Em Amy and I met up with all the guys in the courtyard before they had to leave. The game was in Austin so we had a two hour ride ahead of us. They were all waiting for us in a stright line, starting with Arrex, ending with Jordan. The three of us just went down the line giving all them hugs.

"Kick ass tonight best friend" I smile as I hug Jordan

"Always do" Always cocky.

"Cocky ass" I scoff before he puts me down

"Okay last tradition" I say, holding my hand up to Jordan as we start our hand shake. We go through the whole motion and as we reach the the last action, we link our pinkys and he pulls me to him, giving me one last hug

I smile as he releases me before turning to the group.

"We have everything done?" Wes asks us

"Yep that handshake was our last good luck charm" Beck grins

"Alright Boys, us three will be up in the stands for y'all, you better win" I smile at them. They were going to win I just like to taunt them

"Or what Princess?" Caleb smirks at me

"I won't love you guys anymore" I smile at them "Don't fuck up"

They all roll their eyes at me before bursting out into fits of laughter. They knew I could never hate them.

"Please you'll always love me" Caleb scoffs before pulling me to his side

"Keep telling yourself that bud" I smile up at him. He just playfully frowns down at me before looking back up at the guys.

"Alright, coach is going to kill us if we aren't on the bus is three minutes so we have to go" he says to them, bringing out his stern captain voice as he orders the rest of the guys to the bus.

"Bye boys!" Em yells

"Love ya's!" Amy smiles as we watch the work away

"Okay, wanna make a quick stop at Kanes before shooting over to the stadium?" I ask them. We were allowed to skip the last period of the day today so we could drive up, perks of going to a football school, state championship days weren't full school days. The team was just staying overnight in Austin tonight before they came home tomorrow morning, Em, Amy and I were planning in doing the same thing.

"YES!" The both yell while snapping their heads towards me

"OKAY!" I imitate their yell before all three of us beeline straight to Arrex's truck.

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Four hours later, the three of us are sitting in our stadium seats, unloading the chips and drinks we snuck in here from our bags while watching the teams warm up.

I kept a close watch on the other team. They were infamously known as the biggest cheaters in our conference. The were unbelievably rough, and fights typically broke out every game for them. It riled up the opponents, and was used as a method of distraction. It also didn't help that their captain and Jordan have hated each other since they were in little league. The first game against each other when they were six, Jordan kicked him in the stomach for hitting Ace.

"I'm nervous for them" Amy says beside me, her leg bouncing in time with mine

"Me too" Emma and I say simultaneously

"Oh I think they're getting their break" Em smiles as she sees the boy walking off the field. They usually got a five minute break thirty minutes before the game. It was a way for them to mentally prepare themselves.

The boys all look up at us as they start to walk off the field. Em and Amy both jump up and run down the stairs to meet them, I stay in my seat for a moment and look down at them. All of them were walking off but Caleb. As my eyes lock on him, he smiles at me and nods to the group. I just grin before hopping up and running down after Em and Amy.

"Alright how are you feeling?" I ask as I approach the boys

"After warming up, I'm feeling fantastic" Tyler grins "I hope I get in a fight, I haven't punched anyone in a while" I love him, but he's a dumbass. My favorite dumbass nonetheless.

"Ty please don't do anything stupid." I groan

"Me? Stupid? Never!" He says making all of us laugh. We were all stupid though at some point, hell I jumped off a fucking roof. Stupidity is kind of a contagious thing with us. In reality, all of us were pretty intelligent.

"Please Powell, it's not like you'd kick anyone's ass anyway" I voice sneers from behind me. I turn around quickly to face the owner of the voice. God I hate this guy. He was just a rich asshole who beat up people for fun. He essentially was a bully.

"Shut the fuck up shithead" Caleb snaps at him causing a fit of laughter to erupt from me. His real last name was Shillhed, but Calebs been calling him shithead since they were fourteen. Charles Shillhed, the captain of the enemy, or as we like to call him, Dick Shithead.

"Oh fuck you Kazer" Charles snaps at him

"Sorry bud, don't swing that way, and even if I did, I couldn't imagine my standards being THAT low" Caleb retorts lazily obviously bored of this encounter already. He had an answer for everything, and usually I'd hated it, but in this situation I found it absolutely hilarious.

"Why don't you just leave okay? We are just trying to have fun before they kick your ass and it would be great to do that without you around" I smile politely at the enemy captain

"Aw, it's princess" Shithead smirks as his eyes shift to Caleb, he's always hated it when other people called me princess. Hell even I hated it when other people called me Princess. He had always deemed it as 'his thing'. "You know I've always thought you were cute,"

I feel Caleb stiffen beside me as his bored expression switches to one of anger.

"Yeah too bad I never thought you were" I smile up at him, staring right into his eyes "First off I have a boyfriend and second, never call me that again. There is only one person who gets to call me that, and his eyes are a hell of a lot prettier than yours, so just leave."

"And what if I don't want to?" He smirks, stepping closer "I'd rather stay close to you pretty ladies" He finally looks up at Emma, Amy and I as he takes my hand in his.

