The Girl Next Door [Joe Sugg Fanfiction]

Chapter 10

I quickly glanced behind me to see neither of my team mates coming to help me tackle Joe.

"HEY! A little help here!" I shouted behind me. They were both smiling and talking to the other two boys.

"Nah you're alright," Jack shouted back. I suspected he purposely told Will not to help me because of my supposed crush on Joe. I made a mental note to punch both of them later.

"Bastards," I muttered under my breath. I guess I'll just have to tackle Joe on my own then. Not that I mind getting up close and personal with his bare torso. But then again I didn't want to injure him. I'd managed to avoid tackling throughout the entire game so far. Although at some points I'd really wanted too.

Joe was nearing the try line and called back to me, "Are you not gunna try and stop me?"

I stuck my tongue out at him, "Just you wait Thatcher"

I pushed my body forward faster, determined not to let Joe score. I pumped my arms and legs as fast as they would go. I was rewarded when I pulled up next to Joe.

He did a double take when he saw me next to him with a wide grin on my face. He faltered slightly as if hesitating whether to suddenly veer off to the right.

In that moment of hesitation, I sprinted forward so that I was in front of Joe causing him to slow down.

I quickly turned around to face him and started sprinting at him, arms outstretched. Grabbing his legs I pulled him down. I hadn't really thought this through as Joe started to fall on top of me.

I squeezed my eyes shut, preparing myself for the impact of Joe's body but it never came.

I opened my eyes to see Joe's face an inch from mine with one hand clutching onto the ball and the other holding himself up. I let out a breath I hadn't realised I was holding in.

"Hi," Joe whispered his nose almost brushing mine.

"Hi," I whispered back.

He started leaning closer towards me so that our noses were touching.

"You're beautiful you know," he whispered, his breath fanning my face.

I breathed out a laugh, shaking my head slightly at the same time.

"You are so beautiful, Lizzie," he said softly, reaching above my head with the ball in his hand. I looked at him questioningly as he shifted forward slightly, putting his hand, which held the ball, above my head.

I couldn't help but take a look at his abs as he did that. Wow.

He moved his hand back down next to my face, minus the ball, drawing my attention back to his face.

"You've... You've got little something right here" he said as he traced his thumb across my cheek. I blushed slightly.

"Oh, and here," he said a smile growing on his face as he swiped his thumb across my other cheek.

"And right here," he chuckled, whipping his thumb across the tip of my nose. I groaned when I realised what he had done.

"Joe! You've just put mud all over my face haven't you?"

"Might have done," he said grinning at me.

"I'm so going to kill you"

"Only if you catch me first," he said scrambling to his feet.

I quickly pushed myself up, my heart recovering from the close contact with Joe's torso. I watched Joe as he started to walk backwards still facing me.

"Oh and Lizzie, I think you'll find that's a try to us," he said as he turned round and started jogging back to the others.

I looked down to see the ball placed over the line, just past where my head had been.

Joe, you cheeky little shit.