The Football Player

This chapter is about a girl who realizes she's falling for a guy at her school even though she's dating someone who doesn't attend her school. Find out what she does.

It's Friday night. Absentmindedly, I stare off into the field waiting for him to run into that wildcat sign. Feeling guilty that my boyfriend, whose working and couldn't make it to see me perform, I can't help but think what life would be like with, 'the football player.' I begin to shout, "Let's go Dolphins, let's go," getting the crowd hyped for the football players to make their entrance onto the field. Every cheerleader was forced to wear one of the players numbers on our cheeks as a sign of support being that it's our first game. I'm still new to this school and he's really the only one I know so I wore his number. Number 34. "Here they come, your mighty wildcats," the announcer shouts as the crowd starts cheering and the band plays out our school song.

We begin to make our way onto the field for the singing of the national anthem. As we are walking, 'number 34,' sees me and I try to turn away hoping he doesn't see that I'm wearing his number. In my stance, I catch him looking my way again. He smiles, and I'm thinking, damn he saw.

Well it's no surprise that we won. Our school has the number one football team in the district. I hear about a party going on afterwards but of course I am not invited. I have one friend who is a fellow cheerleader but she's a freshman, I know how sad! But that's what happens when you change schools in the middle of high school. Even though I'm a cheerleader, I'm very shy outside my uniform and I'm having a hard time adjusting.

Everyone's at the party and I know this because it's just down my street and I can hear all the cars rolling in. What's even more sad is that there's a sign outside on my lawn that says my name and that I'm a cheerleader and has our mascot and everything and still no one notices. As I lay on my bed I get two text messages. Larry, "Hey babe," "How was the game?" Larry, by the way, is my boyfriend I mentioned earlier. I should be excited that he messaged me but I'm not. Larry doesn't attend my school which means we only get to see each other on the weekends, if he's not working. He works at a movie theatre in the next town which is where we met and that's basically all we do because he gets two free movie passes each week. I wait a while just staring at my phone as if someone else is going to message me, and by someone else I mean, 'the football player,' whose name is Zach. He's not your average football player who thinks he's all that and is only friends with the popular crowd. No if that were true he wouldn't be friends with me, or maybe he's just friends with me because I'm his bosses daughter. You see my father owns the local Chick-Fil-A here and he works there which is where we met. Although, I think my father hired him because he knew he went to my school and was trying to make me some friends. His next shift is tomorrow night and I usually have to go after my mom picks me up so she can finish her shift but I'm nervous that he's going to say something about me wearing his number.

Feeling guilty again because it's been an hour and I still haven't replied to Larry, I then work up enough courage to break things off, "Larry I need to tell you something. I'm so sorry but this isn't working out and I must be honest to you and to myself but I like someone else and it's hard because we only get to see each other on the weekends when you're not working. I'm sorry for doing this over a text message but I feel too ashamed to tell you in person or even on the phone." He replied, "Wow, I knew this was going to happen the second you made cheerleader and thanks for sending it through text message! Really thanks." Even though I feel so much better about it, I feel bad how I ended things but at least it's off my chest and I don't have to feel guilty for liking Zach.

Another message on my myspace comes in, Zach, "Thanks for wearing my number, that meant a lot!" I start to freak out because I wasn't expecting that at all. Our last IM was from a week ago and he asked me if I could check his schedule at work. What do I reply, I thought to myself? Do I tell him I had to or do I tell him I wanted too? I replied, "My pleasure, all the cheerleaders had to wear a number for spirit and well I wore yours because you're really the only one I know. Haha." I then changed my status to single hoping he would notice that too. He didn't reply but he did like my status change. Maybe this could work out.

Author's Note

Ignore grammar problems, what do you think of the story line so far?

Reviews

[Elmarie]

Hi R

Raylene has addressed the edit issues I noticed. I enjoyed the fact that Larry got the flick due to your change of heart, not everyone has the guts and will often keep people on a string. I thought you had a good flow in the story. But fixing up the structure, dialogue, punctuation etc will make this a flowing piece. I know you said ignore all that but it's hard LOL. Well done.

Blessings

EL

[R]

Thank You so much and yes I'm working on the editing part! Anything to make it a better story! 🙂

[Raylene]

R
Hello dear I got your request and I was interested, yet you have done this story line injustice.
I have not reviewed you yet though I can say you have talent here though unless you are just writing for your own amusement I suggest you correct this and soon.
1. Work on your structure this looks like a block unsettling to the eyes.
2. Create a new paragraph when someone is talking (I have this issue as well)
3. Be sure to watch your capital letters Wildcats if a football team should be capitalized.
4. I hope I see these changes as the story progresses.

[R]

Thank you and I thought I did put spaces where the new paragraphs start but I guess it didn't come out but I will for sure fix that and yes that's why I put ignore grammar because I'm still working on that. Haha

[Raylene]

Well I tried but didn't happen haha

[R]

Haha I know but Thank You! I fixed the paragraphs and capitalization error!😀

[12.09am]

Love this! if you were after any constructive critism all i can suggest is maybe not using " wildcats" try something abit more original maybe?? and just be careful that its not too cliche, you dont always want the reader to know where its headed, apart from that , really good!! keep it up :)

[R]

Thank you! I'll think of something else for the name. &yes it starts of cliche and then heads in a different direction in the chapters to come that's why I titled it "the many faces of love." (:

[12.09am]

Love your vision for it! cant wait to read more :)

[R]

Thanks! Chapter two is up already and I'm still working on finishing touches on chapter three.

[12.09am]

no worries, ill check it out :)