Chapter One: Port Charles Panthers
"Let's go, QB one." Our tight end, James Todd smacks my shoulder pads. I slide my helmet onto my head and join hands with JT and Colby Laken, reviver, as we walk to the middle of the field.
I look around at my two best friends, at the stadium filled with screaming fans and I don't feel scared or nervous, I feel ready, calm. I stare into the eyes of the other teams quarter back. He gives me a smirk, as if he already has this game in the bag. I keep staring, keep my focus.
"Panthers call it." The ref says as he throws the coin up into the air.
"Heads." I say as it drops back into his hands.
"Heads it is." He tells us.
"We want the ball, sir." Lake says.
"Okay boys, let's shake hands have a fair game." The ref tells us.
I shake the other QB one's hand and I smirk at him mockingly. "Game on."
TWELVE HOURS EARLIER...
"Hi baby." My mom says coming into the kitchen. "Sleep well?"
"Uh huh." I shove another bite of cereal into my mouth. "Could you tell Mia not to hog the bathroom in the mornings, I barely got to wash my face."
"Mia get out of the bathroom!" Mom yells.
"I'm out, mom!" Mia yells back.
"She's thirteen, why the hell does she need to be in the bathroom for an hour?"
"Language." She glares at me.
"Who's ready for some PC Panther football!" Dad appears in his usual game day attire. His Port Charles High tie, blue with a black panther on it, #6 monogrammed on the end.
I smile. "I'm so ready."
"I know you are, Bud." He kisses the top of my head. "We'll be there, but mom and I have to leave for the city right after. Mia's staying with Nana and Papa, they said you could stay too, but I figure you'd want to stay with a friend."
"Yeah, I'll crash at JT's." I grab my stuff. " I gotta go pick up Chlo, see you guys at the game."
"Bye, baby love you!"
"Love you too, mom."
"Drive safe, love you." Dad says.
"Will do, love you too!" I yell as I walk out the door.
GENERALHOSPITAL...
"Chloe!" I yell as I honk my horn for the millionth time.
"I'm coming!" She yells back, running to my jeep with her hands full of bags and pom poms. "Your so not a patient person, you need to chill."
"And you need to be punctual, I've been sitting out here for twenty minutes."
Chloe pulls lotion out of her purse and starts putting it on her legs.
"My car's gonna smell like-" I grab the bottle and read it. "Cherry Blossom."
She laughs. "It would be an improvement, trust me."
I laugh. "Oh and thanks by the way for the graffiti on my car windows."
"You like it." She smiles. "It was really hard to choose what to paint. Should I paint a panther paw, a actual panther or just write Go Team?"
"An actual panther?" I laugh. "What on earth made you think you could draw a panther?"
"Haha." She sticks her tongue out. "And as your Rally girl, I'm inclined to tell you that I will clean your windows off after the game, but we both know that's not gonna happen."
"Some best friend you are." I tease. "I have to wash my own windows?"
She kisses me on the cheek, leaving bright pink lip prints on my cheek. "I'm the best friend you've ever had, Beau Corinthos. Now get your ass moving or were gonna be late for school."
GENERALHOSPITAL...
I bite into my apple, half listening to something Lake's saying about a party tonight. "You listening to me, B?"
"Huh?" I take another bite.
"I asked when your gonna jump at that?" Lake points to Chloe.
"We're just friends, I've told you guys this twenty times." I smile. "We're just best friends."
I look over at her and she smiles, then waves. I wave back and she goes back to talking with the other cheerleaders.
I have to admit, Chloe Clark is beautiful. Her long blonde hair, the way it naturally curls. Every piece is like a long curly fry, never seeming to ever loose any curl, even when it's wet. Her brown eyes can make you do anything, I'd be lying to say I haven't thought about it, her and I.
I watch her and the other Panther cheerleaders get up and walk out of the lunch room. I commit sins in my head as I look at her body in her black and blue cheer uniform.
"Whatever." JT smiles. "Your Beau Corinthos, QB one, senior captain. You can have your choice of every girl in this school, probably even PC community college. You need to get on something."
"I'll be sure to 'get on something' real soon." I laugh and go back to eating my apple.
GENERALHOSPITAL...
"Hi." She smiles walking into the locker room.
"You know this is the guys locker room, right?" I smile.
"No, Beau, I had no clue." She smiles again, tucking a curl that fell from her high pony tail behind her ear. "I just wanted to say good luck before the game."
She sits down beside me and I see my number painted on her right cheek, the other side saying Go Panthers.
"Don't tell anyone." I rub my hands through my blonde hair. "I'm kind of nervous."
"Why?" She looks at me, her brown eyes make me want to spill my guts about everything I'm feeling.
"I love football and I'm good at it." I say. "But sometimes it feels like a lot, like it's to much. I wanna win so bad, Chlo, so bad and I don't know what's gonna happen if I don't. I just don't wanna let everyone down, you know?"
She nods. "Your an incredible football player, but you don't have to carry everyone on your shoulders. There are like fifty other players on the team. Just relax, have fun, play the best you can and that will be good enough for me and everyone else."
"Thanks." I tell her as I hear the other players start to come in. "Wait for me after."
"Uh yeah." She smiles. "Your my ride home."
GENERALHOSPITAL...
"Let's go, QB one." Our tight end, James Todd smacks my shoulder pads. I slide my helmet onto my head and join hands with JT and Colby Laken, reviver, as we walk to the middle of the field.
I look around at my two best friends, at the stadium filled with screaming fans and I don't feel scared or nervous, I feel ready, calm. I stare into the eyes of the other teams quarter back. He gives me a smirk, as if he already has this game in the bag. I keep staring, keep my focus.
"Panthers call it." The ref says as he throws the coin up into the air.
"Heads." I say as it drops back into his hands.
"Heads it is." He tells us.
"We want the ball, sir." Lake says.
"Okay boys, let's shake hands have a fair game." The ref tells us.
I shake the other QB one's hand and I smirk at him mockingly. "Game on."
A/N: Finally getting this first chapter up! Yay! Hope y'all like it:) Thanks for Reading and let me know any suggestions or ideas y'all have in a Review:)