A/N: This chapter is dedicated to the memory of my late grandmother, who's up in heaven watchin' me right now with a big smile on her face. Love you too.

John looked at Trish stunned. "Uh, why do you want to go back to my place?"

"Oh that's because I don't want to wake my parents," she said.

John nodded and held her hand as they walked out. Along the way, they saw several kids passed out after smoking joints and drinking. They also noticed Marc had woke up but he had left the party. Dave and Christy were now talking to each other and it was obvious both of them were really drunk. Meanwhile, Matt and Ashley were extremely drunk and they were leaving the party. John saw Rob out front smoking again and slapped hands with Rob as he walked off with Trish. It was now almost midnight and John had to wake up early for practice tomorrow. Then he was going to go on a date with Trish after practice. He couldn't wait for tomorrow.

"John, what are you thinking about?" Trish asked.

"Oh, um I was thinking about tomorrow," John said.

"Let me guess, you can't wait to go on a date with me," she said.

John looked up stunned once she said date. "Uh, well I don't know if I would be willing to call tomorrow a date," he said, blushing.

"Okay, John just relax. It's a date man, its not like we're going to have sex," she said.

"Whoa, I never said anything about having sex," he said, raising his hand in surrender.

"John relax, I know you didn't say anything about having sex. It's just I know all guys want to have sex at some point and well I feel the same way. I want to have sex but I want to do it when I'm ready and with the man I love," she said, hugging him.

"I can't wait for the day that happens," he said, with a dreamy look on his face.

Trish looked at John shocked at first but she thought of a way to use it against him. "John, is all you think about sex? I mean I don't know if I want to be with a guy who only thinks about sex all the time. The guy I want to be with has to be a romantic and he knows how to treat women, instead of focusing on getting into their pants," she said smiling.

John looked at Trish and realized he had said the wrong thing to her and now he had to convince her that he was really her dream guy. "Trish, I guess I messed up back there and gave you the wrong impression. Look, if you don't want to have sex just yet, fine I respect that and I'm not going to do anything that you don't want to do. I just hope you can forget what I said because I'm going to sure as hell do everything I can to make you happy," he said, looking at her.

Trish thought about John's words and she realized it was sweet but he had taken her seriously while she was joking with him. "Hey John, I was kidding and you thought I was serious. I wouldn't have kissed you earlier if I didn't think you were the right guy for me," she said, kissing him again. "John, I'm just wondering though. You're easily the most popular guy in school now and you could have gotten any girl you want. Why me?"

"Trish, I think you're really pretty, you're not full of crap like most of the other cheerleaders especially Candice and you're easily approachable unlike some of those other bitches in the school who won't talk to certain guys because of this shit or that shit. You're right, I may be the most popular guy in school but there's no way I want to be with a girl who's full of herself and lets all that popularity shit get to their fucking head. You're that type of girl Trish. There's no doubt that you're one of the most popular girls in the school but you get along with everyone. I like that 'cause I'm like that myself. There's a lot of people I get along with and most of them ain't even jocks," he said.

"You know John, that was really good but it didn't answer my question," she said.

"Well then, you're pretty, you're down to earth, you're cool and I had the biggest feelings for you for so long but I didn't know how you felt. So once you gave me the chance to possibly reveal my true feelings for you, I decided to act," he said.

"Okay I guess you answered my question now," she said, as they reached John's house.

"Come on, let's go around the back," he said, taking her around the back.

John led Trish to the back where there was a ladder set up. Trish climbed the ladder and went into an empty bedroom, which she presumed was John's. A few seconds later John climbed into the room then shut the window so he could turn on the air conditioner. John went into the bathroom down the hall and came back three minutes later. Trish then went into the bathroom once John came out and when she was done, she came back to John's room. She changed into one of his boxers and t-shirts while he turned around then she got into his bed. Once she got in, John took off all his clothes except for his boxers and got into bed with her. Trish waited until John was in bed before she leaned against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

John woke up the next morning and glanced over at his alarm clock. Damn, he had less than an hour to get ready for practice. He tried to get up but stopped when he heard someone moaning in his bed. He looked and saw Trish sleeping with her head against his shoulder. "Hey Trish, I got to get ready for practice," he said, shaking her gently.

Trish moaned again and rolled over. "What did you say John?" she mumbled.

John was getting dressed when he heard Trish mumble and he suddenly had an idea. "Trish, did I tell you how great you were in bed last night?"

"WHAT!" Trish screamed before John silenced her by placing a hand over her mouth.

"Look Trish, I was kidding. I need you to wake up though so I can get ready for practice then I'll meet up with you later," he whispered.

Trish nodded and John helped her get out of the house through the ladder. Once Trish had left, John brushed up in the bathroom then grabbed something quick to eat before he left his house to go to football practice. He left the house, got into his car, turned on the engine, lowered all the windows and began blaring rap music through the speakers. Ten minutes later, John parked his car in the stadium parking lot and got out of his car. He went into the locker room where most of the team was changing into their uniforms. John saw Marc, Matt and Dave changing then went over to them. Apparently, Marc, Matt and Dave had a little too much to drink last night and they were all hung over.

"Hey what's up John," Marc said, slapping hands with John.

