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We're down to the last minute or two of the game and we're losing. The crowd was frantic hoping that we could turn this around but I knew Matt enough by now that he's realized that we're gonna lose and he's just gonna do what he normally does. Get angry, get hurt. Toni and I shared a look and I knew she realized it may be older than us by a few years but her family used to go camping with the Eckerts and us so we became friends fast.
I look down and see Mr. Eckert looking out to the field his hands on his hips and face downcast. A loud crashing makes me look out to Matt again and I see his body go hurtling backward after being rammed into by one of the other team. His helmet goes flying off and he hits the ground hard. I'm up on my feet in an instant not even saying goodbye to Toni as I run down the bleachers. I stop just before the field and I walk over to Erica who is standing next to Matt's helmet.
She picks it up and Matt walks over to us a little stiffly. He reaches out and takes the helmet from Erica's hands.
"Are you okay?" I ask him quickly. He looks at me for a moment a small smile comes on his face. He nods at me.
"Be careful Matty." Erica says before Matt jogs back off onto the field. Erica gives me a look and I sigh in reply. I walk away from the cheerleaders so they can get back to cheering but stay close to the sidelines in case Matty takes another hit like that.
Finally in the last few seconds of the game they go for a field goal and regrettably miss meaning we lose. I sigh and see Matty walking my way talking to Danny. I walk up to him and take off his helmet for him.
"You okay?" I ask him. He nods and wraps an arm around my shoulders dragging me along with him. I can tell he's pissed about losing the game so I let his arm stay whereas I would usually push it away.
"I'll see you at the Grill." He says when we get to the entrance of the locker rooms. I nod at him and turn around heading for the parking lot. I climb onto my dirtbike and head straight to the Grill.
I park in the lot and shed off Matty's jersey stuffing it into my bag before locking up and walking into the bar. The place is alive with after game activity as I have to weave my way through throngs of teens up to the bar to order coke for Matt, Erica, Danny, and I. We hang out here so often that the bartender knows exactly what I want and I take a seat at the bar with the drinks in front of me waiting for the others to get here.
I take small sips from mine as I wait and look around the bar. I almost choke on my drink when I see a very very familiar face across the way. I place my drink on the table vaguely motioning to the bartender to hold the drinks before making my way across the room.
I stand behind him and wait until the two guys leave before sliding up next to him. He doesn't notice me at first so I study him for a minute. His hair is shorter and he's tanner than before. But mainly his build has changed. He was fit 6 years ago but now he's buff. Like huge. He finally catches my staring and I see confusion come over his face before surprise. Neither of us say anything for a while until I realize that he's back in town and he didn't tell me. Didn't even call to give me a heads up. I fix a glare on my face and slap his shoulder a lot harder than I mean to.
"What in the hell is your problem! What did you forget how to use a fucking phone! You couldn't have given me a call? Said something along the lines of; "Hey Haven! Guess who coming back to town!" I am going to silent treatment your ass into the ground Jed Eckert!" I face forward then done with my rant keeping an eye on his face out of the corner of my eye. He was shocked before but now his shocks turned into… amusement. Son of a-
"Did you just swear at me?" He asks and I feel a flicker of a smile come over my face but I hide it quickly. "And threaten me with the silent treatment?" I couldn't stop it this time and a small smile broke out of my face and I shyly looked up at him only to see he was trying to keep himself from laughing. We both broke at the same time and start laughing uncontrollably. I have to wipe a tear from my eye before launching myself into his arms.
He wraps his own around me and gives me a bear hug that beats Matty's. I pull back and sit down on the empty barstool next to him.
"But seriously," I say pausing a moment to stop laughing. "you couldn't have given me fair warning? I could've thrown a kick-ass welcome home party."He gave me a look.
"That's exactly what I was trying to avoid." I stick my tongue out at him and he chuckles a little.
"Seriously? But there would have been a pinata at least two clowns, definitely a pony." I ramble on knowing that it sound like a horror show to him.
"So glad I dodged that bullet." I pseudo-scowl at him.
"Ugh. Fine. No party, but I am going to insist that you apologize." He smiles warmly at me.
"I'm sorry Haven." I smile at him
"That's better." I say. He chuckles again and takes a swig of his beer.
"Now that the hello's are over," I raise an eyebrow at his now serious expression. "what in the hell are you wearing? Is there a coat to that outfit? I feel that there should be." I go slackjawed.
"You're worse than Matty! Honestly what is up with you two? Are you trying to make me a nun or something?" He smiles at me again.
