*Zoey's P.O.V*

"Come on fans lets cheer on the Spartans!" The announcer voice boomed through the cool Friday night.

It was the first football game of the season, and we were down by two on our own thirty-yard line with a twenty-two second left on the clock.

"LET'S GO GREEN!" Kara shouts from the sideline, leaning on her crutches.

Taylor ran from the sideline into the huddle, he started to shout something. All the guys nodded like they understood and the broke.

The fans were screaming, and stomping their feet. I could feel the energy and anxiety all coming from different directions.

"Girls!" Kara yelled at us, "Start a cheer!"

Olivia nodded, and she put her fake smile on and turned to the crowd. "GO BIG GREEN!" She yelled, the rest of the squad started to join in, and soon over half the fans were shouting the same cheer.

David, the center, snapped the ball to Taylor. He dropped back as he scanned the field, looking for an open receiver. Carson had broken away from the defensive tackle, and was left open. Taylor hesitated but threw it to him. Carson starts sprinting down field, avoiding the linebacker, and heading straight to the end zone. Henry, our tight end, was leading the way, making sure none of the safeties or defensive backs touched Carson. Before we knew it, Carson had a clear shot into the end-zone.

The final horn went off, just as Carson's foot hit the end-zone. The fans went wild.

"THAT'S A SPARTANS TOUCHDOWN!" The announcer yelled.

I didn't notice how excited I was, jumping up and down and screaming. The whole team basically ran after Carson, beside Taylor who just jogged to the sideline.

Carson was smiling from ear to hear and I couldn't help but to smile as wide as him.

After the game, Kara made us take all the pompoms up to the school. I walked beside Kailee and Olivia.

"So, who was that boy from the party?" Kailee asked, I gave her a confused look. "The one boy, he came when we were heading outside. I think his name was Embry."

"Embry? Oh, yeah. He's a friend of Seth's, why?" I asked as we opened the door into the gym.

She shrugged, "I don't know, I just had this really weird feeling with him, he practically stared at me like I was the only girl he had ever seen."

I stopped, great Embry freaking imprinted on my friend, and no one told me. "That's strange." I said as we threw the pompoms down.

"No Z, he like looked at her like he was in love with her." Olivia joked, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

I would have to talk to Jake about this when I see him again.

We walked back outside, where all the player's parents, and rest of the fans were surrounding. All just socializing and making small talk. I saw Esme and Carlisle standing near my jeep.

"I'll see you guys later," I said to Kailee and Olivia and headed over to my family.

Esme was grinning as she pulled me into a tight hug, "You looked so adorable out there, with your pompoms and cheer uniform."

I smiled at her, "Thanks for coming,"

"Of course," Carlisle, gave me a small side hug, "The rest of the family will come for the next home game,"

I nodded, knowing that it was hard for my whole family to come. Especially since Bella looks completely different, and Nessie literally is spitting image of my dad and Bella.

"Zoey!" I turned to see Carson waving at me from the door.

I turned back to Esme and Carlisle.

Esme smiled, "We will see you at home,"

"I am grounded," I reminded her.

"We will tell Edward that you had to stay a little later to clean up." Carlisle winked, kissing me on the forehead and took Esme's hand, heading to their car.

Carson was by my side by the time they had walked away. "Hey," he said breathless.

"Hey there superstar." I joked as I tightened the grip of my bag.

"Where are, you heading off to?" He shifted his weight onto his right foot. His hair was soaked from what looked like a quick shower and he didn't smell like sweat which was refreshing.

"I'm not sure," I started to say, "I am betting you're going to tell me though?"

He smiled, "Well, a few of the guys are having a bonfire, and well I wanted to see if you could come. No drinking or punches being thrown tonight. I promise."

I laughed at the comment, "I must see,"

"Oh, come on, don't make me beg."

I raised an eyebrow. "That would be an interesting sight."

He chuckled, "Please?"

"That's it?"

"Please with a super chocolate milk shake, a whole bottle of whipped cream and a cherry on top?" He pouted.

I shook my head, "Fine, let me call my parent's."

"Okay cool, I'll be in the truck so just come over when you're ready to leave." He jogged away before I could say I would drive myself.

I called Bella, and she gave me the green light to go.

Before I knew it, Carson was pulling down a gravel road. It was pitch black, minus the headlights.

"CARSON!" I heard a boy shout.

They did some weird handshake, and the boy turned to look at me.

