Sarah's P.O.V.

"Ha! You really said that?" I throw my head back and laugh loudly, lightly clapping my hands together in applaud.

"I cannot believe you would say something like that, let alone to a teacher!" Gina leans her head against my shoulder, her shoulders shaking from laughing so hard.

"Can't help it, I'm a rebel." Keagen winks at us, causing our laughter to increase. He joins us, pointing at Gina's beat red face and laughing even harder.

We're currently sprawled out on the football bleachers, watching as all the teammates train. Keagen dragged us out here after lunch, insisting we sit there with him until he got the guts to go over and ask the coach how to sign up. Twenty minutes later, and practice almost over, he still hasn't gotten up but instead has been sitting here telling us all his wild stories from his old school.

Our laughter dies down after a while and I reach up to wipe a stray tear from my eye, "So wait, all these great stories yet you still moved here? Why?" I look over at him and he smiles. Gina sits up and looks at him curiously too, both of us wanting to know.

"Well, my dad got a big promotion but for said promotion we had to move. So here I am." He grins and gestures towards himself, to which Gina and I giggle softly. He turns his attention towards me and his smile goes soft, "I'm glad we did, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten to meet your pretty face."

I blush immediately, looking away from him and to the ground. I hear a soft giggle come from Gina and her hand lightly poking my thigh telling me to respond. I look back up to respond but he's already gotten up, stretching his arms up into the air. His shirt raises slightly, revealing the tanned skin of his stomach. I quickly look away again and towards the school building, a thought popping into my head.

He doesn't look as toned as Zander does.

He turns slightly and salutes us, then jogs over to the coach. I watch him jog, then quickly turn back towards Gina. She's staring at me, a huge smile plastered across her face.

She smacks my knee and squeals, "You like him, don't you?!"

I groan immediately and shake my head, "No! G, we're literally only friends." I huff out a sigh at her 'Mhm sure' expression and glance towards the field full of players. I wish Zander were here, he'd help defend me here.

Whoa, where did that come from?!

"Well you're definitely starting to like him." She smirks and looks over at Keagen smugly, watching as he laughs along with the coach.

I shrug my shoulders indifferently, "Maybe. Hey, have you seen Zander around school today? He said he'd be back by the end of the week, and it is Friday already . . . " I frown in confusion and look down at my phone, checking for any messages from him. Nothing, ugh. Where is he?

She frowns and looks back towards the school, "I could have sworn I did, didn't you see him in any of your classes?" She turns back towards me. "I seriously thought I saw him in the hallway today."

My heart drops to my stomach, sadness taking over. "No I didn't see him at all." Maybe he didn't want to see me.

"That's weird, try texting him!" She points to my phone, overly excited that I should text him.

I give her a weird look but grab my phone anyways, "Okay?"

Hey, are you back yet? :) -S

"That's good, now send it!" She's basically bouncing in her seat by now, a huge smile plastered across her face.

I look up at her then glance down at my phone. "Why are you so excited about this?"

She quickly leans back and looks at me with wide eyes, "Me, excited? No! Uh - Ha! I gotta go, cya!" She gets up and basically sprints towards the parking lot.

I stare after her, completely stunned into silence at her odd behavior. What the -

Hey. Yeah, I'm back. Come find me, lot 2 ;) -Z

I frown down at the text, even more confused than I was before. So he is here? In the game parking lot??

Okay, on my way now. -S

I grab my stuff and get up. I glance around the field and catch Keagens eyes. I smile and wave slightly, a small laugh passing my lips when he smiles back widely and salutes me, turning back to finish talking with the coach. Okay, stop getting distracted, it's time to deal with the objective at hand!

I huff and start jogging towards the game parking lot, my bag bouncing up and down against my back with each step I take. I see him leaning against his bike in the distance, my feet seemingly carrying me faster when I see him.

I'm out of breath when I finally get close to him. He looks up from his phone, a huge grin spreading across his face. I slow down to a steady walk, finally stopping in front of him. I bend over and pant heavily, my heart racing from the run. Let's never do that again, okay? Okay.

"Hey, Cupcake. Have a nice run?" He chuckles then moves closer to me. I feel his hand gently touch my back, then slowly start rubbing circles across it.

I catch my breath and stand up straight, his hand dropping from my back and down to his side. "No. No I did not." I glare at him, crossing my arms and pouting.

"Awe, you're too cute." He laughs loudly then gently grabs my arm, pulling me closer to him. He wraps his arms around me, forcing me to rest my head against his chest. I sigh softly in defeat and wrap my arms around his waist, enjoying the hug.

"Where have you been?" I lean my head back and look up at him curiously.

He smiles down at me and stares into my eyes, "It doesn't matter, but I'm back now. Why, did you miss me?" He looks at me with amusement in his eyes and something else I couldn't quite decipher.

"Pfft, no!" I roll my eyes, but don't stop the smile from taking over my face. "Okay, maybe a little."

He leans his head back and laughs loudly, his chest vibrating with the wonderful sound. I grin up at him, my heart melting when I see the happy smile on his face.

"Ah, you're too much." He reaches up and pinches my cheeks. I scrunch my nose up and slap his hands away, giggling softly when he continues to try pinching them.

"Stop it!" I push his hands away and run away. He chases after me, making me squeal in fear.

"Get back here!" He laughs loudly and catches up with me, quickly scooping me up and throwing me over his shoulder.

"Put me down, you jerk!" I gasp between laughs and hit his back, trying to wiggle my way off of him.

"Nah, I'm quite enjoying the view." He chuckles loudly and starts walking back to his bike, laughing louder when I gasp in shock and hit his back harder.

"You perv, put me down!"

"Alright." Before I know it, I'm pulled off his shoulder then placed onto the seat of his bike. I hold my head as all the blood rushes back down my body, causing me to be dizzy.

Zander swings his leg over the seat and sits down, starting up the bike underneath us.

"Here, put this on." He hands me a helmet and starts revving the bike. I squeak in fear and quickly put the helmet on, barely able to get my hands firmly wrapped around him before he's taking off. The wind blows my hair wildly behind me, my bag luckily wrapped around me tightly enough that it won't fly off. I burry my head in his back, fear taking over me. Good grief, how fast is he going?!

He slows down after about five minutes, then turns into someone's parking lot. He shuts off the engine and lightly taps my knee, letting me know I can look now. I look up and am surprised when I see my house in front of us. I take the helmet off and watch as Zander gets off the bike.

"Are you just going to sit there? C'mon we've got a mini party to prepare for!" He grins down at me and offers me his hand. I take his hand and get off the bike, handing him the helmet while I pass by him to unlock the door.

I unlock the door and open it. I turn to look at Zander, surprise clear on my face when I see him sitting on his bike again with the helmet on. "Where are you going? Aren't you coming in?" I frown in confusion and point inside my house.

He shakes his head and starts revving his engine, "Not yet, I'm going to go get the snacks! Text Gina and stuff!" I nod in agreement then turn to go inside. I hear his bike zoom off, then slowly the sound fades away.

This should be fun.

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Finally, chapter 18 is here! So so sorry it's taken so long for me to write this. I've been having a pretty crappy past few weeks and haven't felt the greatest. More to come soon!

Gina is sending so many mixed signals omg does she ship Seagan?! Does she ship Zarah?! Omg woman get your crap together! 😂😂😂😂

The editing process is fun/difficult dudes, plus the fact I've gotten lazy during the first half and totally skipped to edit these chapters.....
Some just need more love than others at the moment okay....
They need fixed
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