The Perfect Pitch

C H A P T E R 31

                            J A C E

What do you do when your sister suddenly bails out as your substitute for a date?

Life hasn't been so fair on my side. I love football more than anything in my life. After Julian, football is the next most important thing in my life.

However, I have had chronic issues since I was a little kid. Other kids would go out to play and have lots of fun but I could do nothing but sit at home and watch them have fun.

I experienced difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath and heart burns a lot as a kid. The doctors said that I wasn't going to make it past seven years old but here I am. I am eighteen years old and I am still alive.

To be fair, Julian got the easier life. She has always been treated as a princess since she was born. She had the coolest tea parties and balloon floaties party which is a lame way for saying pool party.

It's no wonder Whitney despises her. She could be the Royal bee if she wants to but Julian's not that kind of girl. She's a calm and reserved girl which is no surprise why even Whitney's best friend Maddie prefers Julian to her.

Honestly, I didn't think that Julian would agree to be my replacement. She's changed so much and she's no longer a kid but I see her pure heart is still alive.

She has never been one to turn people down and all that. She has always loved helping people in whatever way she could. I will never tell her this but I adore her. I am indeed lucky to have someone like her as my sister.

All this guy on the team want to date her but I won't ever allow any of them. There's only one guy that I can ever let her date and that's Andrew. I know he's a bit of a jerk sometimes but he's the nicest guy I know and if it's not him then she has to really like the guy and he must be good looking before I accept him.

Well, knowing Julian, she's not one to bring an ugly guy to meet me.

Maddie, she has been my best friend since the split between Andrew and I. We used to be best friends when we little but that's a long time ago. Anyways, she's the most understanding person I know. She's truly amazing and extremely gorgeous.

If I'm ever given the privilege to fall in love, I want to fall in love with her over and over again but for now, we're just friends.

The only problem I have right now is how I'm supposed to go on a date with Andrew. I feel like this is karma, this is karma for how I reacted to Julian going on a date with Maddie. I mean, if she can do it then so can I.

So what am I supposed to do on Saturday? Am I supposed to wear a dress or what?

Seriously everyone is a fool, this is like the second to the last game to the semi finals and no one has noticed anything about Julian. It is official, everyone I know is a fool.

"Hey, Jace, Remember me?" I looked out from my locker and saw a guy. I've seen him before, oh, he's one of Jules friends.

"Urh, Have me met before?" I know I forget things a lot but I never forget people that I meet.

"I figured you won't remember but I have something to say" Dude, you better not be some random gay guy who's nuts for me.

"I love you" I gasped "I know that you might not feel the same way and all that but I love...."

"Dude, I'm straight" I pushed my hands in my pocket.

"Jace" Jules slapped my arm after I told her what happened with Orion.

"What could I have said? I'm not gay and it's already bad enough that I have a date with that frog" I said

"You're a jerk. I'm doing all of this for you, the least you can do is to make my friends happy but I guess I'm delusional"

"Jules, Jules"

I'm such a horrible person but if you don't mind me, I have a date in a few days with a guy I despise.

"Come on Jules, I made one tiny mistake and now you're gonna just ignore me"

"You don't see what this is about do you? I had to give up a lot of things to do this for you. I still am but you don't seem to care about who or what I care about" She slammed her room door in my face.

Oh geez, Did I just hurt her without even realizing it?

"Really, A sushi place?" I asked Andrew.

He took me to a sushi place all because I just said fish. He's really sick, I wonder what Jules sees in him.

Talking about Jules, she doesn't seem like she's going to come around soon.

"What? You told me you like Sushi" No, I don't, Jules does.

"Yeah but I'm not in the mood for sushi so you can have my plate" I pushed the terror away from my face.

"More deliciousness for me" He started munching on the sushi.

"Hey, what should I do? I messed up big time with Julian and now she won't talk to me" I said

"Hm, your sister's a pretty tough egg to crack, you're going to have to go out your way to show her you care"

"Wow, when did you get so smart?" I never knew he could be so wise.

"Well, I've been hanging around smart people" He smiled and winked at me.

I immediately felt to urge to throw up but that would just ruin the entire point of this date.

**

I love you.

~Peace