Chapter 7: Go Team
Lizzie looked around at the mobs of people flocking into the stadium and the mobs that were already there. The Hilridge Football Stadium seemed to reach the sky. Football was huge at Hilridge. The stadium had to seat at least 10,000, and the seats were quickly nearing capacity.
"Lizzie! Over here!" Kate called from the stands. "Cute shirt," she added when Lizzie reached her and a mob of Kate's freshman friends. Many of the girls and guys were decked out in green and gold face paint, hair spray, sports bras, t-shirts, and body paint. Ethan was standing right next to Kate.
Lizzie was wearing a Hilridge High School football T-shirt with Josh's number 34 printed on the back and the name WILLIAMS printed above it. The shirt was green with yellow lettering, matching the school colors. She also had her hair tied back in a green and yellow hair tie and she had a tattoo on her left cheekbone of the school mascot, the eagle.
"Josh gave it to me after school today. He said I was his good luck charm," Lizzie told Kate, proudly.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you finally found and guy, because I don't want you to be too broken up when Ethan and I get together."
"What? But Ethan told me you guys were just friends."
"Oh, Lizzie, I thought that you were over Ethan now, or are you dating Josh just to make him jealous?"
"I, I don't know what you're talking about."
"I think you do."
"Can we just watch the game?"
Ethan, who had sort of heard the conversation, but wasn't processing it as quickly, suddenly butted in. "Kate, but we are just friends, aren't we?"
"Shut up Ethan, you don't know what you're talking about," Kate quickly responded.
"Oh, I would love to hear what Ethan has to say. Now, what were you saying about you and Kate being just friends?"
"Well, Kate and I are friends. Right, Kate?"
"I, I have to go."
"But the game hasn't even started yet," Lizzie snootily replied.
"I have to go to the bathroom," Kate snapped. As she ran off, Lizzie could have sworn that she saw a tear come out of Kate's eye. Lizzie couldn't care less, though. It felt good to see Kate cry. After everything that Kate had done to Lizzie, she deserved it.
The game against Valley High was close, but in the end Hilridge came out on top with the final score being 21-20. All of Hilridge was ecstatic when Josh Williams caught the game winning 35 yard pass with no time left on the clock in the back corner of the end zone.
After Josh made his amazing catch, he threw off his helmet, ran to the bleachers, picked Lizzie up over the railing, and still holding her, he kissed her. Lizzie had never felt like she was in the spotlight more than she did right then. Almost the whole stadium started awing. It was a spectacular moment.
That night, Lizzie went to Brad's party with Josh. Her and Josh were the center of attention. Everywhere they went, someone had something to say about Josh's game and the kiss that followed, and everybody made sure that Lizzie and Josh never went without a full cup of beer in their hands.
Josh finally offered to take Lizzie home at 2 a.m. and she was ready. After a steamy make out session with Josh in his car, she snuck inside the front door, which was not an easy task, because the earth seemed to be tilting again, and it took a lot of effort for her to focus on anything.
Lizzie did her best to quietly open the front door to her house and slip inside. She tiptoed up the stairs and started to open the door to her room when the hall light came on and a stern voice said, "Elizabeth Brooke McGuire." Busted. "Turn around and you look me in the eye." It was none other than Lizzie's mother and father. Where on earth have you been?" her mother continued. "We were worried sick."
"Yeah, in case you weren't aware, it's after two in the morning. Last I checked, you're curfew was 11 o'clock," Lizzie's dad added. Lizzie didn't speak. She knew better. Her words were still slurred from the beer she had consumed that night.
Lizzie's parents led her into the living room, and Lizzie worked very hard to walk in a straight line.
"Guess who we saw at the game tonight," Jo said. Lizzie's eyes widened into saucers. They were there? "Yeah, some crazy senior kissed my baby girl in front of about 10,000 people tonight. Then, she disappeared with him for the night only to arrive home at two a.m. Just take a wild guess at what is racing through my mind. And while you're at it, maybe you can explain that wretched smell that seems to have followed you into the house."
Lizzie was didn't know what to do. She knew if she spoke, her parents would find out that she had been drinking, but if she didn't speak, her parents wouldn't let her breathe a breath of fresh air until she was 99. Lizzie took in a deep breath. "I juss wen to a party wih him, an evrybody was so excited to talk to Josh tha we didn get ou o there til a lil for two. Nothin happened," Lizzie said, slurring more than she had hoped she would.
"You're drunk. Oh my god. My baby is drunk," Jo starting screaming at the top of her lungs about responsibility and whatnot. Lizzie couldn't make out a single word that she was saying.
After the screaming stopped, Lizzie's dad continued. "What you're mother is trying to say is that we're speechless, and you're grounded." Lizzie wasn't surprised.
"How long?" Lizzie dared to ask.
"For the rest of your life," Jo answered, her voice shaking. "Now, go to your room."
Lizzie stood up and made her way up to the place she was going to be trapped in for possibly eternity.
