CHAPTER 1
I had lived in Odessa my whole life. It was a small town in Texas, but had the most competitive football team around. Odessa was a boring town to live in. There wasn't much to do but go to a party here and there and go to the football games. I didn't have much time to myself during football season because I was a Permian Panther Cheerleader. It was my senior year at Permian High School. I couldn't believe that it was my last year of school. I couldn't wait to graduate.
I pulled into the parking lot with my white 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix. I parked into a parking space and grabbed my purse and notebooks before I got out of the car. I closed the car door and started to make my way towards the entrance of the school. For some reason, it felt different this year. Maybe because I was finally a senior and I didn't have to look up to anyone anymore.
"Hey girl," I heard my best friend Jen say as I looked over at her.
"Hey. Did I ever tell you how much I hate coming here?" I asked as we continued to walk towards the school.
"Just think, this is our last year and that's it. No more of this small town. We're going to get the hell out of here!" Jen yelled as she threw her hands up in the air with a smile on her face.
Jen and I walked through the front doors of the school and made our way to our lockers. We had lockers right beside each other. I put my combination in and opened up my locker. I set my purse inside.
"Hey ladies," a familiar male's voice say.
I looked over and saw Don standing there with a smile on his face. He was wearing his usual jean vest with his football jersey underneath. He also had his MOJO hat on. Don and I had been best friends since we were little kids.
"Hi, Don," I said as I smiled at him.
"Well, I gotta go. See you at practice," Jen said before she walked away from me and Don.
"Why didn't you come to the party last night?" Don asked as we started to walk down the hallway.
"I wanted to, but my parents. You know how they are. They never let me have fun when I can," I said as I walked with Don.
"Well, there's going to be another party tonight if you want to come," Don said as we walked into our senior English class.
"I'll see if I can make it," I said as I walked over and sat down in a seat.
Don sat down beside me as the teacher walked in.
"Good morning everyone. Welcome to Senior English. My name is Mrs. Antognoli and you all will be stuck with me for the next ten months. This class isn't going to be easy. There will be homework every night and tests every Friday," Mrs. Antognoli explained as she looked at everyone.
I looked over at Don and he made a funny face at me as the teacher continued to talk. I didn't really want to be at school, but being around Don made it so much fun.
The bell rung and all the students got up and started to file out of the room. Mrs. Antognoli had given us homework on the first day. Don and I walked out of the room.
"I'll see you later," Don said before he walked down the hallway.
I watched him walk and then saw Jen coming.
"So, how was English?" Jen asked as she came over to me.
"Tough. She gave us homework on the first day. I can't believe this," I said as Jen and I started to walk down the hallway. "How was math?"
"Hard. We got homework, too," Jen said as we made it to our lockers.
The day went on and it was finally lunch time. Jen and I stood in the lunch line, waiting to get our food. I looked around the lunch room and saw Don sitting with Mike Winchell and Brian Chavez. Jen and I went through the line and got our food. We walked over to the lunch table and sat down together. I opened up my water and took a sip of it. I glanced over at Don from time to time.
"Yoohoo. Earth to Lacy," I heard Jen say as I looked over at her.
"Huh?"
"Who were you looking at?" Jen asked as she tried to figure out who I was looking at.
"Oh, nothing," I said as I took a bite of my fry.
I glanced over at Don's table as he was laughing and having a good time with his football buddies. I smiled and continued to eat my food. Jen noticed me smiling and looked over at Don.
"Oh…my…God," Jen said as she looked over at me. "You have a thing for Don, don't you?"
"What?" I asked as I started to blush.
"You like Don," Jen said with a smirk on her face.
"Jen. Hush," I said with a smirk on my face as I looked down at my food.
"Come on. You've been looking at him ever since we came into the cafeteria. You like him, don't you? Why didn't you ever say something before?"
"Jen, Don and I have known each other since we were little kids. I don't think Don's interested in me that way," I said as I continued to eat my fries.