"Woah, is this Zoey Cullen?" He said.

I gave Carson a strange look, I had no idea who this boy was.

"Zoey, this is Brad. He is my older brother." Carson explained,

"This boy has been talking about you none stop!" Brad teased, as he put Carson into a head lock.

"Brad seriously!" Carson cried out.

"I am just messing with you." Brad let Carson go and headed back to the group of boys.

"He seems nice," I said as I hugged myself. Wishing I would have brought a jacket.

"Are you cold?" Carson asked, before I could answer he was sliding his jacket off and handing it to me. I took without hesitating.

"Thank you." I mumbled as we walked near the fire.

I sat there for a little, remember the last bonfire I was at, with Seth. The thought of him made my heart hurt. I missed him a lot, but not the way I know he wanted me to miss him. I just miss being his friend, having someone outside of my family that knew how crazy my life was. It was all such a crummy situation, and it sucked.

"What is making you think so hard?" Carson questioned, snapping me back to reality.

"Oh, nothing," I said, smiling at him. "So, tell me, I don't know much about you. Which I don't feel like is very fair since I feel like the whole school knows about me."

He smiled at me, "Well what would you like to know?"

"Anything," I brushed my hair back to look at him better, "Everything." I whispered softly.

He tensed up, and stared off to the fire, like I was moments before. "Well, I guess you know I am a really good football player and my ex-girlfriend cheated on me with my best friend. You know where my favorite place to go is, and that I love cheese fries."

I smiled at the memory of last Saturday.

Carson continued, "When I was five, Brad convinced me to put smarties up my nose because they would dissolve and go down to my stomach."

I busted out into laughter, "You didn't!"

He shook his head, "Oh, I did. I cried for hours!"

I couldn't stop laughing as I tried to imagine it.

"It was terrible, my mother was so pissed at him." Carson's smile faded, after he said mother.

I stopped laughing as I felt the sudden change in his mood. "You okay?"

He just nodded, "I just I haven't really told anyone about this." He stared at his hands.

"Told them what? About the smarties?" I asked, and he just shook his head slowly.

"My mom," He went silent, and it hit me. His sad emotions, it overwhelmed me. I could feel his pain.

"Carson, it's okay you don't need to tell me." I touched his arms, as I tried to calm him.

He straightened up, "No, I want to tell you." He bit his lip, "She was amazing, an angel, I loved her so much." His voice cracked. "Then one day, she was gone. She never came home, Brad and I didn't know what had happened. But my dad said she got tired of the small-town life, and she didn't want to be here anymore. I honestly think it had to do with my dad, he has anger issues, and he sometimes would take it out on her. She thought we didn't know, but we did. We knew everything. Whenever she thought we were sleeping, we could really hear him yelling at her, and it was so scaring. Brad always wanted to go down there and to help, but I would stop him. I was scared. Then one night, it got ugly. I remember, it was after a Friday night game for Brad, he was a sophomore and I was in sixth grade. We just got back and my dad had been drinking, He was mad my mom wasn't home to make dinner and he literally pushed her into the table. Brad exploded and tackled him." Carson let a tear fall, as it rolled down his eyes. I could see the image in his mind, and I could feel how terrified he was in that exact moment. "Next morning, she was gone. No note, no phone call, nothing."

I didn't know what to say, I was officially speechless.

We both sat there, I held Carson's hand as we stared into the fire.

"I am sure it is nothing compared to having to be adopted because something happened to your original parents though." Carson looked at me, and I just bit my lip.

"Everyone's pain is different." I stated, not wanting to get about my dad and mom.

"Are you serious!" we both turned to see Kara and Taylor, they were looking at their phones.

"What?" Taylor asked Kara, who was looking like she was about to pass out.

"I just got the text for who is on homecoming court." Kara looked at him, her eyes were full of fire. Her eyes met mine and I could feel her anger radiating.

I quickly pulled my phone out of my pocket.

From: Fork's High Student Council

Hello everyone! It is our greatest honor to announce this year's homecoming court.

In the running for Homecoming king is, Taylor Smith, Carson White, Billy Alden, Freddy Montgomery, and Jordan Dean.

In the running for Homecoming queen is, Lizzie Dean, Kailee Daniel, Olivia Phillips, Tori Stewards and Zoey Cullen.

Good luck boys and girls and remember spirt week starts next Monday!

Let's go Spartans!

I groaned, wonderful, Kara was going to hate me even more now.