I can see out of my peripheral vision, All of the guys step up closer to us. Caleb was now visibly fuming beside me.

"Do not touch her" Caleb hisses as he forcefully takes my hand out of Shitheads and holds it beside him

"Wow protective are we?" He grins "Well what are you going to do about it Kazer?" Shitheads smirks at him

"I will-"

"Guys stop" I order, stepping between them, gently pushing against Caleb

"Why? I'm having a great time?" Shithead smiles down at me

I roll my eyes at him before turning around to face him.

"If you lose this game for getting in a fight I'll kill you," I say sternly,"Don't be a dumbass," I states as he eyes meet mine

He audibly sighs as his eyes leave mine to meet Shitheads with a deadly glare. He swiftly grabs the boys shirt as he bunches it in his fist

"The only thing stopping me from breaking your nose right now is the fact that she hates fighting. You better be fucking thankful for her. Next time you touch her, you won't be so lucky" Caleb snaps before releasing Charles with a hard shove.

"Wow, beauty tamed her beast" Shitheaf antagonizes. I roll my eyes before facing him again.

"I'd leave if I were you" I say calmly, stepping back in front of Caleb.

Charles just huffs before storming away.

"Wow y'all actually didn't get in a fight this time" Wes grins at Caleb.

"yet" I mumbled, only Em heard me. A fight was definitely in the making. I was just waiting for it to blow up.

"So you think he has pretty eyes" Jordan asks me with a wide grin. Caleb looks down at me from beside him with a cocky smirk on his face, earning a shove from me.

"Well obviously" I scoff "I wish I had his eyes". I didn't want to inflate his ego any more than it was but I wasn't going to lie neither, his eyes were amazing. They were the perfect shade of amber.

"My eyes are pretty aren't they?" he smiles, wholeheartedly agreeing with me.

"Kazer, Powell, Maroney Addams and Kalanski's! Get your asses over here, breaks over!" Coach Quill yells at them,

"Alright, this is it!" Jordan smiles at us

"Kick ass boys" Amy grins

"You better be down there to congratulate me when we win" Caleb whispers

"Of course! I'll be ready to jump the fence" I grin. This was the state championships, and we had it in the bag.

The best if the guys started to run back to their team but Caleb stayed planted in front of me.

"I'm nervous" He says finally. His shoulders were tense.

"Yeah sounds about right" I agree, anyone would be nervous in his position.

"Wow thanks for the reassurance" he scoffs while grinning at me, I see his shoulders visibly relax as we talk

"You are so welcome" I smile at him "Just do what you do Co." I ay before glancing at the field, Caleb just grins

"Thanks Princess" he says before wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me into his side. I smile at the gesture as I look up at him

"Anytime Coco"

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"Belle what's happening?" Em questions watching the play confusedly

"They just faked and got the first down" I smile at the guys on the field, they were down by a touchdown. It's safe to say I was definitely nervous, we had five minutes left in the last quarter. I hate to say it, but East Warren had impeccable coverage, none of our guys could get through, and if they did get possession, they'd be tackled quickly.

They had told me about the plays they were working on, one being an extremely effective but hard to perform one. It was almost a guaranteed touchdown if they could pull it off.

No one knows that Arrex has played running back. He's amazingly fast for his size. Because of his size he has always played left guard, the quarterbacks main protector. With this play, Arrex stays in his normal position but once the ball is hiked he immediately takes off and takes place of the running back. It's unexpected and leaves the defense scrambling to cover him, they almost never able to though. Caleb's the one that developed the play, and they've only done it once in a game. Arrex hates the play and although Calebs quarterback, Arrex has a lot of pull on the plays they choose. He won't let Caleb call the play because it leaves Caleb open. Caleb could care less though if he gets hit, but Arrex refuses to let it happen.

I watch as Caleb fires the ball downfield, almost straight into Carsons arms, but before he can even make contact with the ball, it's intercepted.

"FUCK!" I yell, hopping up and out of my seat. They lost possession.

I watch as Tyler quickly tackles the player before the offense of the other team takes a timeout and huddled on the field.

My eyes travel back over to Caleb who is talking sternly to Colton and CT. They were our top defensive players, along with Cristian. We needed to get the ball back.

"Even I'm fucking nervous and I don't even like football!" Amy says, watching the guys intently as they ready up for the play.

"Colton needs to get this ball back" I mumble, my eyes locking in on both Colton and CT. They hike the ball and I immediately look away and lean my head against Em's shoulders

"I can't look" I tell her

"Well you need to!" Em yells as she shrugs my head off her shoulder "I need someone to explain what the hell is happeneing"

They got down the field quickly, East Warren was now 7 yards from a touchdown.

This whole game East Warren suprisingly didn't have any dirty plays. I knew they were just waiting for an open shot though.

I watch as shithead whips the ball straight into the endzone, but it never makes it to the intended destination. Out of nowhere, Colton reached to catch the ball and takes off once it's in his arms. He runs and is tackled on the 40 yard line.

