I'm hoping this chapter will answer many of the questions I have received in your reviews so far.
I am using names for all the kids that may sound familiar. Feel free to imagine the SVU characters with the same names here, or make them completely different people :) It's all a little OC anyway at this age, aside from the main character(s). Enjoy!
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3.
Everyone was there. The entire school was supporting the football team and Elliot and his friends had front row seats so he would be close to Kathy, who was a cheerleader. Elliot was a baseball player himself but he liked to watch the football games as well. And their school's team was this year's favorite so they were all there to cheer for their team.
"There they are!" he heard one of Kathy's friends say to her as all the players walked onto the field. "Isn't he the dreamiest?"
He grinned. Kim basically had a crush on all the football players and he tried to find out which one she was fawning over this time.
"Girl, I see what you mean," he heard his girlfriend say, and then both girls were waving at Edward, the quarterback, who walked up with Nicholas, the team captain.
Of course it was the quarterback. Nick and Ed waved back and winked at the girls, who giggled and kept whispering to each other. Elliot thought it was cute. Kathy could look at Ed but everyone knew that she was taken. Kathy turned around and gave him a sweet smile, and he felt his chest swell a little. They had been officially together for five weeks now and everyone knew they were a tight couple. He was sure they were all gossiping about whether or not they were sleeping together and he may have boasted about it to a few friends. He imagined that Kathy had told her best friends about it too and that was fine with him, as long as his father didn't get wind of it.
When the speaker announced that the game would begin shortly, everyone took their seats. Elliot passed drinks to his friends John and Brian and they settled in to watch the game.
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It had been a thrilling match and their team had won in the end. So now it was time for a big party. It was Saturday night, the night after the game and the school auditorium had been transformed into a dance room. The party was already in full swing when Elliot and his friends arrived.
"Let's find the girls," John said.
John had recently started dating his crush and was really looking forward to dancing the night away with his girl. Elliot's face lit up when he spotted Kathy and her friends Kim and Vivian near the drinks table. He quickly walked over to the three blondes.
"Hey baby," he greeted Kathy, kissing her on the cheek.
"El, have a drink," she said, handing him a glass and then winking at him.
Elliot knew something was up and he smelled his drink before taking a sip. His hunch was confirmed: there was alcohol in the drink.
"Did you spike the drinks?" he asked Vivian, knowing this particular blonde would be the one responsible.
Vivian grinned and then revealed a flask in her purse.
"Spiking it one glass at a time, just for us. The teachers will never know."
Elliot raised an eyebrow and made a mental note not to accept any more drinks from Vivian tonight. He hoped Kathy wouldn't drink too much either because he had plans with her later.
They all had fun dancing and Elliot saw Brian trying to score with Kim. The kid didn't stand a chance because all the cheerleaders only had eyes for the football players. Well, all the cheerleaders except Kathy, of course.
When the victorious team arrived, announced by the DJ with their special song, everyone gathered around for a short speech from the coach and to cheer for the team. Kathy and Vivian were dragged off by Kim so they could stand in the front and Elliot stayed back with John and Brian. All the players were praised individually and everyone cheered loudly for Nick, the team Captain. But the crowd went wild when it was Ed's turn. Ed was a big guy, as tall as Elliot and well-trained. From a distance, he could see why girls would like him. But he'd heard that Ed didn't exactly have a lot of respect for girls. He had been the first boy in school to have rumors fly about having sex, with a prostitute no less, when he'd been only fifteen. A birthday present from his stepfather, was the gossip. And the rumors hadn't stopped there. The guy was 18 now and wasn't the brightest student but girls still seemed to like him. He had one girlfriend after another and they said he'd even had sex with a minor last semester. Nobody could prove it and the girl had denied everything but Kathy had heard different gossip from a friend's younger sister. He just hoped Kim would be careful if she did get an invite to the football player's dressing rooms. Because everyone knew that that's where it went down on evenings like this. It was like an unwritten code among the football players, and the girls who wanted to win their hearts went along with it.
The football players, all dressed in crisp white dress shirts, black slacks and black ties, mingled with the other students and the party continued. Elliot saw Kathy still chatting with Kim, who was trying to get Ed's attention, and he walked out with his friends for a smoke. John was excited, telling them that tonight might be the night for him and his girl and Elliot made sure his friend had a condom.
"You've got stacks of those, don't you?" Brian asked, and Elliot could tell that his friend was a little jealous.
He shrugged and smirked.
"Gotta keep the missus happy."
"Yeah well … you don't happen to know how I can score with Kim, do you? I mean, she's all goo goo eyes for those football players but baseball is cool too, right? The fact that we've been losing shouldn't matter."
"I agree man, but we can't force them to like us, right?"
They all dropped their cigarette buds and stepped on them before returning inside.
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"Viv. Have you seen Kathy?"
Vivian looked up at Elliot with blurry eyes. She smiled when she suddenly recognized him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I dunno honey, but I'm here."
Elliot frowned and pushed Vivian away from him gently.
"You're drunk Viv. Go and drink some water or something."
Vivian just laughed and returned to the dancefloor. Elliot walked around for awhile, looking for his girlfriend. On a hunch, he walked out of the auditorium in the direction of the dressing rooms. Maybe Kim had needed some encouragement before going in there to try and hook up with Ed. There were a few couples making out in the hallway but he didn't see the girls so he walked on until he got to the first dressing room. He heard some whispering and moaning and stepped inside. The sounds were coming from one of the stalls in the bathroom area as well as the shower area and he was a little curious who he'd find there. There were at least two couples in there. There was a black tie slung over one of the taps and a white shirt dangling from the wall separating the dressing room from the shower area and he grinned. Football players, of course. He recognized the voice from the shower area as Kim's.
"Oh yes Ed," he heard the girl moan. Sounded like she'd gotten her wish.
The second couple was in a stall that wasn't completely closed. He saw the back of a boy with black hair wearing a white shirt as well as black pants, which were currently around the his ankles. The girl he was with had her bare legs wrapped around his waist and from the sighing and grunting it wasn't difficult to deduce what was going on in there. Elliot was about to turn around and leave to go look for his girlfriend elsewhere when he heard the girl in the stall moan and hum.
"Oh yeah. Just like that, Nick."
His heart almost stopped and before he could think about it, he yanked the door open completely. He felt like someone punched him in the gut when he looked into a pair of very startled blue eyes. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. It just wouldn't register until she said his name.
"Elliot."
He stepped back and reached blindly for a sink to keep himself from falling. This had to be his worst nightmare. This could not be happening. Not to him. Not to them! But it was her …
"Kathy …"
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Dun dun!
Poor sweet and trusting Elliot … :(