N.F.L Imagines

embarrassing (ja'marr chase)

"ooh ja'marr you gotta crush" joe sang before running a drill
"i do not, also we're not in middle school i don't have crushes." i groaned as he passed the ball down the field
"really cause it's not everyday you get so nervous by a girl that you hide your face and walk away"
"doesn't matter how i feel, she hates me"
"why does she hate you?" he asked, curiously.
"cause i'm a babbling, bashful idiot when i'm around her, she's so effortlessly smooth when she talks and i don't ever know how to respond to her."
"you don't know unless you ask, do it today after practice, 20 bucks says she'll say yes"
"okay you don't even know her, and why would i bet against myself"
"i don't know i'm just in a gambling mood right now. hey charlie 10 bucks says that 5 yellow cars cross the highway in 5 minutes!" he called out to the rookie wide receiver, charlie. 
"i'll take that bet" he responded, setting a 5 minute timer and both of them turned their attention to the bridge and its connecting highway.

while they were busy being stupid, i was deep in thought about that girl, gianna. why was she making me so nervous. should i ask her out, what would i even say. i've never had such an internal struggle when asking a girl out, hell i've never been made that nervous while talking to a girl. what was i afraid of i mean normally-

"HAHA theres another one" joe exclaimed loudly, interrupting my thoughts. 
"ok i'm gonna do it, practice is basically over" i announced and walked over before i could have a second thought.
"go get the girl ja'marr!" joe encouraged, gaving me a good luck pat on my shoulder when i walked past him, i was gonna need the luck.

she saw me walk over to her, she was putting away her camera. she turned toward me, perhaps ready to strike up a conversation. "if you came over here to take your sweatshirt back, you can get it after i get into my car" she teased.

"be honest, do you hate me?" i asked her, looking deep into her eyes. i needed to know the truth, i really hate feeling that she doesn't like me cause, being honest with myself, i really like her.
"hate you? why would i hate you?" she asked me with an extremely confused look on her face.
"whenever you're around i'm always saying the most embarrassing things and they make me come off really bad, i'm sorry if i every offended you in some way" i tried explaining to her.
"sure you seem pretty arrogant at times, but it's cute when you get all flustered around me." she responded with a grin present on her face.
"flustered? i don't get flustered especially by uhm you" i managed to cough out, truthfully she was making me nervous right now.

all she did was try to hide her laughter behind her hand, unsuccessfully might i add. "well hang on, i'm pretty sure you just called me cute" i said, attempting to make her blush and get nervous.

"i stand by it" she nonchalantly replied, much to my chagrin, "don't let that inflate your ego mr. i could pull every girl here." she sarcastically quipped. 

"so you did hear that" i said, rubbing the back of my neck, i was really hoping that she didn't hear our stupid conversation.
she sucks in through her teeth "yeah i did, i mean i can ask the girls here if they agree. hey stacy i have a question for y-!" she started to shout across the field. i cut her off with my louder voice, "that won't be necessary stacy!" i yelled, walking front of her so nobody could see her and her yelling voice.
"oh my god i embarrass myself enough, i don't need you to embarrass me too" i smiled down at her.
"okay so did you seriously just come over here to ask if i hated you?" she asked.

this was it. the moment that i had been waiting for. and she had served me the perfect moment to ask on a silver platter. her answer to my question gave me confidence that she may say yes, as well as her calling me cute. her words were ingrained in my mind as my next words left my mouth.

"i um came back to ask you.. about the sweatshirt, but i'll just get it later at your car like you said"
"that's cool, i'll probably be out of here within the next 30 minutes, i'm assuming you're gonna take a shower and whatnot, we can walk out together" 
"yup see you soon gia" i said the words feeling dry on my mouth as i walked away.

"you owe me 20 dollars burrow" i said setting my stuff down in the locker room after i took a shower.
"what how'd you screw that up, she was so smiley when you left i thought she said yes" 
"wait what do you mean she was smiley when i left?" i asked him
"when you walked off her face turned red and she was smiling, i saw her" 
my eyes went wide, i could feel them grow "she did, you're sure?"
"positive" he replied
"i gotta go" i said quickly, and dashed out the door.

i caught her right at the door, she was just about to push it open.
"i'll get that for you" i said reaching over her to open the door before she had the chance
"jesus christ, give a girl a warning next time" she breathed out

i grabbed her hand, lightly, and we started walking out on the sidewalk. thankfully, she did not pull her hand away, giving me slightly more confidence. "okay i'm just gonna get this all out here while we walk. i don't know what it is about you, but this whole day my mind has been on one thing and one thing only. for some reason i can hardly speak when i'm near you and i've never felt like that around someone else, other than you. i don't know why, but it means something to me and i hope it means something to you. i know we just met this morning, but do you mind me asking you out" i didn't dare to look down at her, worried of the look that would show on her face. without realizing i had gripped her hand much harder than i thought i was, but before i could loosen my grip she stopped in her tracks.

she turned towards me in the middle of the sidewalk. i slowly moved my eyes down to peer at her face, a genuine smile graced it. she reached for my other hand, and took it in hers.

"i would love that, i would also love to kiss you right now" she confessed with a grin. 
this girl was gonna be the death of me.
"i'd love that too" i smiled, moving my hands to cup her face.

if the language sounds too formal, i've been binging bridgerton, i'm sorry 😭. it rubbed off too much. 

also a ja'marr chase imagine was requested by maddy_mc415, and this is what i came up with. hope you like it and i hope it flows good enough to be understandable like it is in my head.

i scraped this up in a day and i have like maybe 3 more chapters i want to do before i take another break and spend time on my justin fields book 🤭

side-note, watching bridgerton for the first time. holy shit. the emotional rollercoaster i'm on is insane, i almost cried a million times.
tbh i might come back and tweak a few of these stories in the future but right now i'm too tired to do that.

toodles <3