Him along with the defensive line hustle off the field as the offensive line takes the field. I see Caleb yell 'Fuck yeah!' as he pulls my little brother in a guy hug before taking the field.

"HELL YEAH COLTON!" I scream as Em, Amy and I jump up and down, along with the rest of the stadium. My little brother just gave us another chance and I couldn't be more proud of him.

He easily finds me in the crown and gives me two thumbs up making me laugh and return the gesture.

"HE INTERCEPTED IT!" Em yells

"Guys, I Know what an interception is" She rolls her eyes at mine and Amys suprised faces

The boys quickly make it down the field, throwing in all of their trick plays before they are about eight yards from the endzone. East Warren quickly caught on and was heavily defending all of our possible receivers, the only play that could really work right now was the Arrex play.

Caleb goes to throw the ball to Beck but like expected he's way too heavily covered for the ball to reach him. All of our received were.

Caleb frustratedly calls a time out, they were on the third down just outside the endzone and the needed this touchdown.

As the team huddles Arrex starts to argue with Caleb. I didn't have to hear to know what it was. Caleb wanted to use the play, but Arrex didnt.

I see Caleb yell once more before they take positions, but it's not the set up for they A-play.

He tries a hand off but that only gets them three yards, not enough for a first down. The referee's call a time out as an East Warren player laying on the ground clutching his leg. I take this time out as a chance to get on the field.

"They need to do the A-play" I mumble before standing up and running down the bleachers before Em and Amy can even ask me why.

"I need to get down there." I tell the security guards when I reach the gates. This stadium was like an actual college stadium, I had to run straight to the gates for the field

"No one without a pass is permitted, please return to your seat ma'am" the one tall security guard states

"No I need to get down there and smack my older brother for being an idiot" I say urgently

"Let her though" and authoritative voice orders from behind them

The security guards look behind them to reveal Coach Quill.

The nod and let me through as Coach and I start running to the sidelines. The kid from East Warren was still being checked out by a medic, so both teams returned to their sideline.

"I saw you running down" Coach smiles

"Oh Thank god" I huff, obviously out of breath from all of the running "Coach they need to do the A-play"

"I don't know if that's the best choice, I left it to them to make the decision."

"No every possible receivers is blocked, it's the only one that will work. They took less guys and moved them to defend our receivers, if Arrex breaks off and runs to the right, it has been open for he last three plays since everyone else is covering. Only two guys areleft going after Co, and he can easily get it to Arrex before they reach him." I say all in one breath

I instantly spot the brown eyed giant arguing with my idiot brother before I take off from coach straight to them.

"What the hell is going on?" I questions both of them

"We aren't doing it." Arrex says ignoring my question "If I break off, you are left without a defender, and Johnson can't hold off three guys by himself, you could get seriously fuckin hurt"

"I don't care! I can get the ball to you quick enough so I won't be sacked and you run it in for a touchdown. It doesn't matter if I get hurt or not, I'll heal and we'll win." Caleb states

"Co's right. You need to run this play. It's your last chance to win this fucking game. They have every single receiver covered, there's no way you can run it in. Arrex if you break off and cut right there should be an opening, there has been for the passed three plays, get open and stay open. Co, you need to get rid of the ball quick, as soon as Arrex is a few yards in front of the endzone, throw it straight to him." I order both of them.

They just stare at me before looking back at eachother.

"Arrex we are doing the play" Caleb states firmly. "We need this touchdown and I can get it to you before getting hit, possibly avoiding being tackled all together."

Arrex goes to argue before Caleb quickly cuts him off and shuts him down.

"I have listened to you every single game for the passed four years, but this is different, A.

I am the head captain, I am making final decision, we are doing this play. So get in position and do what you do" He orders my brother. He's never spoken like that, he wasn't hard but was still extremely authoritative. It was...Different. Definitely a good different, but still different.

"Are you sure about this?" I ask as Arrex joins the rest of the team

"I guess" he huffs as the East Warren player is wheeled off the field, and both the defensive and offensive lines take the field

"Please be careful" I tell him

"I will, promise. I just have to get the ball to him as soon as possible and then I can brace myself for the tackle, I won't get hurt" he says more to himself than me, before releasing a deep breath and running after the team to position.

They set up slightly different this time, but it was almost exactly the same as the last set up.

I hear Caleb call hike and instead of backing to defend Caleb, Arrex sprints forward, taking my advice and cutting right, straight into an opening. He was right in front of the end zone but an East Warren player was charging Caleb.

"Fuck!" I mumble to myself before turning around. I couldn't watch the seconds to come.

Seconds after I turn around, loud cheers are heard around the stadium. I turn back to face the field with a wide smile on my face, just in time to watch an East Warren player jab Calebs knee with his metal cleats causing his knee to buckle. He tries to regain his balance but the Warren player tackles him to the ground right onto his bent leg. I watch as Calebs head hits the ground.

Silence quickly watched over the happy stands as we hold our breath. Caleb was laying motionless on field.