Chapter Four

Basketball

I was sat on the bleachers watching Axl's basketball practice, I lent against the seat behind me watching as Axl dribbled the ball down the court and scored. His teammates congratulated him, slapping him on the back as he grinned. He looked up at where I was sitting, as he had done every time he'd scored and winked at me. I smiled and looked away, willing the blush to go down.

When he'd told me that he was going to woo me, I didn't know how I felt about it but after sleeping on it I realised that I actually did like Axl. Now every time he did something to try and impress me I couldn't help but feel a little giddy. He went for another shot but something went wrong, I shot up from my seat when I saw him hit the floor. The ball had sailed through the air and somehow still managed to go through the hoop. I was still worried until I heard Axl shout of joy when he scored, his arm punched the air as he still laid down on the floor.

He finally got up just as I was about to run down and check on him, he looked over to me and gave me a wink, seemingly not embarrassed at all.

When the practice was finally over, the cheerleaders came in and started to rehearse their routine. A few of the basketball players stayed to watch but Axl came straight up to me.

"Hey." He sat next to me and stretched his arms behind him. I didn't notice that his arm now rested on the seat behind my head bringing him closer to me.

"Nice shot." I teased, I was shocked to see his cheeks had a slight pink tinge to them. Maybe he was more embarrassed then I thought.

"I know, takes skill to make a shot like that." He smirked, leaning a bit closer to me. I laughed and stood up, making him move back a bit. I shook my head at him, grabbing his hand and pulling him up.

"You stink, you should probably get changed." His jaw dropped as I shoved him down the bleachers towards the changing rooms.

"That's all man." He said, twisting around to grab me in a hug. I shrieked as he was all sweaty and gross. I hit him on the back, liking the feel of his body but not wanting him to notice it.

"Axl get off! This is disgusting!" I struggled to get out of his grip, sighing when I finally gave up when it became clear that he was not going to let me go. He shoved his face in my neck snuggling up to me. I wiggled a bit, feeling uncomfortable now that I could hear a few giggles behind me. I assumed that the cheerleaders were watching.

"Axl." I whined. He nuzzled into me a bit more, sighing.

He finally let me go and went to get changed, I shook my head as I watched him go, knowing that he had grown on me a lot more than I would like to admit.

"So, here's the proof." I whirled around to find Ashley and Brittany grinning at me, the other cheerleaders were practicing but were also clearly listening in to the conversation.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." I huffed, walking past the changing rooms as Axl came running out. I raised my eyebrows, he sure could get freshened up quickly. He threw his arm around my shoulder and I was happy to note that he no longer was sweaty or smelt bad. I didn't know what he did but I wanted to know so that I could get ready quicker in the morning.

"So where are we off to?" I asked as he led me towards the front door of the school.

"I was kinda hoping that you would have dinner at my house?" He gave me these puppy dog eyes that I couldn't possibly say no to. I sighed and he took this as a yes because he grinned at me and pecked me on the forehead.

When we reached his house, I text my mom to let her know the plans. Axl took my hand and led me to the living room and onto the couch. I peered at him from under my eyelashes wondering what he was up to. He soon let me know that he hadn't forgotten that I was ticklish and began to attack my sides. I screamed and squirmed away from him but he wasn't giving up. I was so close to peeing myself that when his mother caught us I wasn't as embarrassed as I should have been.

He didn't even move away from me, just grinned as I glared at him. I pushed him off me with a cheeky smirk as I asked to go to the bathroom.

"It's down the hall, second door on the left." I smiled at his mother. Frankie, as she asked me to call her. While I was in the bathroom I could hear what was happening in the room next door. It was a little boys voice and he appeared to be whispering to himself, getting a little weirded out I washed my hands and went back to Axl who had moved to the kitchen.

"So what's you're favourite food?" He asked me. He handed me a bunch of takeaway menus, I had to hide my smile because I should have known there wouldn't be a home cooked meal in this house. I laughed as I pushed the menus away and rummaged in the cupboards, pulling out everything I would need to make my famous chicken stir-fry.

I was a little surprised to see that they had all of the ingredients and yet didn't really cook much. I shrugged it off and made Axl taste a bit, he closed his eyes as he groaned. I went a bit pink as I saw Mr and Mrs Heck smiling at us.

"Axl, shut up!" I whisper hissed.

"What! I can't help it, hurry up and finish so I can have more." He lent on the side behind him and smirked while crossing his arms. I turned the heat up a little, loving the sound of sizzling that was coming from the pan. I had of course made enough for Axl's family as well, I'm not stupid enough to not do so.

Axl passed plates which I put a decent amount of food on each, I took the garlic bread out of the oven and put it on another plate. When I turned around everyone was sat by the table and watching me.

I smiled nervously and motioned for everyone to dig in. There was a flurry of elbows as everyone tasted my food, I didn't have any of mine until someone said something.

"This is delicious!" Mrs Heck said, closing her eyes as she ate. I felt a bit of relief and smiled when Axl nudged me to start eating. I picked up my knife and fork and dug in.

When dinner was finished, Sue and the little brother whose name I found out was Brick, there were unusual names in this family, and Mr Heck who had second helpings were washing the plates and cutlery. Axl took my hand and led me to his bedroom.

"That was amazing, I think my family really like you." He sounded pleased even though he acted as though he didn't like his family. It was times like this where you could tell that he really valued their opinion.

"I think they liked my food." I laughed and sat on his bed. It looked like he shared this room with Brick. He picked up his guitar and started strumming it coming to sit opposite me, he sat cross-legged and smiled at me as he started to play properly. I sat, transfixed as he starting singing along. His voice was deeper than I expected and he caught my gaze, not letting me look away as he continued to play.

This boy was going to be the death of me.

"I won't hesitate no more, no more. This is our fate. I'm yours" He sang. I gulped as I went closer to him, he stopped strumming as I lent towards him. I put my lips on his, softly as first but when he started to respond I got bolder and I got as close to him as I could.

His hands came up to my hair, keeping me firmly in place as we continued to kiss. And when we parted, both breathing heavily, I rest my head on his shoulder as he pulled us back to lie on the bed.

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