"Belle we're home!" I hear Beck yell through the house. They had football practice today after school for a few hours so I just walked home instead of waiting for them.

"I'm upstairs!" I yell back to them. They were probably just going to eat and play video games until midnight like they have been. It's like an after practice ritual. The thing about it that still baffles me though, is how they all still have good grades. They go to football and then play video games all day everyday, yet they still all have A's and B's. Meanwhile I have to spend at least four hours on homework and studying if I want to get an acceptable grade by my standards.

I look back down at my notebook that is now filled with calculus notes as I continue to finish my homework. Though I'm soon interrupted by my door being thrown open and my two best friends running at me before pouncing on my bed

"Ew get off of me!" I yell at a very sweaty Jordan while Emma just laughs beside him.

"But I loooovvveee you!" He laughs before he rolls next to me

"You stink"

"Well yeah I've been practicing since we got out of school at two. It's been five hours" He laughs lightly

"God coach is really working you guys" I grin, the more practice they got they better they'll be. I mean they're already fuckin amazing but there is always room for improvement.

"Yeah he is, he let us enjoy our weekend but it's safe to say that he's gonna be the death of us this week." He grins. He loved every second of it.

He and Caleb both breathed football. It's how they became friends. Jordan was new in town and my brothers and Caleb had just started their little league tackle football season. Though Jordan was late, the coach allowed him on the team and they all immediately clicked. I then proceeded to steal Jordan away from them a week later and proclaimed him my other best friend next to Emma.

"Have you really been up here doing homework ?" Em states giving me her best disappointed mom look.

"Yeah, I went down for like half an hour to feed tiny and make myself a sandwich" I tell him, finishing the current equation I was working on. I swear this shit was gonna be the end of me.

"God you realize you don't have to do all of that right?" Jordan scoffs

"If I want acceptable grades I do" I sigh not looking up from my notebook.

"Belle anything lower than an -A is unacceptable to you" Em scoffs making me grin.

"Okay let's go" Jordan says as he tries to pull my off my bed. I keep my butt planted right where I am. "C'mon lazy ass, the whole team is over. Team bonding"

"How does that involve me?" I question

"Well much like Em, Lenny, And Arya, you are honorary teammates." Jordan grins.

It's true. The boys were all basically coach Quills sons, and us four girls have become his daughters. Quill and his wife weren't able to have kids, but we all acted as so. Coach has known us forever, and we sometimes even help him run drills with the boys.

"It's true, even coach told us that" Em reasons "Oh and we got Kane's"

"Okay I'm in" I smile hopping off my bed "Lemme get dressed and I'll be down"

I could hear the music all the way from upstairs, their yelling only got louder the closer you got.

"Hey boys" I smile as I walk out into my backyard.

The guys were scattered around the yard, a few of them were already in the pool; Arrex, Ace, and three of the guys front he team-Clayton, Jared and Jamie- were all over by the food; Jordan, Tyler, Scott, Johnny, Cody, CT, and Connor were currently engaging in a nerf gun war; and Caleb, Travis, Carson, Wes, and Josh were all playing catch with our old football.

"Hey pretty girl" one of the guys, Travis calls over to me. He was cute, but a manwhore nonetheless. He never seriously hit on me though, just does it for fun to piss my brothers off. It's been a running joke since we were freshmen.

He starts to laugh at my eyeroll and glare when out of nowhere a football comes in contact with his head at full speed.

"Eyes on the fuckin ball Travis" Caleb grunts as he sends a harsh glare at Travis. I laugh at the two idiots as I pass them.

"Hey Co" I grin at him

"Hey Princess" he smirks as he receives the ball back from Travis and whips it back to Kaison, one of the starting Defensive linemen

"I'm guessing you came for this?" Arrex questions as I approach the table of food. It had a wide spread of burgers, hot dogs, fries and fried pickles.

"Kalanski, you got your own order of pickles" Caleb calls over

"Fuck yeah" I grin as I take the smaller box from Arrex. I walk to the edge of the pool and stick me feet in as I sit on the edge, watching Jonah, Riley, Colton and Christian race across the pool.

