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was nowhere. Andre said he went home sick and that just didn’t sound right. Echo wasn’t the type to just go home because he felt off. Som

rl hell he has never even asked me out. Yes, I held his hand and let him kiss me once, but I just wasn’t ready for anything more than that. I didn’t

s a chance with Echo, then I wanted to take it. He was the guy I loved. I needed him to know that Jayden meant nothin

This was the first day I met him, and he was already so possessive. He was kind of scaring me. I wasn’t used to all of thi

Echo. I didn’t want to look like I was going out of my way to look good, so our family didn’t think something was up. This was go

slam shut meaning someone was here. I wondered if it was Echo. I hurried to finish so I could go downstairs and see him. I ha

l dressed up for

ke you two I prefer not to look like a

e we have a big game on Sunday.

e hope it’s not contagiou

like for real you act like you hate him

get out of

bout him. Was he sick or was there more to this? I decided to send him a text just to see if he would respond. I just wanted to know that he

im then. I hoped since it was only a Junior Varsity game that Jayden wouldn’t be there. He has be

rincess how was your

e started on a Friday so now I have the weekend to g

much like

at as a co

get on the grill before your unc

we all acted like they were such a burden. The best memories of my life are when we all get together like this. All my life I have

need any help getti

autiful. Is that a new

s new and thank you. I hea

eadaches he gets so the nurs

know who they play

y team something to raise school spirit. It’s jus

m. This was going to be bad. There was no way I was going to get the chance to talk to Echo with him around. I didn’t want my family kn

that. We will start carrying everything else out. Go enj

then out there with all the guys.

erything done and this is our time to gab about gro

ng about the men and I will be out there te

I do love being around all my family but at times I feel like I am the odd one out. Andre, Junior and Echo are normally off doing their thing. My mom

wondered if Echo had responded to my text yet. I hurried up to my room to grab my phone and turned it on. It was vibrating non-stop with all the messages coming in. I looked and I had 15

ad a sister or a female best friend so I could talk to them about this. I couldn’t talk to Andre about this because I know he would flip. He treated me like his little sister instead

uldn’t stop thinking about Echo and what he had said to me. Was he jealous of the attention that Jayden was giving me? For him to be jealous he must feel something fo

ure out what to do next. Could Echo and I even be together? Would anyone approve of us. I just laid on my bed and started to cry. I was sic

o’s

kept blowing up my phone, but I just ignored her. I invited Verity she was a cheerleader and sexy as hell. Just what I

This was a chance to knock Jayden down a peg or two. I bet Aniyah will be here today cheering on her little boyfriend but that’s ok because my g

girl here yet?”

ince she will be ch

r anyone else met h

ven like that yet.

here with everyone

re to cheer on som

at? Is there something

joking that she woul

p getting hurt. We all needed to get our head in the game. Once we were done talking to the coach, I went over to the bleachers to say hi to my

ed around to see Verity looking up at me with the biggest smile. She was so beautiful, but she wasn’t the girl

will be back before the game

to cry, but why would she do that. She has Jayden and doesn’t care about me. I was done with her games.

me good luck. I walked to catch up with my team and just focus on the game. That’s what I loved about playing football I could just get lost

st be a friendly game between two teams. Jayden wanted to make this personal and that was fine by me. He may be older but before this d

iously trying to take me out and hurt me. This wasn’t just a game anymore it felt like he was trying to end me.

k stronger than ever. I knew no matter what I did and no matter which way I went that Jayden would have people coming for me. I decided to play that to my st

y back. I had the ball in my hands and saw the look of determination on Jayden’s face knowing he was coming for me. I quickly handed the ball off to him. Three guys plus Jayden all st

didn’t trust Jayden. I looked over and heard my team cheering. We won the game. Jayden looked over at me with a look I couldn’t quite describe. He was angry that was for sure, but it was