She knew Blue was wealthy but this house, it was wow.
When she got to the front door, her nerves picked up.
The entire school had been rife with rumors. She’d been using the bathroom when a couple of juniors had talked about his big declaration. His team didn’t like that he was dating her. They saw her as beneath him and because of this, Blue walked away.
He walked away from one of the best teams in the county, and there was no way she couldn’t leave it alone.
Becky told her to just go home and wait until Blue was ready to talk, but she didn’t want to do that. She had to talk to Blue. At the very least, make him see reason. The whole town would turn on her and she didn’t want that kind of attention.
Before she could talk herself out of running away, she pressed the button on the doorbell.
She waited.
Seconds passed.
Minutes.
Blue answered the door.
He looked … really calm.
“Oh,” she said.
“What are you doing here?”
“I … er, we need to talk.”
“I just needed some space.”
“You quit the team?”
“How did you find out?” he asked.
“It’s all anyone is talking about.” She pointed behind her. “Why did you quit the team?”
“We didn’t exactly see eye to eye.”
She looked at him and words failed her.
“Come on in,” he said.
He stepped back as she entered. She took a deep breath. “It’s because of me, isn’t it?”
“It’s not just because of you.”
She snorted. “Please, I heard what some of the girls were saying. They don’t like you dating me.”
He reached out for her hand, pulling her close. She didn’t fight him as he kissed her.
“I don’t care what they think.”
“Then why are you not on the team? You should be at school practicing.”
“I’m not going to play with a bunch of people who can’t handle who I love.”
This made her jolt. “Love?”
“Fuck!” He pulled away, his hands going to his hair.
“You love me?”
“I didn’t want to tell you like this.”
“This isn’t exactly a bad thing.” She didn’t know what was happening right now, and she felt like she needed some kind of a time machine to go back to the last five minutes.
“I know it’s sudden and it sounds insane, but I do. I love you, Laylah. I have for a few months now, but I’ve been trying to build up my nerve to ask you out, and well, look at how well that has gone.”
She stared at him in shock. “You really do love me?”
He laughed. “Yeah, I do.”
“I never thought anyone would, you know, quit something they love and are passionate about.”
He started to walk upstairs. She cried out and immediately closed her eyes so she couldn’t see. “Blue, please don’t drop me. Please.”
He slapped her ass and she growled. “Enough.”
“I can’t help it, baby.”
She opened her eyes and saw the ground was still very much moving, so she quickly closed them again. “You know, I’ve got two feet that I’m perfectly capable of walking on.”
“And you’ll take too long and I want you in my bed right now.”