"Bulldogs Win! Bulldogs Win!" Ace shouted into the microphone. I smiled happily to see than we had won yet another game. Pepper and Sophie ran from the sidelines to hug me. "Omg! Bella that was amazing!" Pepper yelled excitedly. "I know right!" Sophie yelled just as excitedly. Troy was doing that dance he does whenever he's happy. He then ran up to me and we gave each other a high-five.
When the game was over, we entered the locker room still excited to have won the game. "Another win for the Bulldogs." Sawyer said proudly. "Yep, and I didn't have to do anything but pretend to be hurt." Newt said just as proudly. I walked into my personal lock-her room and began to change. 'Nothing gets better than this.' I thought to myself. 'We win almost every game, I'm much closer to the guys, and nothing could make my life better.'
After I had finished changing, I walked out of my locker and shut the curtains behind me. I noticed that it was just Sawyer, Newt, and Troy in mid-conversation. "Hey guys!" I greeted them. "Hey QB! We were just talking about how amazing you are!" Troy said happily. I blushed a light pink, I just hope nobody noticed. "Well, I know what's more amazing, pizza on me at The Lone Starcade!" I announced. "I would but, I have to catch up with my dance moms recordings. Man, listen to me when I tell you Abby does not play." Newt said. We all looked at him weirdly as he started to look around the room. "Who said that?" I giggled at his little catchphrase while Newt left through the door. "Well, I better get home and feed the chickens or momma would be madder than a wet hen." Sawyer started to laugh. Troy and I stood with confused looks on our faces wondering what was so funny. "Get it, cause I have to go feed chickens and then I said wet hen." Sawyer continued to laugh as he left through the door.
"So I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I said a little disappointed. "Wait, no more Lone Starcade? Just because those two left doesn't mean us two can't go." Troy said. "You go together, alone." I said nervously. "Why not?" Troy asked. "Okay." I said as Troy and I left the locker room for the Starcade. The Lone Starcade wasn't that full, we sat down and began to talk. "So, how do like the team?" Troy asked me. "Uh...I love it. You guys are annoying, but I love the team." I responded. "We are not annoying." Troy responded offended. The waitress came with our pizza and placed on your table. "He's cute," she said, "have fun on your date." "We're not on a...okay." I tried to inform her as she marched away.
Troy laughed at my weak attempt to tell her we're not on a date while he grabbed a slice of pizza. "Say what you want, you guys are cute, but really annoying." I said sipping some of my juice. "You think we're cute?" Troy asked me very curiously. "I don't remember saying that." I responded. "Okay." Troy said.
About 15 min later, we were having a full-on conversation. I was holding my stomach in laughter as, Troy continued to tell me a story. "I'm serious and then, my mom nearly chased me outd the house." Troy continued. "So how's your dad?" I asked calming down. "He's great, he says hi by the way." Troy informed me. "Well, tell him I said hi right back." I said pretending to cool. "Will do." Troy replied. We were there for what seemed like hours. Just talking and talking. I didn't know they was much more to Troy then just The Troy. He's actually a sweet, caring, and thoughtful person.
"Want me to walk you home?" Troy asked me as we exited the Arcade/eatery "Actually, I'd like that." I replied. It got a little cold and I started shivering. I would've brought a jacket, but I didn't think I'd need one. Suddenly, I feel a leather jacket draped across my back and I instinctively put it on. "Thanks." I reply shyly. "No problem." Troy said kindly.
When we got to my front door, I reached for my purse to get my keys but stopped for a second. "Thanks Troy, I really had fun tonight." I said happily. "Me too." He responded. He wrapped his arms around my waist as he pulled me in for a hug. "See you at school tomorrow QB." Troy said as he walked away. I unlocked my door, to reveal my mother sitting on the recliner watching Dance Moms. "Hey mom." I greeted her. "Hey sweetie, where'd you go after the game?" She responded. "Lone Starcade to celebrate." I replied. "Okay go get some sleep honey, you've got school tomorrow and I'm pretty sure that game took a lot out of you." She said lovingly. "Night mom." I said. "Night." She said as she popped another grape into her mouth.
I made my way up to my room, and laid against the door. I changed into my pjs ready to go to sleep. Troy was so sweet and nice, he's also really cute. I my heart ran like a mile a minute when he hugged me. I caught some good Zs that night, and I couldn't wait to see Troy tomorrow.