𝐈 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄.
"a pancake breakfast to celebrate us getting into the play offs." bella said, sitting down at the table.
"this is the most white people breakfast i've ever seen." i said, snapping a picture of sawyer.
"it's kinda good though." i said.
bella talked about how much importance the week had, while sawyer ate his pancakes.
"i got my drives permit, and i get to play in my first play off game!" bella cheered, while newt ate his bacon.
i looked over at peppers mom, who was going to the bathroom.
bella and i were gonna help plan her baby shower on saturday. pepper was having a baby brother.
"listen up! there's a severe weather advisory for friday, so we're moving the play off game to saturday night." coach said.
peppers face fell, and i joined them.
"you guys are going to be there, right?" pepper asked.
"totally!" bella said, and sighed. "pepper, i really wanna help you with the baby shower, but this is the play offs. i didn't get to play last year, and i may never get the chance again."
"it's her baby shower. she can't just switch the date." i frowned, trying to come up with something.
"you're right. we'll cram all the fun of a two hour party into one concentrated hour. it'll be fast, it'll be fabulous, and we'll get to the game with plenty of time to spare." bella said.
"wow, i feel super motivated to tackle someone right now!" sophie cheered.
"don't you always feel like that?" bella asked.
"pretty much." sophie nodded.
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i looked around at the baby shower party.
"okay, i budgeted 60 minutes for the bag shower and 30 minutes to get to the game. we're already 13 minutes behind, but we can't start until all the guests get here." bella said.
"who are we waiting on?" sophie asked impatiently.
"the stripper i bought." i joked.
"no, it's my moms co-worker, marcy. she's the worst. she was once late for a meeting about lateness." pepper said.
finally marcy arrived, and sophie rushed her to sit down.
"hello, ladies and welcome to the silverstein baby shower. we're going to hit the ground running with our first activity." bella announced.
the women started painting baby bibs, and pepper told them to stop a couple minutes later.
after, we played this weird game to find a pacifier, and pepper lied about having a prize to get them to move faster.
next, we broke open a piñata.
a few minutes later, we kicked them all out, with 17 minutes left.
"go get to that- game!" peppers mom said.
"please do not tell me you're giving birth." i frowned. "i mean.. life is a gift. congratulations."
peppers dad was fishing, and we couldn't get him to answer the phone.
what were we supposed to do?
"oh, a butter scotch!" sophie said.
"i'll call coach." bella said.
"this article says to drink water and keep moving!" i shouted.
pepper ran off to go get a go-bag, while peppers mother panicked.
"we have no time!" i said, grabbing my keys.
my dad bought me a car that my chauffeur let me drive in.
hopefully, my permit would come in handy.
"let's go!" i said, staring at my jersey in the backseat.
i rushed to the hospital, going way faster than i should've.
"i'm gonna die!" sophie yelled, holding onto her seat.
"i've only driven in gta, so i should've warned you guys earlier!" i yelled, pulling into the hospital.
we left peppers mom there, and i jumped back into the car.
"come on, let's go!" sophie rushed.
"you guys have all your stuff?" i asked, double checking.
"yeah, i have my jersey." bella said.
when we got to the school, bella and i rushed to the locker rooms to change into her uniform.
pepper and sophie changed into their cheerleading uniforms.
i grabbed my helmet, amd rushed onto the field.
the bleachers were full of people.
the teams were running down the field, and troy was throwing.
"i'm here! we made it!" bella screamed out.
the timer went off.
"that's game. bulldogs lose 20 to 16." ace announced.
"i missed it." bella looked over.
"we missed it." i corrected, but it didn't make anything better.
on the other side of the field, sawyer was sitting on the field, taking off his helmet.
god damn, he looks good.
oh shit, ace is announcing again.
"hold on, there's penalty on the play!" ace called out.
"pass interference by the red devils! put 5 seconds back on the clock!" the ref announced. "first down, bulldogs!"
bella and i ran onto the field.
"cherry!" sawyer ran up to us, hugging me tightly.
"think we can pull this off?" troy asked the quarterback.
"i know we can. as long as we do it together. woo! now that's how you give a pep talk." sawyer encouraged himself, with a grin.
coach told us his play, and we lined up on the field.
i gave sawyer a kiss on the cheek, and he smiled at me. we all ran in different directions, following the play.
bella landed in the end zone, while ace yelled.
"bulldogs win! bulldogs win! for the first time in ten years, bulldogs are going to the championships!" ace announced.
troy and bella cheered.
sawyer gave me the tightest hug he could manage.
"we did it." sawyer smiled.
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"meet my baby brother, theo." pepper said, holding a baby with a bulldogs jersey on it. "what do you think of his jersey?"
"i think it goes perfectly with this." bella said, putting a small plush football in his hands.
"aw!" i said, touching the hat on his head. "so cute."
"here's three hundred dollars for the blender we gave away." i said, placing it on peppers mothers leg.