I shake my head, "I can't, sorry Linds."

She looks hurt, "What? Why? That's our tradition..."

Hayley walks up to me with her bag, "Ready to go?"

Lindsey looks from me to Hayley. "Oh okay, I get it. She's more important now, it's cool. Not like we wanted you there anyways."

Before I can say anything, she turns around and walks alway. I'm left standing there, speechless.

Lindsey had never said anything like that to me before, I don't know why that suddenly changed. Hayley looks at me, my mouth hanging wide open.

"Come on baby, let's go home." She grabs my arm and starts to pull me towards the door.

I shake my head, confused at my best friend's actions. Picking up my bag, I glance one more time towards Linds. She's deep in conversation with Tobin.

Tobin looks up at me, and sees me frowning. She looks from me to Hayley and then to the girl standing in front of her. Linds looks up at me and I just look away.

I don't know what came over her just now but I don't want to be around that negative energy.

I wrap my arm around Hayley's waist and we head out the door.

Caitlin and Ellie are giving us a ride back to my apartment. Hayley is best friends with the two of them so they're used to seeing us together, unlike my friends

Luckily we asked them for a ride before the game. Riding back with Lindsey and Tobin would've been awkward right about now.

"So Sonnett, what was that whole red card situation about?" Ellie asks from the front seat.

"I don't know, I guess I just wasn't really thinking," I say and shrug.

"No, I mean Lindsey! She literally shoved Amy down on the ground!"

"Oh, yeah I'm not really sure. I didn't see and I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it....."

Hayley gives me a look. I roll my eyes. "But I'm sure she was just being a protective friend. I would've done the same for her," I say.

"Didn't seem like something a friend would do...." Caitlin trails off, looking at me in the rearview mirror.

"Why does everyone keep saying that? Me and Linds have been best friends for years, I'm sure that's what it was."

Hayley looks like she wants to say something more but I give her a pointed look. She gets my message and doesn't say anything.

When we get to my apartment, Ellie says, "You two have fun now," with a wink.

I roll my eyes and grab Hayley's hand, pulling her towards my door.

I manage to get my door unlocked before her lips attack my neck.

"Hayls, let me put my stuff down before you jump me babe," I throw my bag on the floor by the door.

"I just can't help myself," she says with a smirk.

"Shower?" I ask. She nods as we make our way to my bathroom, leaving a trail of clothes on the way.

After our shower activities, both of us are pretty worn out. I grab a big t-shirt for myself and one for Hayley.

"What do you want to eat?" I ask, digging through my drawer of take out menus.

"Personally, I'm not hungry right now, seeing as I just ate..." I turn to look at her, my eyes wide.

She laughs. "You're blushing babe," she says as she pokes my cheek.

"Well, yeah! You're so blunt!"

She rolls her eyes at me, "I get the job done, don't I?"

I set the menus down and walk over to her. She's leaning against the kitchen counter, with only my shirt on and a pair of underwear that barely cover her ass.

"Fuck the food," I say, walking towards her. She giggles as I grab her hips. "Up," I say, between kissing her.

She gets the message and jumps up, my hands holding her thighs as they wrap around my waist.

She kisses from my face to my jaw and then down my neck.

I kick my bedroom door open and she lets out a yell as I throw her down on the bed.

"Now, where were we....."

Later that night, as Hayley sleeps cuddled up next to me, I can't help but think of the day's events. 'Was Lindsey really being a protective friend? Or was it something more like everyone else is thinking?'

No, Lindsey doesn't like me. We've already established that. Especially after what happened last year, after that one game against Seattle..... She told me that she didn't feel the same way and that she only thought of me as a friend. So I moved on. I tried to push those feelings as far as I could out of my mind.

But what if.....