Justin Fields Imagines ꨄ

✨Draft Day✨

"Hey Janelle it's so good to see you again sweetheart!" she said with open arms as I embraced her in a hug. "Same to you Mrs. Fields"

I made my way into the kitchen looking over the multiple pots and pans full of food. "You see how everyone magically forgot that I was vegan" Justin said glaring at his parents on the couch who paid him no mind.

"It's still good food bestie be grateful they took time to prepare all of this for you" I stated looking up at him. He secretly hated when I call him that.

His eyes dropped down to meet mine and then soon traveled down lower to examine my entire outfit, which wasn't anything special, basic off-the-shoulder white top with distressed black jeans and silver heels to match my watch.

"Don't stare at me like that you know I have anxiety" I said to him.

He laughed at me showing his perfect smile, "So now it's a crime to look at you? You look beautiful"

I shook my head trying my absolute best to not bust out in the biggest smile ever. "You don't look too bad yourself, finally got a damn haircut" I teased flicking him on his forehead.

"Alright we got 5 minutes I need everyone in their places!"

Justin grabbed my hand leading me over to the couch in front of the tv. He plopped down in the middle next to his mom and motioned me to sit on the opposite side of him right next to his dad. As soon as I sat down his dad looked over at me and gave me a thumbs-up, he was always a man of few words. I looked up at the red LED clock that read "8:00". The cameras began rolling all at once, along with my heart rate that went up as each second passed by.

Everyone's eyes were glued to the tv as each pick went by. By the 5th pick I could feel the tension in the room begin to grow, it was expected that Justin should have been in at least the top 5, top 3 even. After what felt like forever we got a 15-minute commercial break. 

When the cameras stopping rolling I felt my hand being squeezed, I looked over at Justin who had this eager look in his eyes. He stood up and began to make his way upstairs, I assume I'm supposed to follow. He lead me directly into the oddly frigid guest room filled with old paintings and random stuffed animals placed in the corner. I sat down on the bed next to him waiting for him to talk but I knew he wouldn't.

"What's the matter?" I asked him

"That's the question you're gonna start with? How about we face the fact that this is a complete shit show. It's damn near 9 clocks and not one team has decided they want me, we keep going lower and lower and we all know the lower you go, the lower money you receive, the lower playing time, it's like everything I did these past 4 weeks didn't mean anything" he said shaking his head in disappointment as if he was at the end of the road.

I sighed and pulled him into my lap "Remember what I told you? It doesn't matter how high or how low they rank you, you will always be my number 1 and you're worthy of so much more than you think you are Justin. You cannot let those numbers get into your head because at the end of the day I love you, your family loves you and we are always going to support you"

His eyes gazed over at me "Say it again"

"Uh..say what? I love you??" I asked him confused as he smirked at me nodding his head.

"Justin come on don't make it weird"

"Just say it" he said once again

"I love you and I will always support-" I was abruptly cut off by his lips crashing into mine while his hands began to wander around my hips. As much as I wanted to pull away I couldn't, a sense of tranquility came over me as each minute went by. We finally pulled away from each other after what felt like an eternity.

"That's all I ever wanted to hear" he said getting up from the bed.

"What is that supposed to mean? we just..." I trailed off while coming back into the reality that I nearly made out with my best friend while being under the roof of his parent's house.

"You know I've always loved you...but I never wanted to sabotage our friendship" he said hesitantly.

I couldn't deny and say that I didn't feel the same way because deep down I did. We've always been hand in hand with each other our entire lives through everything, no matter what the circumstances were even if we were both at fault, he's always been my person.

"You're not gonna "sabotage our friendship", remember besties before the restiesss" I said pinching his cheeks "But seriously nothing is going to change what we have..even if we fall in love, it'll be worth it"

I grabbed his face making him connect with my eyes once more "Tonight we get to witness your dreams come to life, don't worry about what's gonna happen next or what team is gonna pick you first. Just focus on the things you can control and everything else will work itself out, I promise"

He stared at me for a moment trying to analyzing everything I was saying to him. Before he could get another word out it was time to go finish the other half of the draft. We both went back downstairs into the living room as the camera crew began broadcasting again, except this time, everything started to fly by.

"7th pick"

"8th pick"

"9th pick"

"10th pick"

At this moment everyone sitting on the couch was growing a sense of anxiousness as the names of the players popped up on the screen, and not a single one had been Justin's. Which sadly excluded him from being in the top 10.

"The Bears pick is in, With the 11th pick in the NFL 2021 Draft, The Chicago Bears select...Justin Fields!"

I finally let out the huge breath I was holding in for so long, his family clapped and cheered as he thanked each one of them with a hug. I pulled him down close to me and whispered in his ear "I love you so much, I'm so proud of you"

"I love you more" he said while planting a kiss on my forehead for the entire world to see.

A wave of happiness filled my spirit watching him put on the bear's hat, not only was I able to witness his lifelong dreams come true, but I was now going to be a part of his life forever, in more ways than just one.