Chapter 22 / the big game

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It was Friday and the halls were filled with banners and streamers in yellow and red. Everyone was going to the game tonight and I knew how nervous Gray would be.

It was lunch when I finally seen him for the first time that day
"Hey babe" he said kissing me and I could tell he was not himself
"What's wrong" I asked lifting his head to look at me
"Just nervous for tonight, don't wanna let the team down" he says with a sigh
"Babe, you won't let them down" I say kissing him and he's kisses back straight away.

"At least i know you'll be there in the crowd" he says suddenly smiling
"And I'll be cheering for my boy the whole time" i say grabbing his hand
"I am your boy ain't I?" He says smirking
"Of course" I joke pushing him

Finally school was over and Gray kissed me goodbye, him the boys were all going back to Grays and E's until they had to leave for the game. I guess they had to talk tactics or something.

The girls came over to mine to get ready, Liv brought red and yellow hair ribbons and we all tied our hair into high pony tails and wrapped the ribbons around our hair tie. I wore Grays football hoodie with a pair of dark grey jeans, I slipped on my black nikes and grabbed my denim jacket in case it got cold.

The girls and I took some cute photos and I posted one on Instagram.
Captioning it "tonight's the night"

Gray texted me to meet him outside the locker room before the game started, i wasn't sure why but I agreed.

Once we got there the bleachers were already packed with a bunch of kids from our school and a lot of kids I didn't recognise from the opposing team. We took our seats and I remembered I had to go see Gray. I rushed to the change rooms as the game started in 15 minutes.

I texted Gray that I was outside and a solid 20 seconds later he was standing in front of me with a pale face
"Hey baby" he said seeming relieved to see me
"Hey" I smile rubbing his cheek with my thumb, he closed his eyes like a cat being petted and I laughed at his smile.

"I wanted to see you before the game so  you could calm me down" he said embarrassed
"I help calm you down?" I say happily
"You always have, ever since we were little you always helped me calm down, like when ever Ethan was pissing me off" he chuckles
I laugh remembering all the times I had to stop E and Gray from killing each other.

"Your gonna do fine baby" I say kissing him passionately so he remembers the kiss all night before pulling away
"No no no" he says grabbing my face and kissing me again
I laugh into the kiss
"Gray" I say trying to pull away

"I need you to calm me down" he smirks
"And your perfect lips against mine calms me" he says knowing I'm gonna kiss him again.

After a few minutes of "calming Gray" Ethan comes out to grab him
"Whoa, okay save it for after the game, we haven't won yet" Ethan says making us laugh
"Go kill em" I whisper to Gray as his hand slides from my lower back to my ass
He smirks "wish me good luck" he says and I laugh
"Good luck babe" I say right before he gets pulled away by Ethan.

I go back up to where the girls are and we all start cheering as our team entered the field. Gray has his helmet in his hand and I can see him searching for me, I stand up and wave knowing he probably won't be able to see me. But he some how spots me blows a kiss. All the girls give me a "awww he loves you" I play it off trying not to blush.

The game begins and I can see Gray is still a little nervous, but quickly he lifts his game and starts getting some touch downs. Every time he would score he would look up to the bleachers that I was in to find me. The whole crowd was standing at this point so I knew he wouldn't be able to spot me.

Last 3 minutes we were up by 1, all we had to do was keep the ball away from their goals. Ethan threw it to Adam who threw it to Matt, Matt hesitated before throwing it to Nash who had a player on him, Nash caught it and piffed it hard to Gray.

Gray caught it and ran as fast as he could down the field, a guy started to chase him about to tackle him but Ethan got to him first, grabbing the guy and pulling him to the ground Gray was able to make the touch down.

The whole crowd was screaming as the siren went. I hugged the girls and we all jumped knowing how happy the boys would be, we all walked down to the change rooms and waited for the boys.

We could hear the coach speaking to the Boys, telling them how proud his was and how he knew they could do it. The boys clapped then about 2 minutes later they began piling out.

Gray came out looking around for me, I grabbed his arm and he hugged me tightly
"You did it baby, you won" I say kissing his cheek a few times, He smiled big and kissed me
"We only won because of you" he says
"What" i laugh confused
"Without you calming me down I wouldn't of played my best" he says and I smile

"So proud of you" I say giving him a kiss before being bumped into by a bunch of guys and girls heading to the exit
"Party at mine" some guy yelled and everyone followed

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