"I just don't want guys getting any ideas." I scowl at him. Then smile.
"I don't know what your guys problem is." I wait until he takes another swig of beer. "You'd think i'm a virgin with how you two act." He did the most hilarious spit take ever and I could only stand amazed at how he'd reacted.
"What! Who! I'm gonna kill him!" I finally start to laugh uncontrollably almost falling off my seat. Jed just stares at me dumbstruck.
"Oh my god! Your face!" I say between giggles. I can barely breathe with how hard i'm laughing. Jed finally realizes that I was joking and scowls at me but I can only keep laughing.
"That wasn't funny." I've started crying now and I hastily wipe tears away.
"Oh! I wish i'd filmed that." I say finally calming down. Jed keeps a hard look on his face. I pout at him now and I see a break in his stony expression.
"Sorry Jed. Couldn't help myself." I nudge his side trying to get him to smile again. He finally does even though it's a little pained. I feel someone come up behind me and look over my shoulder to see Toni. She smiles at me then at Jed and I nod in understanding. I turn back to Jed.
"I'll see you later yeah?" He nods and I give him one more hug before walking away. I realized early on that when we were younger Toni had a crush on Jed and I fully supported it. Toni is like a sister to me and she and Jed would make an amazing couple.
As I walk away I spot Matty Erica and Danny at our usual spot drinks in hand. Erica sees me and waves me over. I nod at her and make my way over only to notice two boys sitting in one of the booths. I recognize one as Daryl Jenkins and the other as his best friend Robert Kitner. I stop at the table and it takes a second for them to see me. When they do Robert gives me a small smile and Daryl just stares which is weird but I disregard it.
"Hey Robert, Daryl." I say to each of them. Robert gives a little half wave but doesn't say anything which makes my smile falter a bit but I pick it back up. Maybe he doesn't want to be friends after all. Daryl on the other hand is a lot friendlier.
"Hi, Haven, Conners. How are you?" I smile at him.
"Good. If you guys want you can come and join us over there." I say pointing over to where my friends are. Robert seems to pale a little but it could be the light and Dylan smiles nodding his head.
"Yeah, sure, maybe. See you around." I wave bye to them and walk towards Matty. I jump up and sit next to him on the railing. I think about asking about Jed but figure that he is already stressed enough about the game best leave that alone for now.
"Hey guys." I say and get hello's back. Matty hands me my drink and I take a sip a little parched from laughing so much. Toni comes over to us next with a small smile on her face. I catch her eye and arched my eyebrow suggestively. She tries to scowl at me but can't stop smiling confirming that her talk with Jed went well.
"What's gotten into you?" Erica asks obviously noticing Toni's behavior.
"Nothing. Hey Matty, nice game." She says trying to change the subject.
"Yeah wasn't it amazing?" Matty agrees somewhat sarcastic. I laugh but stop when the power goes out. I try to look around but can't see a foot in front of my face. I grab on to Matt's hand and he squeezes it reassuringly.
"Must be a power outage." He says. He hops off the counter and helps me down pulling me behind him. I grab onto Erica's hand so she doesn't get lost in the crowd and we slowly make our way to the doors. When we finally get outside I can see again and let go of their hands. Danny says goodbye to us all ruffling my hair. Toni asks Erica to get a ride home and I know that Matt's also going with her so I say goodbye to giving each a hug. I walk over to my bike and get on starting it up and driving home. The wind whooshes up my arms and I once again curse myself for lack of a jacket.
When I get home all the lights are out in the house except the living room. Dad must've switched on the generator. I park and walk inside locking the door behind me.
"Dad? I'm home. Power went out at the Grill." I say kicking off my shoes and setting my helmet on the hall table.
"In here." His voice comes from the living room and I make my way in there jumping over the couch and landing next to him. He doesn't react far too used to my inability to walk around and sit down like a normal person. I look at his face and see he's just staring out the window intently as if looking for something.
"You turn the generator on?" I ask him. He nods distractedly.
"Dad, you okay?" I ask him. He turns to me then and smiles though it doesn't reach his eyes like normal.
"Yeah. Just tired Ace." I give him a small smile. I give him a hug and kiss his cheek standing. up.
"Kay, well i'm gonna go to bed. Night dad." I call over my shoulder.
"Night Ace. Love you." He calls back.
"Love you too dad." I walk up the stairs and take a shower putting my hair into a braid so it won't knot and pulling on pajamas before climbing into bed and going to sleep. Little did I know that that was my last normal day
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