"Come on, now. You two know everything about each other. I think that you two would make a perfect couple," Jen said before she took a sip of her water.
"That doesn't matter. Don goes out and parties all the time. He kisses different girls. He's not into me like that," I said as I glanced over at Don.
"So, what? Tell him how you feel."
Jen and I sat there and continued to eat our food. Maybe Jen was right. Maybe I should just go and talk to Don, but Jen doesn't realize that it's not that easy for me to do.
The end of the day finally came and it was time for cheerleading practice. Jen and I changed into our blue shorts and white t-shirts as we got ready for practice. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and we walked out towards the football stadium. We always practiced while the guys practiced their football. We walked through the gates and over to the other girls that were stretching. Jen and I sat down on the track and started to stretch with them. I looked over at the football players and found Don. I watched him as he tackled another player. I smiled as I continued to stretch. I saw Don glance over at me and I looked away. We were done stretching and Jen and I stood up. We were both captains.
"Alright, girls. We're going to start practice. I want to work on that cheer that we started the other day," Jen said as she looked at everyone.
We started to practice. I heard commotion and I looked back and saw that Don had dropped the ball again.
"Hold onto the damn ball, Donnie!" I heard Charlie, Don's father, yell from the stands.
The guys ran another pass and Don caught the ball. He started to run as players came after him.
"Hang onto the ball! The ball!" a coach yelled at Don.
Don got tackled and the ball fell out of his hands and rolled a few feet away.
"You sure he's part of your gene pool, Charlie?" an older man asked Charlie as he looked at Charlie.
"Shit," Charlie said as he stood up and started to come down from the bleachers. He walked past me and went onto the field.
"Red alert. Red alert, everybody," the older man said as he watched Charlie.
I watched Don stand up and place his hands on his hips as he panted. Charlie quickly walked towards Don and the coach that was talking to Don.
"Hey. Donnie. Hey," Charlie said as walked towards Don.
Don turned around and saw his dad walking towards him. Flippy came down the steps and started to walk to where Charlie and Don were. Don started to walk away from his dad.
"Come here," Charlie said as Don turned around and looked at him. "Come here. What's the problem?" Charlie asked as he reached Don.
"Get off the field, Dad," Don said as he stopped and looked at his father.
"Why can't you hold onto the football? What's so goddamn hard about holdin' on to it?" Charlie asked Don as he stood there.
"I'm sorry," Don started to say as he looked at Charlie.
"All you gotta do is hold on to the goddamn football, and you can't do it. Tell me why you can't do it. That's all I wanna know."
"I'll try better next time. Come on," Don said as he started to walk away from Charlie.
"Hey!" Charlie yelled as he grabbed onto the back of Don's jersey and threw him down to the ground.
"Charlie!" Flippy yelled as she tried to get Charlie away from Don.
"Don't you walk away from me," Charlie said as he looked down at Don.
"Leave him alone," Flippy said as Don tried to get back up.
"Don't you walk away from me when I'm talkin' to you, you hear me?" Charlie asked as he pushed Don back down to the ground.
I watched Charlie as he embarrassed himself and Don in front of everyone. I couldn't believe that he was doing this to Don.
"Tell me why you can't hold on to the ball!" Charlie yelled at Don.
"Enough!" Flippy yelled as she tried to pull Charlie away.
"Tell me. Answer a question," Charlie said as Don stood back up.
"Mr. Billingsley!" Chavo said as he ran over to Charlie and Don.
Charlie tried to hit Don as Chavo stepped in between the two of them.
"It's the first day of practice," Chavo said as he held Charlie from hitting Don.
"This is practice. Seriously," Flippy said to Charlie as she stood there.
Charlie reached over and punched Don on the helmet.
"Enough. Charlie!" Flippy yelled as she pulled Charlie back.
"Embarrassin' me out here," Charlie said as Don started to walk away.
