After school Kena, Mads and I are all sitting on the bleachers waiting for the practice to start when Michelle walks over to us with her sidekicks.

They stand in front of us and cough loudly to get our attention.

I look at them for a minute disgusted then go back to my conversation with the girls.

"Excuse me bitch I'm talking to you." Michelle says looking like she wants to murder me.

"Your excused."

"Listen, I get that your new and all, but someone must've explained how things worked to you," she starts walking closer to me. "Noah, Seth, Ollie, and Dylan are mine. Do you understand?"

I stand up and I'm taller than her so now she has to look up to me.

"Listen sweetheart, you don't just just to go around claiming people. And as far as I know, I haven't done anything to get in your way. They chose to be friends with us. Not your crazy ass. So if you'll kindly get the fuck away from us that'd be great."

I turn around and start to walk away. She grabs my shoulder.

Bad move.

"Take your dirty hand off of me. Right. Now."

"Or what." I laugh but there is no amusement in it.

I grab her hand followed by her elbow spin her around and pull her arm behind her. So now she's facing away from me and one movement from me and her arm snaps like a twig.

"Stay the fuck away from me, bitch. You don't know what I'm capable of." I say to her. I release her with a little shove. "Scram."

Her and her little friends leave as quickly as they can. Heels clicking as the run away. I watch them leave until I hear a wolf whistle from the field.

I look down to see the whole team gathered below the bleachers close enough to hear everything that had been said.

Robert starts clapping and walking up to me.

"I gotta say Carter, thank you. I really hated that girl. She shows up to all of my practices and hits on all the guys. It's quite annoying."

"Well I don't particularly like it when she puts her grimy little hands on my body. Someone had to put her in her place."

"Amen."

Robert walks away and starts practice I take a couple pictures, but nothing really good today. Which is kind of sad. And I'll have nothing to do in yearbook next time either. We have our first real interviews after practice. Today we're interviewing Hunter and Damon.

But before that. SETHS GOING TO ASK MADS OUT.

So now we just wait.

And we watch.

Not that I minded watching. Except the fact that I can't take my eyes off Noah. Jesus Christ I feel like Michelle. But that boy is so fine. Oh my god. Like what I would give to have him over me with sweat all over him and his hair all messy. UGH. I need to stop before I make myself more horny that I already am. Then my phone buzzes on the bleachers snapping me out of my trance.

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Carter stop fantasizing about Noah. You're starting to drool.

Fuck you bitch I'll do what I want💅

P.S. Are we staying for when Seth asks Mads out?

I don't know about you but I'm going to watch the show.

Fuck yeah!

After practice Maddie kept complaining about leaving but I said we both had to stay for the interview. Jesus Christ could this girl get any more annoying. Like just say so the guy you like can ask you out Jesus bitch.

Seth walks over to us and I give him a subtle thumbs up and a big grin.

"Hey Mads, I wanted to ask you something," Seth starts.

"Yeah what's up?"

"So, listen," he scratched the back of his neck. "Ireallylikeyouandyoumakemefeellikenooneelsehas andIwaswonderingifyouwouldgooutwithme."

I hit his back encouragingly.

"Little slower buddy." I say.

"Will you go out with me?" He finally asks at a speed that normal people can comprehend

"Me?" Maddie asks.

"Yeah," He laughs a little. "You."

"Really?"

"Maddie just say yes you stupid bitch." I whisper

"I mean yeah!" She throws her arms around his neck. And he breathes out a sigh in relief wrapping his arm as around her waist and sipping her around.

"I told you she would say yes you big doofus." I say.

"YOU GUYS KNEW??" Mads yells at us. Seth keeps his arms around her waist and a big ass smile on his face.

"Of course we knew." Kena replies.

"AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?"

"Girl would you have wanted us to tell you?"

She looks from us to Seth to the boys.

"No I guess not."

"Okay now that this conversations over, Mads am I taking you home?"

"I'll take her." Seth says quickly.

"Okay then."

"Hey Carter, your not staying for the interview?" Damon asks.

"No, I can't. Sorry."

"Oh it's fine can I talk to you real quick tho?"

"Yeah what do you need?"

"I was just wondering if maybe you'd want to go-"

"Carter! Let's go!" I hear Noah yell.

"I really gotta go I'm sorry, I'll see you later!"

I walk away and up to Noah. I breathe out a sigh of relief once we're far enough away from Damon.

"You good? What did Damon want?"

"I think he was going to ask me out."

"Oh," his jaw twitches and he balls his fist up, "Sorry I call you then."

"No, I was about to thank you. At least now I have a day to figure out how to say no to him."

His fists unclench and his jaw slackens a little.

"Why- why would you say no?"

"I don't know, I'm sure he's a great guy it just doesn't feel right with him."

"Understandable."

"Yeah. So anyways, your guys' first games on Friday! Are you excited?"

"Absolutely! Seths super excited because now he has a girl to give his jersey to."

I laugh.

"Do you guys not usually give your jerseys to girls?"

"No. We made a pact in freshman year that we would only give our jerseys to girls that we really liked. And then Ollie came out and the rule changed to girls or guys."

"That's cool of you guys to do that. It'll definitely make Maddie feel special."

"Yeah. He hoped it would. Everyone kinda knows that we don't give them out so when she has 'Waters' plastered on her back it might get a little ugly."

"It's alright I'll be there to break anyone who tries anything."

"Oh yeah, what was that about with Michelle?"

"She was trying to set some claim on you guys, and I basically told her to fuck off, and then she put her hand on me so I told her to take her hand off, and she said 'Or what?' So I showed her what."

He laughs.

"I'm serious Noah, I'm pretty sure she wants to piss on you guys to mark her territory."

"Hey, hey, we are not her territory."

"Yeah I know that, but does she?"

"None of us have ever gone near her."

"Well she seems to think I'm trying to steal all of you, so, OH yeah that reminds me. Tell Dylan to get his head out of his ass and ask Kena out for me. Because he won't listen to me but I promised Kena K wouldn't tell him that she's been in love with him since Kindergarten so, this is me telling you, to tell him."

He laughs again.

"You know you have this way of like setting people up without them knowing it."

"Yeah I know. What about you Noah? Anyone you're interested in?"

"I don't really know, Can I get back to you on that." He replies and I laugh even though I feel a little pull in my chest where my heart is.

Well that answers that question.

I'm starting to fall for Noah Eades. And there's nothing I can do to stop it.

Shit.

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