"Yo ya all hung over like crazy," John said, addressing Dave, Matt and Marc.

"John, you don't even have to remind me," Matt said, rubbing his forehead.

"So what happened to you last night?" Dave asked.

"Dude, I left the party with Trish, saw this motherfucker passed out," John said, pointing to Marc. "Then I saw this motherfucker leaving with Ashley," he said, pointing to Matt "and I saw Rob stoned and drunk then I saw this motherfucker making out with Christy," he said, pointing to Dave.

"I'm assuming you didn't drink as much as I did?" Marc asked.

"Your ass was passed out cold man. I tried to wake your ass up every fucking way possible but I couldn't man. I had a few drinks," John said.

"What happened between you and Trish after the party?" Matt asked.

"Nothin' much man, we just had a nice long talk walking back to my place. She was going into some deep shit man but I think I did good. Then we slept together," John said.

"Whoa John, two questions. First of all what the hell do you mean she was going into some deep shit and did you fuck her?" Dave asked.

"Okay, she wanted to know why I was dating her and not some slut like Candice. And no, she didn't want to have sex just yet so I respected her wishes," John said.

"Dude, at least you two got something going," Matt said.

"Oh shit like you're too scared to face Ashley again," Marc said.

"Wait, so what happened between you and Ashley?" Dave asked.

"Nothing much man, we smoked a few blunts with Rob then we drank till we were fucked up. Then she started to make out with me," Matt said.

"Shit, I could see why you're kinda scared to see her again," Marc said.

"Whatever man, after this fucking practice is over I got a date with Trish," John said.

"You lucky ass son of a bitch," Marc said, staring at John with a smile. "You're going to be the star of the team, you're dating one of the hottest girls in the whole school and you're also the most popular guy in the school," he said.

John shook his head and the guys went out to practice. They had a scrimmage for four hours before they finished the practice by lifting weights. Once practice was over, John quickly got into one of the showers and took a long, nice shower. He got out and began to dry off from the shower. While his friends Dave, Matt and Marc looked at him with confused looks on their faces, John ignored them as he changed into jean shorts, boxers and his shoes. John looked at his phone and saw it was only 3:23 so there was still plenty of time before he was supposed to meet Trish and go out with her. John went to the bathroom quickly then came back out and put on his fitted Boston Red Sox hat.

"Yo I'll see you guys tomorrow," John said, slapping hands with Dave, Matt and Marc. He then grabbed his wifebeater and t-shirt and walked outside to the parking lot where Trish was standing in cut-off jean shorts, flip flops and a tank top. "Thank you God!" John whispered, looking up at the sky.

"Hey John, you ready to go?" Trish asked, hugging him.

"Yeah, come on baby girl," he said, opening the door for her.

"Thanks John," she said, getting into the car.

John got into the driver's side and turned on the engine right after he opened all the windows. Rap music began to blare loudly from the stereo so John lowered the volume a little. He began driving and once he reached the parking lot exit, he turned to Trish. "So what do you want to eat later?"

Trish looked at John surprised. "You know John, we didn't even go to the mall yet and you're already talking about dinner? That is something else you know," she said.

"Hey, I can't help it. Practice was hard and we didn't have any breaks to eat," he said.

"How was practice today John?" she asked.

"The scrimmage was decent considering that I ran the ball a lot. You know, I actually thought I would play center or something this year but I was surprised when Coach said I was going to play running back. Then lifting was nothing," he said.

"Yeah but last year's back was a jerk," she said, thinking about Orlando Jordan.

"He seemed pretty cool to me," he said, focusing on the road ahead.

"Maybe he was cool to the guys on the team but he acted like a jerk to most of the kids in the school and he acted like he ran the place," she said.

"Yeah, so um, what are you planning to get at the mall?" he asked, changing the topic.

"Nothing much, maybe pick up a few shirts or skirts or something if I really like them. I might check out the new movies and stuff," she said, turning to look at John. "How about you?"

"Eh I don't know. If there's a hat I like, I might pick it up. Something I really want to get is a Dwayne Wade jersey but I don't know if they got it and I don't know the cost," he said.

"What's your favorite teams?" she asked.

"I grew up from around here so I like the Red Sox in baseball, the Patriots in football and the Celtics in basketball," he said, turning into the mall parking lot.

"Ill, the Blue Jays could beat the Red Sox any day, the Raptors are way better than the Celtics and I don't really have a favorite football team," she said.

"So it's safe for me to say you grew up in Toronto or near there?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm proud of where I'm from," she said.

John nodded and parked his car. Of course everyone was proud of the place they came from. That was something that was never going to change. "I think a lot of people are proud of where they came from. If someone said something insulting to me about Boston, then I'm going to beat them up."

Trish smiled at John as he got out of the car and opened the door for her. She held hands with him and stared into his eyes. She loved him with all her heart and she wanted him to know. "John, I love you so much," she said, kissing him passionately.

John was surprised at first and he kissed her back with the same amount of passion. "I love you too," he said, ending their kiss. He smiled at her then wrapped his muscular arm around her shoulders and they walked into the mall.

A/N: Really, how was it? Please review and in the next chapter, Marc and John get a surprise.