"So what are you guys even doing?" I question when they reach my end

"Last one to finish twenty laps has to do the others laundry for the next month" Riley smiles up at me. He was one of the other sophomores on the team. There are very few, Colton, Christian, Cody and Riley. Colton and Riley were starters, beating out a lot of upperclassmen for their positions.

I watch as the four take off down to the other end. Christian reaches that end first before flipping and quickly making his way back to my end. He obviously would've won.

"Ow what the fuck"Jonah whines as he resurfaces. He hit is head on the edge of the wall. He was an amazing football player, but not the smartest of the bunch.

"God you guys are stupid" I laugh at the four

"Yeah we're stupid" Colton says sarcastically as he smirks at me deviously before swimming away. I watch them in confusion as to what that was supposed to mean.

"Saved your life!" Caleb yells as he pushes me slightly into the pool before quickly pulling me back out of the water, absolutely scaring the shit out of me in the process.

"You ass!" I yell as I smack his arm that was wrapped around me "I have my phone in my pocket!"

"No you don't" he says as he sets my phone next to me. I just stare down at it, confused as to how he got it out of my front pocket without me even noticing.

"I've pig pocketed a few people" he says as if he can clearly read my thoughts. I'm still full of questions as to who and when but decide to let it go.

"You're an ass" I roll my eyes at the boy.

"I like messing with you" he smiles "It's fun,"

"It'd also be fun to choke you but you don't see me doing that any chance I get" I snap. He was now sitting behind me with his legs on either side of me as the guys joined us around the pool.

"Oh c'mon princess I think we've already established this" he starts to say before I feel him lean in closer behind me "I'm the one who does the choking" he states, his voice much quieter and deep so only I can hear him

"Sometimes I really hate you" I say lightly with an eye roll

"Love you too princess" he says,his voice now back to normal.

He lets one hand go of me as he reaches up to grab a pickle but I quickly jerk the box out of his reach.

"Nope! Get your own" I grin as I pop another one into my mouth

"I'm the ones that got them for you!" He starts to laugh as he successfully grabs the box

"and I am forever grateful" I smile "but you aren't getting any"

"You know I could easly push you in the pool right?" He says

"I wouldn't fuck with him Belle" CT says making me laugh.

It was funny how all of the guys on the team were afraid of him, well except my brothers, Jordan, Wes and Tyler.

"Nah, I've been doing it my whole life, there's no point in stopping now" I grin as I lean back against Caleb who just rests his head on top of mine. He keeps trying to sneakily grab a pickle from the little styrofoam box but I catch him every time and move the box just out of his reach.

"Shes been a constant pain in our asses" Arrex adds,

"Yep!" I smile them

"You guys wanna start a fire?" Tyler asks making us all look at him with dumbfounded looks

"Okay that was one time!" He defends himself "and I mean a bonfire, its our last night before the championship tomorrow"

"I'm down with a fire" Em agrees

A chorus of yes's sound, agreeing with the suggestion. After a few minutes we had everything we needed set up.

"Guys, our last high school football season is coming to an end" Wes says as we all go quiet. We all just look around at eachother. This year would be the last year that I see these people daily.

"Thats scary to think about" Travis chimes

"I'm actually gonna miss you assholes" Riley smiles sadly. "You guys are like our older brothers"

"Yeah but we can actually say we have friends in the NFL" Jamie laughs "Youngest players ever"

"Possibly" Caleb and Jordan both says making everyone laugh. We all knew they'd make it. Everyone did. They didn't just have their family backing them up, they had a whole town.

"So I've always wondered" Travis starts to say with a devious smile "Whose room has the balcony?" He asks gesturing up to my balcony

"That's my room" I say after glancing up at it before looking back at him

"I was so hoping you'd say that" The grin still present on his face

"Travis" Caleb says calmly

"Yes Kazer?" He grins at him. He was trying to piss him off

"Stop before I pull a mountain and turn you into The Hound" Caleb grits out through his teeth. I start to laugh at the Game of Thrones reference, he used to hate that show but the more Beck and I made him watch it the more he started to like it.

