Kenya POV-
"Put Odell in the game! We are fucking losing." Brandon screamed toward the field as though O's coach could hear him.
I looked at the scoreboard and shook my head. It was the second quarter and the score was 14 to O. Us being zero.
It was extremely clear that without O and Juice, our offense was severely weak. On top of that, the coach told the media O and Juice were sitting out do to behavioral problems, which would look bad on them for potential NFL scouts who might be in the crowd.
He wasn't happy at the beginning of the game and I know with this score and not being able to get on the field it was burning him up inside. Especially since Jacksonville State wasn't as nearly as good as them. In fact they sucked and were kicking their asses.
"They kicking our ass. I'm ten seconds away from walking on that field and busting that coach head in. I got NFL dreams. NFL dreams dammit and it is not going to get ruined because his dumbass does not want to put Odell in the game. Jarvis deserved every bit of the ass whooping he got and his coach should be able to understand that." Brandon said legitimately upset.
I laughed.
"Ain't shit funny."
"It is. You acting like Cam Newton is really waiting on you."
"He is." Brandon stood up. "I'm coming Cam. I'll be there sooner if they put Odell in the game." He screamed across the field again as though the coach could hear him.
"Damn man. What the hell is going on?" I heard someone behind me say as Jacksonville State scored yet another touchdown.
I looked over to where O was and he had got up and punched the water cooler over. I sighed. That concluded the first half of the game, then they went back into the locker room.
Odell POV –
"Coach you gotta put Juice and O in the game. They kicking our ass out there and we not gon win without them."
"Get out my face Duke." My coach walked away from him frustrated.
"Coach we a ten times better team than Jacksonville but need our best receivers. We lose this we gon lose our momentum. We haven't loss a game yet." Duke continued to plead on our behalf.
Coach sighed and ran his hands down his face. He looked at me and Juice. He finally said, "Odell I'm putting you in."
"What?" Juice stood up angry.
"I said I'm putting Odell in. You got a problem with that?"
"Yeah, why does he get to play and not me? I'm the better receiver."
I chuckled to myself. My numbers spoke for themselves. I wasn't going to debate.
"Because I know you Juice and I know whatever happened, you instigated it. Odell suit up." My coach said and walked out.
"Man that's some bullshit." Juice kicked his locker with his foot. "Niggas always kissing Odell ass. He ain't shit and he play like shit."
I ignored him and got dressed. I needed to be mentally focused, not focused on Juice and his temper tantrum.
"Juice you know Dell the better match up with the Jacksonville defense." Marcus Brown one of my teammates defended me.
"All y'all niggas some kiss asses."
"It ain't a matter of kissing ass. It's a matter of who gon help us win in this moment and you know and I know we need Odell." Luther another teammate defended me.
"Fuck you Marcus. Fuck all y'all." Juice grabbed his things and stormed out the locker room.
I tried to block all the negativity out of my mind and focused on what I needed to which was coming back from this 21 point deficit. It was going to take a miracle. But luckly my miracle worker was in the stands. I quickly put on my gloves and ran out on the field to the section where K was sitting for our ritual. This was definitely against rules to be on the field at half-time, but I couldn't take any chances in this situation.
"K." I yelled.
She spotted me and hurriedly walked down.
"Coach letting me in." I held out my gloves to her.
She kissed them.
Instead of kissing her forehead I tried to kiss her lips, but she turned away where I caught her cheek. I gave her a confused look, but ignored it. I didn't have much time.
I ran back to the locker room. Our coach gave us some motivational words and we went back out for the second half.
Kenya POV-
"Are you honestly studying right now?" Odell came in the bedroom after taking his shower.
"I have a big exam Monday O." I said writing my answers into my study guide.
I did that. Typed the questions that could possible be on the test and then wrote the answers. It helped me memorize them.
"I single handily took the game to overtime K. And then made the game
Winning catch."
"I was there O." I said not looking up while I was writing.
"Its not easy to come back from a 21 point deficit like that."
"And you did it. Can you hand me that calculator?" I asked writing not looking up.
I felt him stare at me a moment, then get the calculator off the desk behind him.
"Thank you." I said as he handed it to me.
"This was an important game to me." He sat on the edge of the bed where I was. His bottom half was still wrapped in his towel.
"And I understand that O."
"You can't take a few minutes to go celebrate with me?" He removed the paper from my hands and pecked my lips, then it led into a full blown French kiss.
"I already lost study time going to the game O. " I stopped the kiss and got the papers back.
"You got all day tomorrow." He kissed me again.
"I don't like cramming." I lovingly touched both his cheeks and looked into his eyes. "I'll make it up to you after this exam. Promise."
"You better." He kissed me one more time and got up and got dressed.
Marcus one of his teammates was having a party at his apartment to celebrate the win and that's where O was headed.
"See you later." He grabbed his keys.
I waved goodbye and he was out.
Odell POV-
I watched as my teammates drank, laughed and had a good time. Here I had the biggest game of my college career so far, but I wasn't feeling right.
I sat at his bar, drinking my drink and looking at my mentions that had blew up. ESPN even mentioned me.
I sent a screen shot to K.
Me: Pay close attention to the line that says "today Odell Beckham Jr solidified himself as the BEST college receiver."
I smiled super hard and pressed send. Just knowing she'd be impressed.
K: 🙄
My smile faded.
"Bruh you good?" Marcus came and patted me on my back.
"Yeah. Yeah. I'm cool. Just reflecting on how I beat Jacksonville ass." I smirked.
"And that you did." He dapped me up. "Well let me know if you need anything."
"Aight."
He walked away and scrolled through my phone.
Great game baby. Love you and I'm so proud of you. - Mom
That's my boy lighting up that field can't wait to see you live and in action against Auburn. -Pop
You my hero cuz. - Cousin Evan
Wow Odell wonderful game. I miss you. -Random Beckie. Delete.
I had over a 70
messages from friends, family of praise, but one stood out.
The 🙄.
Maybe I was thinking too much about it.
Future's Real Sisters started to play. I got up and made it my business to drown out anything I was feeling and have a good time. I'll deal with that later.
Imaging O dancing like below.
Thank you so much my babies that responded about what you wanted to see. You guys and your feedback is invaluable.
I asked some people to further clarify what they meant, please check to see if it was you and respond. I really want to know.
And to those who said O is dependent on K and want to see him grow more mentally, explain what you mean so I understand?
Also, why do you think K is very dismissive of O?