Drawn to You (Lover to Stepbrother)(12)

“Hope you enjoyed your walk.”

“I did. I could get used to not walking first thing.” I know she’s joking but I wouldn’t mind carrying her every day. It did give me a great view of her ass.

“If you’re a good girl, I could make it happen.”

“I’m always a good girl.” I know, I think sullenly. She is a good girl, a good person. I really do like her but I know if she ever found out about the stupid bet, she wouldn’t be looking at me like she is now. “Did I upset you?” Her soft voice pulls me from my thoughts.

“No, sorry, was just thinking.” She lifts her fingers to my forehead and soothes it.

“You need to stop over-thinking, you’ll get lines.” She giggles. Her fingers softly caress my forehead and I close my eyes, loving the feel of her touch, and I groan when she stops. Opening my eyes, I see hers are trained on me. It’s like she’s studying me, trying to figure me out.

“Come watch me practice after school.” I know I sound desperate, but I don’t care.

“Okay.”

My mouth hangs open and she giggles. “Okay, as in okay?” She nods.

“I’ll watch you.” I lift her, spinning her in a circle. “You must really want me to watch you.” I put her back down.

“Yeah, I really do.” I don’t normally care if girls watch me or not, but I want her to see how good I am, I want her… I guess I want her to be proud of what I do. What I want my future to be like.

This girl really is screwing with my head.

“I’ll see you after school, it not beforehand.” She enters her classroom. “Colin,” she yells as I start to turn away. I watch her bite her lip. “I kind of invited a couple of my friends to the party. I hope that was okay?” I see the worry in her eyes.

“It's fine. I can’t keep you to myself all night, right?” I wink at her and the smile returns. It’s now my mission to put it there every time I’m around her.

I head down the corridor and see Aaron and Danny leaning against our lockers, their arms crossed. I head towards them, noticing that Aaron looks a little pissed off.

“What’s going on man?”

“I don’t know, what is going on?”

“Aaron’s just being a sore loser.” Danny nudges him and Aaron gives him the finger.

“You chased after her yesterday and the whole school sees you carry her into school today, you’re smiling like a damn goofball. I know we have a bet going, but aren’t you worried about your reputation? What people will think?” All it took was two seconds for him to ruin my happy mood.

“Can you stop talking about the stupid bet? And seriously, I don’t give a flying fuck what people think of me. In a few months, I will be out of this shit-hole town and won’t be seeing these people again.” I pause, looking behind me like I’m expecting to see Sasha on the other end. “I’m not doing the bet anymore.”

“What do you mean you’re not doing the bet anymore?” Aaron asks, his face showing his shock.

“Yeah, come on, man,” Danny adds in.

“I’m not doing it. Sasha doesn’t deserve that childish, hurtful shit happening to her. It's fucked up.”

“Holy shit, you like her.” Aaron groans.

“Yeah, I do.”

“You’ve only been around her for a day. A fucking day,” Aaron says sternly.

“It took a day for me to really like her. We shouldn’t have even started this thing.” I walk past them and head to class, already starting to feel lighter. I honestly don’t know what I was thinking when I agreed to do it.



*

Unfortunately, I didn’t see Sasha for the rest of the day and when I get onto the field, disappointment washes over me when I don’t see her on the bleachers. There are a few other girls waving at me, but they aren’t the ones I want here.

I’m doing warm-ups with the team, my mood still sullen, when I hear sudden cheering and claps coming from the stands. I smile when I see Sasha and Karen walking to the bleachers, Sasha looking embarrassed as Karen continues to clap her hands. She looks my way and gives a little wave before sitting down.

I play the best I ever have and I don’t know if it is because I know she’s watching me or if it’s because I really do want to impress her. When practice is finished, I run over to her and she is beaming at me.

“What did you think?”

“Apart from you being all dirty and sweaty,” she chuckles, “you were amazing. You really are good.” That praise alone fills me with pride.

“Thanks.”

“Anytime.”

“God, you two are so gross.” Karen rolls her eyes, causing us to laugh.

“I better go and get showered.”

“Yeah, that would be a good idea.” Sasha touches a bit of dirt that is on my cheek and wipes it on my uniform. “Go clean up.”

“Want to join me?” I tease and she blushes.

“I will.” Karen raises her hand and I raise an eyebrow at her questioningly. Sasha stares at her with her mouth hanging open, just as shocked as me.

“What? I wouldn’t mind seeing a locker room full of naked, hot men.”

“You are just as bad as a guy sometimes,” Sasha says and Karen shrugs.