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Her glee and excite, and Jackson stood up at the end of the final quarter with a grin on his face and a light feeling in his chest This hat dating ought to be Fun, easy, just a nice evening with a woman who didn’t cry the whole time, or tell him she loved him on the first date, or broke into his house after he explicitly stated he wasn’t interested in seeing her again

"The kid did good," Jackson remarked as they descended the bleacher steps "He’s a natural Got a great arm"

"He does, doesn’t he?" Mia’s eyes shone with pride "Do you think he’s got what it takes to play college football?"

"Definitely Only issue I saas that he takes a few seconds too long to read his offense, but those kind of instincts will coh the crowd, falling behind a ed couple alked slower than ave him the opportunity to reach for Mia’s hand and interlace their fingers

She stiffened for a beat before relaxing, then looked up at hiht"

"Me too," he said gruffly "What should we do now?"

"I usually go out for pizza with Danny after his garetful, so h five He inning her over Hot daed

"Let me see what Danny says I alait for him outside the clubhouse"

Jackson tried not to raise his eyebrows, but dang, football really had changed since his high school days He’d been a defensive end on his school teaaridiron Madison High, in contrast, not only had its own stadium, but the team locker rooms were housed in a structure separate fro the life of luxury here, lucky bastards

He and Mia headed for the s next to the field, where several other people were already waiting Most of them were older folks, undoubtedly parents of the players, but scattered groups of teenagers also roupies, ht with amusement

It was ten minutes before Mia’s brother appeared, with his dark hair damp from the shower and his lean body wired with leftover adrenaline froame

Jackson instantly noted the resereen eyes, except while Mia was a tiny little thing, her brother stood close to six feet and would probably get even taller, Jackson suspected

"Did you see that final play?" Danny demanded when he reached his sister "The Panthers had no clue as happening!"

"It esome," Mia declared "You played brilliantly, kiddo"

"That was an ier boy