I stood there and watched as Don walked over to the huddle. Charlie and Flippy walked out of the field and went back into the stands. Don stood at the huddle and we started to cheer again. I heard more commotion and I looked over to see Don tackling Boobie Miles to the ground.
"You don't know when to shut up, do you!" I heard Don yell.
Mike and Chavo helped pull the two guys apart. The guys continued to practice until the coach decided to end it. The football players walked off of the field and went into the locker room. I was walking over to my car when I heard Don yelling my name. I turned around just as Don caught up with me.
"Hey. I wanted to catch you before you left. The guys and I are going out for a bite to eat tonight before we head to the party. Do you want to come with us?" Don asked as he held his duffle bag on his shoulder.
"Sure," I said as I walked to my car with him.
"Cool. I'll be at your house around seven alright?" Don said as I reached my car and threw my bag in the passenger's seat.
"Alright. I'll see you then," I said as I closed the door and walked around to the other side of the car.
Later that night, I was finishing getting ready when I heard my mom yell for me downstairs. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time before I walked out. I was wearing jeans and a cute top. I grabbed my purse and went down the steps. I saw Don standing there talking to my parents.
"So, how's the season looking this year?" my dad asked Don as I reached the bottom step.
"Good, Mr. Wilson. Hoping to win state this year," Don said as he looked over at me. "Ready?"
"Yeah. I'll be home late," I said as I opened the door.
"You two have fun," my mom said as she watched me and Don walk out the front door.
We got into Don's car and he drove us to David's burger joint. We got out and sat down at a table with Christian, Mike, and Chavo. We started to eat our food as a car went past and honked their horn. Don unscrewed the cap on a bottle of alcohol that he brought with him and dumped some in my cup of soda and then placed it down in front of me. Don went to grab Mike's cup.
"No, I'm alright," Mike said as he held onto his cup.
"Come on, Mike. Live a little," Don said as he poured some alcohol into Chavo's soda.
"He's not going out, either," Chavo said as he looked over at Mike.
"Yeah, he is," Don said as he looked over at Mike.
"Mike, you're going out tonight. If I have anything to say about it, you're gonna get laid, too," Don said as he continued to look over at Mike.
I elbowed Don in the shoulder and looked over at him with a smirk on my face. I heard tires screeching and I looked over and saw one of Don's buddies.
"Billingsley! Billingsley! Party at Taylor's house now, Billingsley!" the man yelled as everyone looked. "You better be there! Gonna get wasted! Party at Taylor's house! Billingsley!" the man yelled before he screeched tires again and pulled away.
We all looked over at Don.
"Isn't that guy like 35?" Chavo asked as Don brought his mixed drink up to his mouth and took a sip.
I shook my head as I continued to eat.
"Mike. Here's your mom's food," David said as he walked towards our table.
"Mom's food," Don mimicked David as he looked at Mike.
"How much?" Mike asked as he went to reach for his wallet.
"No, no. Don't worry about it. It's on us. It's on us," David said as he handed the bag of food to Mike. "How's she doin', by the way?"
"You never give me free food, David," Don said as he looked over at the owner.
"I just gave you free food," David said as he looked at Don.
"Oh yeah. Oh yeah," Don said as he nodded his head. "I forgot about that."
I rolled my eyes and smirked before I took another sip of my mixed drink.
"Say hi to your mom, huh?" David said as he looked at Mike.
"Yes, sir. Yes, sir," Mike said as he nodded and looked up at David.
"Stay out of jail, Billingsley," David said before he walked away from our table.
"We're not goin' home, Mike," Don said as he looked over at Mike.
"I ain't goin' out drunk foolin'," Mike said as he shook his head and took another bite of his burger.
"How 'bout I bring your mom some dinner so you can come out with us? Because we're gonna get laid, and we're gonna get drunk, and we're gonna win state, but not tonight," Don said as he looked around the table. "All right?" Don said as he motioned for me to get up.
We walked away from the table and threw our garbage away.
