Love

Chapter 57:

"LETS GO HAWTHORN, LETS GO!!!" I chanted, Xander doing the same. It was halfway through the second quarter. Hawthorn 54 and Sydney 57. I watched as Cyril Rioli ran down the field, bouncing the ball every 15 steps then kicking a goal straight towards the cheer squad. We all cheered and clapped. Xander was especially excited and jumped up on his chair. I quickly pulled him down.

"You can't do that. The security guards will chuck you out!" I laughed. He chuckled back and put his arm over my shoulders. I crossed my arm over my chest and held his hand, my head slowly rested on his shoulder.

"You know... This is by far the best day I have ever had." He told me. I smiled.

"I know, it's all because of me!" I bragged.

"Of course." He replied with a small laugh.

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1 hour later and there was 5 minutes to go before the game finished. I was cheering so loud, I swear the whole stadium could hear me. Rough-Head was lined up straight in front of the cheer squad. He put the ball between his legs, tucked his mouth piece in his sock, picked the ball back up and twirled it backwards a couple of times. He started walking, then jogging and then he booted the ball. It was sailed straight through the goals towards me. I cheered and put my hands up ready to catch it, because, apparently, if you catch the ball you get to keep it. I watched it with a big grin as it soared closer and closer to me. It was right above my head and I was about to catch it when two big hands reached up and grabbed it out of my reach. I let my hands drop.

Damn!!! I turned to Xander who was clutching a yellow footy. He had a huge smirk on his face and shoved the ball towards me.

"I believe this is your ball." He laughed. I laughed back and took the ball from his hands.

"Thank you so much!" I expressed leaning in for a kiss. He kissed me, but then pulled away with a sad look.

"I know I've said this so many times, but I am really going to miss you and it will break my heart leaving you tonight." He told me. Tears came to my eyes. I held them back but one escaped down my cheek. He just wiped it away with his thumb and held my head in his hands. He kissed the top of my head and turned back watch the game.

The siren rang out across the field.

I jumped up and down as we had won the game! 102 - 87. Xander lifted me up. I laughed as he put me back down and got up on his chair again. I quickly pulled him down as I noticed a security guard coming towards us. I quickly picked up my bag and footy and started shuffling the opposite way to the guard. I pushed Xander.

"RUN!!!" I urged him. He picked up his helmet and mine and started shuffling past everyone. I glanced behind me and saw the security guard shuffling past everyone and catching up. I jumped over a chair to get to the empty isle behind us. Xander followed close behind. Once we were out of the cheer area, we ran for our lives. We sprinted for our lives is more like it. We burst through the gates, put our helmets on and jumped on his Ducati.

Once we had sped to a small side street and checked we were not followed, we took our helmets off and laughed uncontrollably.

"Oh my god, that was thee funniest thing I have ever done!" Xander chuckled.

"I know the look on the security guards face when we sped off... Hilarious!!!!" I practically yelled with laughter. On Eve we had settled down, Xander spun spun around on the bike to face me. He rested his forehead on mine and looked deep into my eyes. His eyes crinkled as he smiled. I tried to hide my sadness, but he could read my like an open book.

"Stop." He said shortly.

"What?" I asked, acting like there was nothing wrong.

"Don't be sad. Please, it will kill me!"

"I'm not sad, I'm happy that I get to spend these last moments of our time together, with each other and alone."

"Good."

"Now let's go home, I have one last surprise." I told him, giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"I like the sound of that." He said, putting his helmet back on and revving the engine. "But wait, your parents."

"Nah, mums gone out with Connor." I smiled and we sped off to my house.