Hey guys! I know it's been so long since I've updated this story, but life has just been so crazy.
Hopefully after I finish this chapter, I can get back into the writing spirit again and just get out chapters fast. Stay tuned!
I hope you guys all had a great Halloween and Thanksgiving!
"I know what we're going to do," Tori stated as she stopped pacing and turned to her terrified friend. "You're going to go up to the guys and tell them you forgot all about your old college football injury. That would make them take it easy on you... At least I hope it does."
"You hope?" Emmett gaped. "That's your plan?" He shook his head, he knew that at least it was something. "Fine." He silently said a prayer as he made his way over to the stretching men. "So, um, I have something I need to say. Back in my days as a... college player. I uh- I might have really fucked up my... elbow, you know?"
Joe held back a laugh as he glanced at his twin cousins. Just as he had suspected, Emmett was going to try to do anything he could to get out of playing with them. It was obvious that he hadn't played in college, who would believe him anyway? Looking at him and comparing what he had seen the other day at the gym, it was obvious that this man didn't have an athletic bone in his body. But he would play along anyway. "Dude, that really sucks. I guess you can just go stand on the side and cheer with all the girls man. We wouldn't want to mess it up anymore than it already is, right?"
Emmett's eyes narrowed at the large Samoan and shook his head. "You know what, no. I'm no bitch." He slid his right leg forward into his own version of a lunge stretch. "I have Tori over there cheering for me anyway. If she believes her man can do it, I guess I can, huh?" He smirked as he watched the amused expression on Joe's face fall.
Checkmate.
As quickly as his face had dropped his smile, it had returned just as quick. "Alright, I'll take Josh, we'll take defense. Jon, being the Quarterback, will throw to you. Since we don't want to fuck up your elbow even more, instead of tackling you, we'll just tap you?"
Emmett stood up from his 'stretches' and nodded. He quickly flashed Tori thumbs up as he and Jon went over a few plays.
Although Tori was afraid of Emmett getting hurt, she quickly learned that he could at least catch a ball and run. She was also thankful that Josh seemed to be the only one chasing after him, and stayed true to the touch football rule.
But after about a half hour, the guys were starting to become more and more competitive. They had exchanged trash talk and slaps to the backside. After a quick water break and Tori hanging all over Emmett to make a show of making he was okay, Joe had had enough. "Let me take him." Joe spoke through clenched teeth at his cousin and switched places. After Jon called out 'Hut!' and Emmett bolted forward, Joe took off after him, quickly gaining speed. Emmett turned around to find his teammate and catch the ball. As Joe watched him turn his body around, he let out a roar close to the one he does in the ring and flew forward, his shoulder making contact with Emmett's midsection. "Stay down, Bitch!" He roared down at Emmett and walked away.
"Oh my god!" Tori quickly ran to Emmett. "Are you okay?"
"What the fuck you do think?" Emmett let out through clenched teeth, glaring at his best friend. This is exactly what he gets for going along with this stupid plan, but he would do anything for his best friends. "Julie!" His face lit up as the blonde crouched down next to him. "Don't worry about me. I'm just doing what Joe said," He let out a dry chuckle. "The bitch in me is staying down."
Even though she could tell he was clearly hurt, Julie couldn't help but smile. "You're an idiot."
"Hopefully soon you'll make me your idiot."
"What were you thinking?" Julie narrowed her eyes at Tori. "This is all your fault! His ribs might be seriously injured because you decided that you couldn't handle your parents being disappointed in you." she harshly whispered as she noticed all Tori's family members starting to approach.
"I didn't think this was going to happen, Julie!"
Julie shook her head and helped Emmett stand up. "All I'm going to say to you is either you tell everyone the truth, or I will. I'm not letting anything else happen to him because you're acting like a scared little girl."
"I'll handle it," Tori forced a small smile at Emmett as he leaned onto Julie. "Just let me go talk to Joe first." Taking a deep breath she took off in the direction she saw Joe walk down by the water. She didn't know exactly what she was going to say to him, but she just had to know why he did what he did. Maybe she really was the idiot that Julie thought she was, did he do all of this just to show her that he really wanted her? "Joe!" Tori called when she finally found him further down the lake. "Joseph!"
Rolling his eyes, he turned around and folded his arms across his chest. "Shouldn't you be checking on your boyfriend? What would he think about you being over here talking to me, huh? I'm sure you can switch from being his little cheerleader to being his nurse," he snapped his fingers. "just like that."
"We're not together." she quickly rushed out.
"Big fucking surprise."
Tori ignored him. "I made up that lie because I didn't want my mom and my dad to give me that same disappointed look that they always give me. It kind of hurts that they pity me, you know? It's like they feel like I'm never going to get married or have kids. I'm their little future cat lady." She forced a laugh and turned to look out at the water. "But now I'm going to have to tell them that I made this whole thing up, which is probably worse, right?" Tori waited for him to say something, anything, but he didn't. So instead of staying in the silence, she nodded and walked back to where the others were.
I'm this was so short, I promise the others won't be in the future.
