First Down (Beyond the Play #1)
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“Because you need to show everyone you’ve moved on from Darryl! It’s perfect. Find some sexy guy to grind up against! Get drunk! Just try and enjoy yourself, Bex, please.”
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I came to realize his name is “da-rel” but I kept calling him honkey took Darryl that man was a red neck
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I reach over and pluck her pen out of her hand. She gives me an outraged look, but I just grin and scrawl thank you on her syllabus.
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🥹
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don’t see how it’s your business.” “She’s my girl.” “Was your girl. And she can text whomever she wants, especially when it’s about a class she’s taking with someone.” He takes a slow step forward. “But you want her.”
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AND???
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“Bex,” he says, “just give in and let yourself be happy. Being with me can open so many doors for you. Once I’m in the league, we’ll sell this shitty place, and you can just take care of me. That’s what you wanted last year, so why ruin things now? Not like your life would amount to much otherwise.”
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DARYL YOUR A BITCH
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“Just come for a little while. The theme is ABC.” She kisses my neck, punctuating each word with a nip of her lips. “Anything. But. Clothes.”
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Literally so cringey
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“I’m just some random person who happens to be eating dinner with you.”
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“We can do this. We’re obviously attracted to one another.” “Once to get it out of our systems, and then we can just be friends.” He looks up at me. “Exactly.”
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Yes cause that works
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licking over and inside my hole.
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Pls no don’t say it like that
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Figured you’d need the right jersey, princess. —J
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😭♥️
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She turns my face with her finger and kisses me on the lips.
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Girlllll….. y’all are supposed to be friends what the hell
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“I love you,” he says. “And I want the best for you. And a relationship is not the best thing for you right now.” “I already said we’re not dating.” “She’s wearing your jersey, son.”
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His dad cares so much 😭♥️
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Bex, Hate to leave you. Stay, so I see you when I come back? —J
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“Mom,” Bex whispers. “Tell me you remember. You made me promise.” But Abby doesn’t say a word.
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😭😭😭😭😭
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“And I’m hoping to add new routines, anyway.” My heart does a somersault; I can’t help smiling. “Oh yeah?” “Waking up next to my girl can’t hurt.”
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Soooooo cute
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“And when he realizes you’re just another slut, he’ll dump your ass like he did her. You think he’s going to save you? Babe, the second you get in the way, you’re gone. And I’ll be waiting.”
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Daryl cmon
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“A man with a smile like that? He’s a shark, and you’re a convenient bit of prey. I’m just trying to protect you for when he chews you up and spits you back out, honey.”
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Damn girl your moms a bitch too
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doing a backflip into the end zone and landing his way into a snow-angel. I roll my eyes as I hold out a hand to help him up. He has a gleam in his eyes that I don’t like, and I’m proven right when I duck and avoid a snowball to the face. It
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Grown men acting like children we love it
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“Let’s go to sleep,” I murmur, stroking my hand through her tangled hair. “Otherwise, Santa won’t come.” She cups my jaw. “One day you’ll tell our kids that.”
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😭😭😭
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“I love you,” she whispers, so quietly I think for a moment I imagined it. But she keeps looking up at me with confidence shining in her eyes, and I know she really said it. “Fuck, I love you.” I gather her up into a hug, fisting my hand in her hair.
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🥰🥰🥰
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“One day I will tell our kids that,” I whisper. My heartbeat quickens at the thought. “Because I’m yours, forever.”
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♥️
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“Break up with him, or I’ll tell everyone the real reason why he left LSU.”
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Bitch WHHHHY
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They were fully expecting me to make that pass, and I let them down.
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Cause that was stupid asf
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“I’m going to marry Bex one day,” I say. “This is my present, but she’s my future. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. Maybe it’s wrong, but I’m going to defend her. I couldn’t just give the ball to him.”
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We love a man who will own his dumb choices tho
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You had no goddamn right to do that. If I lose her because of this, I’m never forgiving you.”
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You tell himmmm
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“I let myself get drawn into his orbit again, and then I couldn’t keep it quiet throughout one fucking football game.” I swipe my hand over my eyes roughly. “I was a fucking idiot.”
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Yes you were
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She sniffles, shaking her head. “Don’t do that.” “Good. Because I thought about becoming a math teacher, and I don’t know if I’m capable of that.” She laughs wetly. “Probably not, babe.”
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A math teacher 😆
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“You really think that?” I say. “You’re my princess, you’re worth the whole world.”
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“Whatever you need to do, we can handle it. Together.”
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I turn, my eyes widening as I take in the fact my mother is standing in front of me, a bouquet of flowers in her arms. She kisses my cheek. “I know I’m early,” she says. “But I had something I wanted to talk to you about.”
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Yesssss the growth of the mom ♥️🥰
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“I know,” she says. “But I’m going to prove it to you, honey. I want to be there for you, and I want you to have the chance to do whatever makes you happy. Truly happy.”
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YES!!!!!
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“Yes,” I murmur against his mouth. I grin, feeling him smile in turn. “Wherever you go, I’m following.”
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“James,” my new coach says. “Welcome to the Philadelphia Eagles.” “Thank you, sir.”
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Who remodels a bathroom and keeps the red toilet?
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A horrible person wtf
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“He likes her a lot more now. He watched this photography documentary the other day and called her to talk about it.”
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That is literally so sweet
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“Beckett Wood Photography.” She bites her lip. “Well, I was thinking . . . maybe Beckett Callahan Photography. Even though we’re not getting married right away, I know I want your name, so why not use it now?”
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♥️