Lizzie looked around at the mobs of people flocking into the stadium and the mobs that were already there. The Hilridge Football Stadium seemed to reach the sky. Football was huge at Hilridge. The stadium had to seat at least 10,000, and the seats were quickly nearing capacity.
"Lizzie! Over here!" Kate called from the stands. "Cute shirt," she added when Lizzie reached her and a mob of Kate's freshman friends. Many of the girls and guys were decked out in green and gold face paint, hair spray, sports bras, t-shirts, and body paint. Ethan was standing right next to Kate.
Lizzie was wearing a Hilridge High School football T-shirt with Josh's number 34 printed on the back and the name WILLIAMS printed above it. The shirt was green with yellow lettering, matching the school colors. She also had her hair tied back in a green and yellow hair tie and she had a tattoo on her left cheekbone of the school mascot, the eagle.
"Josh gave it to me after school today. He said I was his good luck charm," Lizzie told Kate, proudly.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you finally found and guy, because I don't want you to be too broken up when Ethan and I get together."
"What? But Ethan told me you guys were just friends."
"Oh, Lizzie, I thought that you were over Ethan now, or are you dating Josh just to make him jealous?"
"I, I don't know what you're talking about."
"I think you do."
"Can we just watch the game?"
Ethan, who had sort of heard the conversation, but wasn't processing it as quickly, suddenly butted in. "Kate, but we are just friends, aren't we?"
"Shut up Ethan, you don't know what you're talking about," Kate quickly responded.
"Oh, I would love to hear what Ethan has to say. Now, what were you saying about you and Kate being just friends?"
"Well, Kate and I are friends. Right, Kate?"
"I, I have to go."
"But the game hasn't even started yet," Lizzie snootily replied.
"I have to go to the bathroom," Kate snapped. As she ran off, Lizzie could have sworn that she saw a tear come out of Kate's eye. Lizzie couldn't care less, though. It felt good to see Kate cry. After everything that Kate had done to Lizzie, she deserved it.
The game against Valley High was close, but in the end Hilridge came out on top with the final score being 21-20. All of Hilridge was ecstatic when Josh Williams caught the game winning 35 yard pass with no time left on the clock in the back corner of the end zone.
After Josh made his amazing catch, he threw off his helmet, ran to the bleachers, picked Lizzie up over the railing, and still holding her, he kissed her. Lizzie had never felt like she was in the spotlight more than she did right then. Almost the whole stadium started awing. It was a spectacular moment.
That night, Lizzie went to Brad's party with Josh. Her and Josh were the center of attention. Everywhere they went, someone had something to say about Josh's game and the kiss that followed, and everybody made sure that Lizzie and Josh never went without a full cup of beer in their hands.
Josh finally offered to take Lizzie home at 2 a.m. and she was ready. After a steamy make out session with Josh in his car, she snuck inside the front door, which was not an easy task, because the earth seemed to be tilting again, and it took a lot of effort for her to focus on anything.
Lizzie did her best to quietly open the front door to her house and slip inside. She tiptoed up the stairs and started to open the door to her room when the hall light came on and a stern voice said, "Elizabeth Brooke McGuire." Busted. "Turn around and you look me in the eye." It was none other than Lizzie's mother and father. Where on earth have you been?" her mother continued. "We were worried sick."
"Yeah, in case you weren't aware, it's after two in the morning. Last I checked, you're curfew was 11 o'clock," Lizzie's dad added. Lizzie didn't speak. She knew better. Her words were still slurred from the beer she had consumed that night.
Lizzie's parents led her into the living room, and Lizzie worked very hard to walk in a straight line.
"Guess who we saw at the game tonight," Jo said. Lizzie's eyes widened into saucers. They were there? "Yeah, some crazy senior kissed my baby girl in front of about 10,000 people tonight. Then, she disappeared with him for the night only to arrive home at two a.m. Just take a wild guess at what is racing through my mind. And while you're at it, maybe you can explain that wretched smell that seems to have followed you into the house."
Lizzie was didn't know what to do. She knew if she spoke, her parents would find out that she had been drinking, but if she didn't speak, her parents wouldn't let her breathe a breath of fresh air until she was 99. Lizzie took in a deep breath. "I juss wen to a party wih him, an evrybody was so excited to talk to Josh tha we didn get ou o there til a lil for two. Nothin happened," Lizzie said, slurring more than she had hoped she would.
"You're drunk. Oh my god. My baby is drunk," Jo starting screaming at the top of her lungs about responsibility and whatnot. Lizzie couldn't make out a single word that she was saying.
After the screaming stopped, Lizzie's dad continued. "What you're mother is trying to say is that we're speechless, and you're grounded." Lizzie wasn't surprised.
"How long?" Lizzie dared to ask.
"For the rest of your life," Jo answered, her voice shaking. "Now, go to your room."
Lizzie stood up and made her way up to the place she was going to be trapped in for possibly eternity.