Chapter 6
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"Kimberly Marie Monoa!"
I snap out of my trance with a flinch
"Did you even hear what I just sai-"
she pauses "Kim, are you okay?"
"Yeah." I put on my deceiving smile "you were saying? The game has me hooked in a panic mode." She must be convinced because she grins
"Alright! This year has me all girly and crap too."
"I know right!" I act excited
"Ah..There they are."
All the guys run onto the field and the whole school cheers from the benches. I find Ronan's number1 jersey and shout
"Go number1!!" He looks up and smiles at me blowing a kiss.
"Go Tigers!"
The last person to step onto the field is tall,about six-one with broad shoulders and a lean muscled body,
I immediately know who he is even without seeing his face.
The whole team is split in half. A few minutes after whatever talk he gives them
The coach blows the whistle and chaos starts on the field.
There's passing,running,slamming and shouting.
Team one wins,thats Ronan's team.
Team one wins again.
"Oh man...I was looking forward to how good that hottie was going to be on the play field."
"I told you, he's nothing special." I say without looking at Sam.
The coach blows again,this round is tough,nobody wins. So they start the again.
"Good play guys! I wanted to see how good you are and well shit! You definitely are. I have a good feeling we'll get along just fine."
Brandon addresses the team and they all bump fists.
"So arrogant, he's just playing it cool because his team is losing." I scoff,
There's complete silence next to me so I turn my head and find Sam looking at me suspiciously.
"What?" I act innocent taking a big bite of my pie.
"Hmm.." She makes a thoughtful sound "nothing."
I focus back on the play field,my eyes fixed on newbie.
"Let's play." I read Bran's lips. He cracks his neck side to side then covers his face. The moment the whistle blows he's like an unstoppable bull.
His movements are swift,fast and easy, it's like this is nothing to him. Team two wins and The crowd goes wild. Sam stands shouting
"Yes! Yes! I knew it!"
"Sam." I pull her back on the seat
"Who's side are you on?"
"What? There's no sides Kim, this is one team relax." She throws popcorn into her mouth crunching on them loudly.
I look back on the field
The coach blows the whistle again. The game goes differently but has the same outcome, Team two wins and they high five each other, Xander grins like an idiot while Jonathan bumps fists with Bran. He's got a cocky face going on, I side eye Sam and she's smiling.
Whistle blows, Team two wins again. That's 5-2. I fold my hands on my chest and pout. Brandon stares at me,I look behind me to check if he's looking at somebody else, unfortunately he's staring right at me.
Then the bastard mouths "Number one down." And smirks,
I gasp then glare at him,our stare down contest ends when the guys from Team two jump on his back sending them all crushing down,some ruffle his hair.
"Great Job Team!" The coach shouts "Continue with this spirit and the championship will without a doubt be ours!"
There's clapping,whooping and whistling from the crowd of students.
After the game practice, Sam and I walk to the parking lot
"Ronan is driving me home, I'll call you when I get there." I hug her
"I'll miss you."
"Me too. Girls night next weekend?"
"Sure." She answers with a easy smile
"Hey beautiful." Ron wraps his arm around my neck pulling me into him
"Hey babe." He kisses my temple
"Thanks for taking care of my girl Sam."
"Sure. You owe me one." She smiles
"well,that's my queue to leave, bye."
"Bye, drive safe okay."
"Yes ma'am." She drives away and so do we.
"You look perfect sweetie." My mom praises from the doorway.
I'm wearing a short yellow dress with pink printed flower designs which reaches my mid thighs paired with white cinderella pumps,my gold blond hair falls down in curls.
"Thanks mom." I grab my purse and head out
Mr Jonathan, Ronan's father is having a family dinner, Ron asked me to join them and I will not under any circumstances abandon him to face the nightmare of his life alone. Well those were his exact words which by the way I think were totally exaggerated.
A few minutes later he picks me up from home.
The moment we enter the house I can feel the air in the environment shift.
"Young Sir, dinner has been served,the rest of the family are waiting for you."
"Thank you Charles."
It's funny how rich people's children are addressed with respect while they give non to their elderly workers.
We head to the dinning room, there's three people seated there; his father,uncle and new stepmother. I thought the butler said everyone was there so where's the son?
We take a seat and I place my hand on Ron's knee under the table making him relax a little.
"Kimberly, it's so good to see you. I'm glad you came to join us."
"Thanks for having me." I say politely
"Kimberly,this is Lydia my wife, Lydia this is Kimberley, Ronan's girlfriend."
"Hello, nice to meet you Kimberly."
"Nice to meet you too and Kim. please,call me Kim." I smile
"Kim,such a sweet young lady."
"Well I guess we can't wait,the food's getting cold let's eat." Lydia says. We start eating,
"Sorry I had to take that call."
I freeze,my fork pausing in midair. I don't dare breath,the reason,I don't know.
"That was my former football coach."
He takes a seat. He's in black slacks,a black long sleeve shirt buttoned up to the stomach leaving two undone showcasing a bit of his chest and firm muscles. His hair is styled like always, neat but messy.
"It's okay son, we just started."
His mom smiles warmly at him. He lifts his head and I look away quickly, I can feel his stare burning holes on my face.
"So,what are your future plans son?"
Ronan's father asks and I feel Ron tense up again.
"Football, am planning on going pro."
Huh.
"Good. Work hard then,it's not that easy. I heard your team won three championships with you as captain?"
"Yes, but it was teamwork so even without me as captain, we'd have won."
Mr Jonathan puts his utencils down,taping his mouth with a napkin,he looks at Brandon unblinking
"It takes a captain to put the team together,you're the main pawn,the leader,it starts with you."
He moves his stare to his biological son
"I always tell that to Ronan."
Oh. So that's where the leader ego comes from
"Son." He speaks again and Ronan lifts his head to look at him
"You hear that? There's two of you now, the best players. Eventually there's going to be division on the team soon, on who the majority thinks is best suitable as captain."
"There's not going to be votes,I am the captain,this is my school,my team. I won't let no newbie prince charming come and take away my kingdom."
He speaks with a calm chilling voice,he's mad. His father stares back at him with a blank face
"You're not a king when it comes to your team captain. You're all equals on the field,the fact that you're captain doesn't make them beneath you." Brandon speaks
"There's a reason why I am captain,punk."
"What did you just call me?" Bran's voice sends a chill up my spine,this is not good.
"Son" Lydia places her hand on top of her son's "maybe he's just trying to be comfortable with you,don't take it as an insult."
I finally look up, Bran's eyes never leave Ronan's,his mom gently squeezes his hand and he finally looks at her then continues eating
"Well as I was saying, hard work. If I'm impressed enough I might make some calls and ask someone coaches in the big leagues to go to your game,that way you might have a secured spot after you graduate from University." Bran just nods and so does Ron
"Oh thanks honey." Bran's mom kisses Mr Jonathan on the cheek.
The rest of dinner is spent in complete silence.
