UnDefined [Book 1.5]

What A Ladies Man

So this is a continuation of UnKnown with short stories that I didn’t think would really go well with the actual book so it’s going to be a pretty short story but Luke and Bryn’s relationship gets deeper and y’all need to know how that happens so here ya go :)

Chapter Quote:

“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

~Vince Lombardi

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Chapter 1: What A Ladies Man

Luke

The Havenbrook Eagles were easily going to win their homecoming football game.  The score was thirty-five to fourteen with one minute left in the game.  Luke was grinning at Derek as their team huddled up to discuss their last play.

“Come on guys, we’re doing great!” Derek shouted. “We’re going to run down the clock so Luke, you’re running the ball.  Think you can do that?”

“You got it!  Eagles, on three!  One, two three!” Luke shouted.  After three, the offensive team hollered, “EAGLES!” and went to their respective positions.  Small lightning in the clouds caught Luke’s attention.  He smiled to himself, immediately thinking of the temperamental, blonde, and British demigod Bryn Winchester.  She was a daughter of Zeus and had been practicing creating more lightning strikes to increase her power with the upcoming war.  No one knew when it was going to happen, but they knew it would.

Luke was broken out of his trance when he heard Derek yell ‘Hike.’  Luke ran behind the son of Apollo, grabbed the ball, and leapt through a hole the offensive line had created for him.  He felt two of the opposing team players behind him and gaining, but he wasn’t going to let them catch him.  He’d already scored two of the five touchdowns.  Why not make it three out of six?  The crowd was going absolutely nuts cheering him on.  He reached the touchdown zone with no trouble and threw the ball behind him, running towards his teammates who tackled him to the ground.  Their kicker easily kicked the ball through the goal posts.  There were forty seconds left on the clock.  It was easy for the Eagles’ defense to prevent the opposing team from scoring.

The team poured onto the field, hollering and cheering along with the crowd.  They shook hands with the team they had played against and after that team had exited the field, the crowd in the stands rushed down to greet the football players.  Luke was surrounded by his teammates; he’d lost Derek in the commotion.

“Way to go man!” Someone complimented.  He wasn’t sure where it came from but he grinned nonetheless.  Then his world went black when someone came up from behind him and covered his eyes with their hands.

“Silena, is that you?” he asked.  When he didn’t get an answer, he continued, “Tracy?  Jackie?  Lindsey?”

“You’re never going to guess it,” Derek’s voice laughed from somewhere nearby.

Becoming more determined to get it right, Luke proceeded to name more girl names.  He heard laughter but with all the cacophonous noise around him, he couldn’t place whose it was.  Finally, the person apparently becoming impatient, said in a very feminine, very British accent, “Oh honestly Sharkboy, this is preposterous how long it is taking you to guess who I am.”

Luke laughed before reaching behind him and pinching her sides lightly.  Bryn gasped and let go of him.  He whirled around and enveloped her in a hug, spinning her around.