"Oh fine" Travis playfully pouts like a little kid

"No one is allowed up there" Beck states

"Well unless its me, Ace, Beck, Colton, Em, Amy, Wes, Tyler and Jordan" Arrex Adds "oh and Caleb"

"WAIT how come Wes, Caleb, Tyler and Jordan gets to go up there?" Travis whines

"They're her best friends" Emma laughs "but to be fair they're only allowed up there when the boys are home"

"and awake" Arrex Adds

I just look up at Caleb who was sitting next to me with a grin. He has been up to my balcony countless times, my brothers just didn't have any idea.

I turn back and look around at all the guys before catching Travis eyes. He just smirks and winks at me. I roll my eyes and grin at the action before returning my eyes back to the fire.

"Travis I swear to god" Beck growls. apparently Travis wasn't very discreet

"OH come on it's my last year I get to do this, I've been doing this since we were thirteen, why stop now?" Travis whines, making all of us laugh.

"Don't worry B, my standards aren't THAT low" I smile at my brother before looking back at Travis "Ain't that right Travis?"

"Far enough m'lady" He smirks. Even he knew he was a manwhore, but I got to give him props, he owned it. He just wanted to have fun while he could. "Love ya Bails"

"Love you too T" I grin

"Let's gather round the campfire and sing our campfire song" Tyler starts to sing quietly

"Our C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song and if you don't think that we can sing it faster then you're wrong, but it'll help it if you just sing along" Wes joins in

"BUM BUM BUM" Beck finishes the verse

I just laugh before all of us join in, singing one of the most classic spongebob songs of all time.

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"Okay goodnight guys" I smile as the last of the football team walk out the door. The only ones still here were the guys and Em.

"We should probably get going" Jordan says to Wes and Tyler, Caleb nods in agreement as he follows them to the door

"Yeah I'm tired as hell" I yawn "I'm gonna go to bed, good night and I love you guys" I say to them,before stepping upstairs to my room

I wipe my mascara off and throw my hair up into a pony tail before taking my sweatpants and bra off, leaving me in a T-shirt and spandex shorts.

I laid down and plug my phone in before flicking my light out. I was tired but for some reason I couldn't fall asleep, so I stared at my ceiling. It was the only thing I could do, well, besides go on my phone but that usually kept me up.

I just stared at my ceiling and then my walls and even observed the photos hanging around my room. It must've been at least a half hour before I was interrupted by a light tapping sounding from my balcony door.

I slowly creep over to the door, but stop once I see who was at the door.

"What are you doing here?" I question as I step out onto the balcony

"I can't fall asleep, and this seems a lot more fun than staring at my ceiling" he grins "I'm also doing it cause I'm bored and want to defy your brothers"

"Wow look at you go" I say sarcastically as I sit down on my balcony

"I know right" Caleb laughs quietly, joining me as he plops down across from me

We stayed quiet for a few minutes, which was honestly suprisingly. We both were usually loud ass people.

"So I might've done a thing" he says finally

"A good or bad thing, I need more details"

"I'll let you decide"

"Caleb I swear to god if you killed someone you better have hid the body well. If you didn't, tell me now cause we're going to have a lot of work ahead of us. I'm gonna need -"

"No you fuckin psycho! I didn't kill anyone, not yet at least." He grins at me "Why? Do I need to? Our deal still stands, anyone hurts you I'll kill them and you hide the body" He questions

"Not that I know of" I laugh at his seriousness "But I'll make sure to keep that in mind"

"Okay but for real, I did something and I need an honest opinion so be your usual blunt self okay?" He question

"Of course,"

"I applied to University of Florida and 'Bama. Theres a chance I'll get a full ride scholarship" He says before his eyes find mine and I can't help the smile that as taking over my face

"Co that's awesome. But I have to ask, what about NFL? It be hard to go to school and play pro"

"Thats the thing" he pauses, taking a deep breath "football has been my life since forever, and I love it. But I want to be able to have a backup plan. If I'm being honest, I don't know if I want to go pro just yet. I mean I'm almost eighteen, I want to go to school and parties and have the whole college expirience with people my age. I love football but I also love school and I need a backup plan."

