Page 37 of The Perfect Spiral
Chapter 15
Andy is too busy checking out all the guys on the field and shamelessly flirting with my brother, who’s reciprocating with equal enthusiasm. Kill. Me. Now!
Tyson is on the team too, but he’s currently recovering from a knee injury, so he’s out for the rest of the season.
If he were playing, I’d have Sam to sit next to, to gossip with, and to ogle at the players with. But instead, I’m sitting here, playing third wheel. They come back out onto the field after another commercial featuring Knox.
Aren’t people sick of looking at him?
The game ends with the Giants winning thirty-five to twenty-nine. The last ten minutes are a tense back-and-forth with not a single touchdown from either team. But everyone is on edge because they come close multiple times.
At times, my heart is in my mouth and my stomach is in knots, but I really enjoy the game! I would definitely watch another.
At the end of the game, Knox saunters back over to us, shirtless but still wearing his padding. Every girl in the stadium is eyeing him up like he’s a piece of meat, and he knows exactly what he’s doing.
He’s gripping the ends of a towel that’s draped across his shoulder. The towel hanging out of his pants is swaying, and I find myself hypnotized by it. Damn, he looks good!
That’s the drunk Alex talking.
He’s stopped by a reporter, who starts asking him various questions that echo through the stadium speakers. Everyone stops what they’re doing to listen to him.
I’m in awe of how professional he is with the reporter, who is clearly flirting hard with him. I recognize her from ESPN, I think that’s where I know her from.
Finally finishing up the interview after ten minutes, she says, “That was an outstanding play, Knox! Probably one of your best. What made tonight’s game so different from the others?”
He laughs into the microphone and responds with surprising poise.
“Oh, you know, Rita, having my fans supporting me at every game helps a lot. “But I have special people in the audience tonight, some of whom finally decided to come watch me play after all these years, so I wanted to show them what they were missing!” he jokes.
With that, he smiles at her and leaves the reporter to continue his journey over to us. Picking up a water bottle on the sideline, he reaches us.
“Hey, baby doll! Did you enjoy your first game?” He latches his hands onto the top of the fence and leaps up so he can sit on it, his legs dangling on either side.
Andy and Kyle are too engrossed in each other to notice he’s here. I nod and tell him, “It was actually fun! Watching sweaty hot guys running around,” I wink at him, and he rolls his eyes.
“Are you drunk? I hope I was one of them, baby doll!” he retorts. I glare at him, trying to suppress my smile, neither confirming nor denying it, but failing miserably. This earns me an award-winning smile from him.
He asks, “You want to go to Drai’s after this? The two teams are going, you guys can come with me! Plus, you won’t have to be the third wheel anymore,” he jokes, pointing over to my best friend and brother.
I laugh and nod at him, “These two have been at it all night! I’ll go anywhere to not be the third wheel anymore!”
“Anywhere?” he says, a cheeky grin on his face.
“Within reason, Knox! I’m not like the girls you know!”
He smiles at me, nodding, “I know you’re not, baby doll, you’re much better!” he says genuinely.
“Woah, woah, wait! Did you just compliment me?” I’m shocked that those words actually came from his mouth.
He grins and shrugs, “Don’t get used to it,” he winks. “But I have to shower, I’ll meet you here in thirty? If these two can keep their hands off each other.”
“Ok, but please be quick. I literally can’t look at them anymore without gagging.”
He laughs and hops down off the fence, jogging into the locker rooms.
Exactly thirty minutes later, he saunters out of the stadium with his gear bag draped over his right shoulder. He’s wearing a Giants cap, a red t-shirt that clings tight to his body, and a pair of blue denim jeans.
A playful nudge in my ribs drew my attention to Andy, her grin wide and her eyebrow arched in amusement. “You can stop checking him out, you know!” she whispered, her voice laced with teasing.
