Ella Maise

Wenn man normalerweise das erste Mal jemanden trifft, schaut man ihm in die Augen. Und nicht in Regionen deutlich weiter südlich. Vielleicht schafft man es auch ein bis zwei zusammenhängende Sätze auszusprechen. Normalerweise. Aber nicht ich. Als ich Dylan Reed das erste Mal getroffen habe, habe ich mich hemmungslos blamiert. Als ich ihn das zweite Mal getroffen habe leider auch. Schlimmer konnte es nicht werden. Dachte ich. Denn auf einmal ist der Wide Receiver mit einer guten Aussicht auf die NFL mein neuer Mitbewohner und auf dem besten Weg mein bester Freund zu werden. Er sagt, er mag meine Eigenarten, meine Vorliebe für Pizza und Filmabende. Wir sind Freunde und ich kann ihm nicht mal sagen, dass mein Herz jedes mal zu einem Sprint ansetzt, wenn ich ihn sehe. Mein Name ist Zoe und ich bin auf dem besten Weg mich zu verlieben. Wir uns ineinander zu verlieben. Viel zu schnell und viel zu heftig.

The Hardest Fall

Sophia

“Leave him,” I continued. “I’m right here and I want you, so damn much. I’m not sure how much more I can take . Every time I see you with a guy… I just want to rip his head off for touching you, for looking at you, for being close to you when I can’t. The guy from the Tucson game? I’ve never played that aggressively before. All I wanted to do was take him down. You’re driving me crazy, and I’ve never been so jealous of anyone in my life.” I paused. “I need you to let him go, Zoe. Whatever it is that’s going on between you two, I don’t want to know. Just… I need you to choose me now. I’m the one that’s supposed to be with you, not anyone else.”

“Now, I could never mistake you for someone else. Your shy little smile, your big happy smile, the shape of your eyes… you’re all I think about, Zoe. When I wake up, I can’t wait to work out because I know you’ll be up only minutes after me. I’ll hear your footsteps, you’ll come into the kitchen still half asleep and so beautiful, and then you’ll innocently perv on me while acting like you’re having breakfast.”

In the end, I’d gotten her, in every sense of the word —only I had no idea none of it would matter the next day, not after the way she broke my heart.

His thumb moved over my lip, but he didn’t look away from my eyes. “Keep me, Flash. I’m a good catch.”

I grinned, my heart skipping all over the place. “You know what? I think I will.”

His smile got bigger , and I felt out of my mind with happiness.

Lol I just realized they didn't even say I love you yet but guess they don't need to

“I can’t have you sleeping somewhere else, Flash. I can’t go another day without waking up to you wrapped around me. We’ll find a small apartment and move in together. I know I only have a few months until the draft, and after that—”

Not even trying to contain my smile, I might have shouted my response a bit louder than I was aiming for. “Yes. Yes. Yes!” With the way I was acting, you’d have thought he’d asked me to marry him.

“I’ll catch you when you land, Flash. Just don’t take too much time, because I’m already there, impatiently waiting for you.”

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