AYANNA'S POV:

"Ladies, gather 'round,"Coach says a couple weeks later.

"Ma'am yes ma'am,"Max salutes and Coach gives him a look.

"Don't you sass me, Max! I could bench you,"

"The horror!!! The...da da da.... Bench,"Max exagerates and falls to the ground. I roll my eyes and help him up.

"Ignoring Max, the first game of the season is this Friday and if we want to keep up our good name, we have to beat this team," Coach explains and a bunch of cheers go out.

"So let's beat them so far into the ground that they never ever EVER want to come back to this town and even sudder at the name of our school," he continues and i join in on the cheering this time.

"Let's make this the best practice so far," he finishes and we sprint onto the field.

After practice is over, Max and I are walking to my car when Bryson jogs over with his friends.

""Hey, Max, we are having a party tonight, you in?"Bryson asks and avoids my eyes.

"Can Aya go?" Max asks and some of the guys groan. I blush and look away.

"No, you o, Max. It'll be fun,"I say quietly.

"Sure, Ayanna can come. There will be other girls there, but i guess she's a guy now, so that should be a turn on," one of Bryson's friends joke and the others laugh. Brsyon makes a small chukle, but it seems forced.

"Well when you put it like that, i will deffinetly not go,"I snap and Max glares at the guys.

"Then count me out too," he says and everybody else looks surprised.

"Fine... Aya can come and we'll treat her correctly," Bryson say and now everybody looks at him in shock.

"Great! See you there,"Max says and grabs my arm to pull me away. I let myself be drug away before turning to Max.

"Why would you do that? Now they are going to think i am a baby if i don't go and will make fun of me if i do go," I complain and Max rolls his eyes.

"Don't be a baby,"he says andd i punch his arm.

"" I am not being one,"I snap and he raises his eyebrows skeptically.

"Sure you're not and i'm not the hottest guy in our school,"he jokes and i laugh.

"That's right! You're not and i'm not,"I say and he gives me a mock confused look.

"You're not the hottest guy in our school?" He asks.

"No! That's not what i meant and you know it,"I say while laughing.

"Yeah, i'm sure that's not what you meant because that would just be awkward," he says and i shake my head.

"So, you'll go then?"He asks and i nod slowly.

"Sure, why not..."I reply and he pumps his fist in the air with victory.

"I'll meet you at Bryson's house at 9:00," he says and jos over to his car and peels out of the parking lot. I am still shaking my head when Maggie walks over to me.

"What are you still doing here?"I ask her and she shrugs but looks really sad.

"I don't know. Just waiting for you,"she replies.

"What's the matter? Did Bryson say something to you? I swear if he insulted you i will break his face,"I snap and she shakes her head.

"It's not him. It's Sharon... She just has this way of ruining my life," she explains.

"What did she do this time?"I ask.

"Just her usual. You would think i would have gotten used to it by now, but i'm just not and Bryson won't stick up for me," Maggie says.

"Don't listen to what she says. She is just jealous of you, you're a way better person than she is and you are beautiful inside and out. I bet she can't stand that,"I explain to her but she stares at the ground.

"You and I both know that's not true," she says sadly.

"Maggie, come on! You have to stop doing this to yourself. You are gorgeous, just ask Max,"I say and that finally brings a smile to her face.

"He is the best, isn't he?"She asks and i grin.

"Are you going to be at your house when your brother hostes that stupid party?"I ask her and she shrugs.

"I hope not, but i have nothing better to do, so probably," she says and sighs.

"Well i'll be their. So we could hang out there,"I say and she nods happily.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9:00~~~~~~~~

I pull up and climb out the car.. I see people everywhere and some of them are really drunk. I blink in surprise when i see Max is one of them.

"Hey, Ayyyyyaaaaaa," he screeches and stumbles over to me.

"You're drunk?!"I point out and he grins and his beer breath fans over my face.

"Maybe you should tone it down a little," i suggest and he scowls at me.

"Maybe you should not be so uptight,"he says and i grin.

"Where's Maggie?"I ask him and he looks puzzled.

"I don't even know..."He says in confusion. "You know what, you should have a drink..."

"I don't think so,"I say and help him inside. I don't like drinking, but i came here anyway... I worry myself sometimes.

"Sit here while i find Maggie, ok?"I ask and Max nods jerkily.

"Ok, Ayanna Byanana,"he says and cracks up laughing.

I shake my head while grinning and grab a Dr. Pepper. I open it and take a quick drink but set it down when i see Maggie is gettingg picked on by Sharon. I storm over to them and glare at Sharon.

"This is a private conversation,"Sharon says and glares at me.

"Oh is it? Well, i don't think so. Nto anymore. You mess with her again and you'll regret it," I snap and Sharon curls her lip at me.

"So you think now that you are on the football team that you can go and boss everyone around? Well let me make something perfectly clear, i am the only girl in this school that can do that, so just back off before you get on my nerves," she says and walks away.

I grab Maggie's arm and walk back over to Max, who is holding my pop and frowing at t. I take it from him and start chugging it but stop when i realize the taste is off.

"What the?"I ask and Max grins up at me.

"I dumped out the pop and added rummmmmm,"he says and i gasp. If i hadn't been so mad at Sharon i would have tasted the difference right away, but i didn'tt and now i don't feel so good.

I hold my mouth and run towards the bathroom. I start puking and feel somone grab my hair out of my face. When i finish i look up to see Bryson standing there.

"You ok? Maybe you should lay off the drinks for a while,"he says with concern.

"Noooooo, i mmmmmmmeean. I didn't ddddrink anything. I ssssswear" I slur and he raises his eyebrows.

"Come on,let's get you somewhere you can lie down,"he says and leads me to a room. I stumble into it and slump on the ground. He picks me up and sets me on the bed.

"You are very pretty',"I say happily and he grins at me.

"Seriously, what were you drinking?"He asks.

"MMMax poured... Poured.. Ha that's a funny word..He Poured," i say and start lauging.

"What did he put in your drink?"Bryson asks.

"Rummmmmm. I had, um,, i had,,, uh.... I had D. Pepper," i say and he sighs.

"Figures,"he says and gently pushes mee so that i am lying down.

"Don't leave me alone,"I whine as he starts walking towards the door.

"You need to sleep,"

"No.. No i don't," I say and after more begging he finally sits down beside me....

~~~~~

I wake up to the sun shining and look over to see Bryson sleeping beside me.. What the? What is he doing here?

"You finally up?"He asks and i realize he's not actually sleeping, just resting.

"What are you doing in my room?"I ask.

"We're in my room,"he says and i look around. It's true. This is not my room.

"What are we doing in your room then?"i ask.

"Max poured rum into your pop last night and you didn't want to be alone. Plus, throughout the night you were throwing up. So i just decided to let you sleep here," he explaiinss.

"I don't remember any of that,"I whisper and he grins.

"That's the glory of rum,"he says sarcastically.

"Did we, uh... What happened after you agreed to not leave me alone?"I ask.

"Nothing..." he says, but i can tell he is lying.

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