"That's amazing." I say finally "It's smart you're thinking ahead. And you're right, you still have time. Plus majority of guys get drafted out of college, and I can garuntee if they want you now, they'll definitely what you in four years"

"I mean yeah, but you don't think it's stupid? My dad does" He says mumbling the last part

"No why would it be? You're doing what you want to do even if it's not what others want. If you seriously want to do this Co, then go for it. Knowing you, you'll do amazing in whatever you do."

"Holy shit you have no idea how good it is to hear you say that" he huffs, visibly relaxing "You're the only one who knows I actually even applied"

"Not even my brothers know?"

"Nope. I wanted to tell you first."

"Why?"

"I needed an honest opinion. I love the guys to death, but they would support me in whatever I did, no matter how stupid. You on the other hand have no filter and would smack me upside the head if you thought I was being stupid. You would actually tell me I'm being a dumbass" he sighs "I need that."

"Oh don't worry I'm viscously blunt and honest sometimes, especially when you make a bad decision, but this isn't one of them." I start to say to him "You are an extremely intelligent almost eighteen year old kid, you don't need to go pro right now. Sure it'd be cool, but at what cost. You'd be away from your family constantly, traveling around the country surrounded by people you don't really know. You know I have your back in whatever you do, and this I support you one hundred percent."

"I asked my dad about school and he thought I was being stupid. He said I'm wasting an opportunity. But I don't see it that way, I might be able to do Both. I could go to school get my degree and even more experience and then go pro. I mean, sure I've gotten to travel a lot but I've only seen one small part of the world, there are so many things that I don't know, and I feel like I need to figure those things out before doing something where I'm forced to act, and I guess, be older than I really am."

"Co" I say quietly to try and calm him down "first off take a deep breath" he listens and does so before I continue "If you really want to do this, then don't worry about what everyone says, including myself. I know your dad might have issues, but I know the both of you. You guys are both kind of explosive so I'm thinking that you didn't really tell him any of what you just told me"

"None" he sighs

"Okay so try and talk to him sometime soon, and tell him everything you just told me, without yelling"

"I will" he nods "Oh thank god" he lets out a deep breath, he was a obviously nervous "I was nervous a hell to tell you especually"

"Why?" I snort "Though I was going to tell you going to school was a stupid idea?"

"I don't know it's just you're you and I am- I am being stupid" he trails off once he sees my stupid grin "I thought you were going to think I'm stupid"

"You aren't stupid dumbass" I say making him laugh

"Oh the irony of that sentence" he chuckles at me

"Shut up" I laugh "I'm serious, you're the smartest person I know. You're the biggest smartass I know"

"Clearly you haven't met yourself" he mumbles with a grin earning a light shove from me

"You can do virtually anything and succeed, school isn't even an issue for you, you make even that look easy and You literally always know what to say."

"Oh not always" he corrects earning an eye roll from me "I say a lot of stupid shit"

"Well obviously, everyone does. But when one of us is hurt, or we need help, you are always there to calm us down" I reason.

"Not always. I fuck up a lot Belle, I say the wrong shit and most times, I don't think before I speak." he argues

"Remember when I had my very first date in eighth grade?" I question

"Oh yeah" he chuckles "Ricky Aldernan"

"Yeah, remember how he stood me up at the arcade? What did you say to me?"

"I told you to hold your head up high. You are fucking fantastic and if he couldn't see that then he didn't deserve you. Those words still stand today" he says, repeating what he had told me four years ago. I was crushed that night, I thought Ricky actully liked me. After an hour of waiting for him, I waited for my brothers to walk up and pick me up. They never let me walk home alone in the dark. I was on the verge of tears and when I saw them approach, a few of those tears slipped out. When Caleb saw, he was instantly by my side telling me everything was going to be alright.

After that, Freshman year I was turned away from my school's baseball team. Solely because I was a girl.

"Remember the baseball thing?" I question again

"I told you we would fix it, together. And you did. But that was all you. You marched right up into Principal Rollins office and basically told him he was a douche."

"Yeah but you helped me figure everything out. I wouldn't have done that without you."

"Okay those were like two instances. I mess a lot more shit up than I fix." He scoffs