"You think he'll come to the party?" I asked as we walked over to Don's car.
"Probably. Now let's go get wasted," Don said as we reached his car and got in.
Don drove to the party. We got out and there were already a lot of people there. We got out and walked inside. Don walked right to where the beer was and grabbed a couple cups. He walked over to me and handed me a cup of beer.
"Thanks," I said as I started to drink it.
A couple of hours had passed and I was already well past drunk. Everyone was getting plastered as I stood with Don and continued to drink.
That's what I say
Don't need nothin' but a good time
"Go! Go! Go!" everyone chanted.
I felt a bit dizzy and stumbled into Don. He wrapped his arms around me and stopped me from falling to the floor.
"You alright there?" Don asked as he looked into my eyes.
"Y-yeah. Just a bit dizzy," I said as I looked into Don's eyes, my face just inches from his.
Don smiled and leaned down. Our lips touched as he wrapped his arms around me. I brought my arms up around his neck and deepened the kiss. I felt as though everything was going in slow motion. Don and I both pulled back and smiled at each other.
"Upstairs," Don whispered as he looked at me.
I nodded my head and Don led me towards the stairs. We stumbled up the steps and went into an empty bedroom. Don closed the door behind us and locked it. I looked around the room as I stood there. Don came over to me and stood in front of me. We both looked at each other and then Don leaned down and kissed my lips again. We pulled each other close as we deepened the kiss. I reached up and took Don's jean vest off and it fell to the floor. I lifted up Don's t-shirt and he stopped kissing me to lift it up over his head. He tossed it to the floor and went back to kissing me. We made our way over to the bed and fell down on top of it. I started laughing as Don went to kissing me again. I took my shirt off and threw it on the floor. Don started to kiss me again as he reached down and unbuttoned my jeans. He slid my jeans and panties off and tossed them to the floor. He climbed back on top of me and started to kiss me again. I reached down and unbuttoned Don's jeans. Don slid them off and started to suck on my neck. I moaned as I pulled him closer to me. I spread my legs and Don entered me slowly. I gasped and Don came over and caught my gasp with his mouth. I dug my nails into Don's back as he continued to thrust in and out of me. I moaned as Don sucked and nibbled on my neck. Don increased the speed as he continued to suck on my neck. I grabbed onto the bed sheets as Don released himself inside of me. Don held himself inside of me for a few minutes while he kissed my lips. He pulled back and we both smiled at each other. Don pulled out and grabbed his jeans. He slid them back on and layed my clothes on the bed. He came over to me as I got dressed and kissed my forehead. We walked out of the bedroom and went downstairs. Almost everyone was gone and there were a few people passed out.
"Billingsley! Where were you?" Chavo asked as he walked over to Don.
Don had a hold of my hand and smirked at Chavo. Chavo nodded his head and smirked back. Don and I walked out of the house and went to the car. We got in and Don drove me back to my place. He pulled up in front and put the car in park. I looked over at him and smiled.
"I had a good time tonight," I said as I looked over at Don.
"Me too. See you tomorrow?" Don asked as he looked at me.
"Bright and early. Night, Don," I said as I reached over and went to open the door.
I felt hands on me and I turned my head as Don pressed his lips to mine. I wrapped my arms around him and deepened the kiss. We both pulled away and I smiled before I got out of the car. I walked to my house and opened the front door. I walked inside and closed the door behind me as Don drove down the street. I could not believe that we had sex. I smirked as I went up the stairs and to my room. This was going to be a great senior year.
Well, I hope that everyone like this first chapter. I wanted to do a Friday Night Lights fanfic because that was the only movie that I didn't have a fic for. I know that in the move they practice before school started, but I wanted to write it this way. I know that in the movie that Maria was with Don, but I wanted to write it differently. I hope that everyone continues to read this as I write more chapters. And please, NO FLAMES. I just want to read good things like 'I LOVE YOU STORY' and stuff like that. Thanks!