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t this six?”

I laughed “You’re kidding, right?”

He looked straight indown his cheeks froht “I don’t shit talk about the score”

I knew I had to block this tiritted et open If Wes saw me in the end zone, he would throw it to me no matter what play he called We were alike in that e both loved to score

I faced the Warriors’ front line I glared at the man in front of me His nostrils flared and his knuckles hite frorass with over three hundred pounds of weight I’d studied hiish

“You’re not getting past me,” he threatened

“You sure about that?” I s my head to the side

He was leaning so far forward it would be easy to throw him off balance As soon as Wes took the snap I hurled runted, reaching for s, but I was ready for the arh over his back, running past him into the end zone Persons and I were on opposite sides of the goal post, but he had double coverage and I ide open

I felt the surge of adrenaline The energy sizzle under my skin I needed Wes to see me, and this play was mine

The ball zipped close toit fro The purity of theunreal

The Warrior crowd started throwing popcorn and beer cans down froh-five and I felt like the luckiest bastard here Back-to-back touchdowns and it was only the first quarter

I tossed the ball into the first row to a kid wearing a Wranglers jersey He jumped up and down There were a few of our faithful here Only you couldn’t hear the obnoxious

I crossed the field and took a cup of water while aited for the field goal team to kick I smiled It was fourteen to zero and it was exactly the anted to start the season

I felt the high The rush fro could stop me Not the Warriors And then I looked up and saw her oal post I sed hard She was getting closer and I realized she spotted oal line

I couldn’t look away I couldn’t pretend I didn’t see her I couldn’t stop staring at her legs, or her breasts spilling out of that top