The first game was about to start. James was shaking in nervousness. Even though he probably wouldn't play, he still had some butterflies in his stomach.
It started with TNA quarterback, Jeff Jarrett, rifled a huge pass to Chris Sabin who was taken down by Carlito. Which set up a field goal. Later on, AJ Styles ran 60 yards to the endzone which excited the TNA crowd. At Halftime it was:
TNA 10
WWE 0
Shawn Michaels got a 48 yard field goal with 28.7 seconds left in the game! Then WWE recovered the onside kick to give them one last shot at the win. Ken Kennedy, the starting wide receiver was hurt. Which put James in the game. After waiting to call a timeout with 5 seconds left, he called for a desperate Hailmary.
James was shaking in the red, black, and white uniform. "Hike!" called QB Randy Orton. James went straight down to the endzone, so did the other receivers. Randy threw it way in the air….headed towards Shelton Benjamin…….it bounces off the defenders head.. and James catches when time runs out! The WWE fans rush the field, while the team dog piled James and celebrated. "Great catch kid!" screamed Shelton.
For once it felt good to be James Johnson, game winning catcher, popular for once. He saw Ashley cheering the stands and smiling at James. He waved back. John Cena then picked up James to celebrate. Everyone in the TNA bleachers wouldn't stop booing.
"Nice catch," said Randy as he headed to the locker room. Did he just make a friendly remark? Does that mean he's.. one of them?
The next day at lunch Stacy urged James to sit with them and he accepted. As he was eating with Ashley, John, Randy, and Stacy he saw Shawn Michaels and Brian Kendrick, the usual guys James sits with, seemed a little down.
Is it a good thing he won the game for them? Is it hurting his true friends?