8 Part Eight

They kept taking pictures and it was getting a little awkward then I checked the time 7:15. "Omg Devon. We are gonna be late and we can't be late especially today" I said and he said "yeah mom. We are gonna be late. We'll see you at the game" and we grabbed our bags and equipment and ran out the door to the car. We drove straight to the school. We were just on time. We grabbed our bags and left our equipment in my car and ran inside.

The first bell rang and we had to get to gym. We separated and I went to the locker room. I ran into the gym before the bell rang. I was nearly out of breath and then I saw Isa. I walked to her and she said "girl you look like you about to die and by the way love the jerseys of Devon and your's. It so cute" and I said "yea I thought it was really cute too and I know this relationship is not real,but I'm starting to really like him more than a friend. I think I might be falling for him" and she said "aww that's so cute" and I said "shut up".

"All right kids, the football team will not play in gym today instead they will go to the cafeteria and it will be a study hall for them" Ms.Jackson said and I said "sweet". We all walked to the cafeteria and just hungout there for most of the period. Devon left the cafeteria for awhile and I had a strange feeling.

I went to coach and asked if I could go to the bathroom and he said it was ok. I grabbed my things and went to the hall way. I was on my way to the bathroom when I heard Devon talking. I followed the sound of Devon's voice and I couldn't believe what I saw.

I turned the corner of the hallway and saw Charlotte kissing Devon against the locker then him pushing her away. He was about to say something to Charlotte,but ended up seeing me.

I could feel my eyes watering and he said "Nikky--" but before he could say anything else, I ran away. I kept hearing my name as I was running,but I didn't stop running until I got to the parking lot. I looked at the jersey and Devon's ring and I got really sad and took them off and dropped them on the ground and ran to the car and drove off.

I was crying as I was driving home. I didn't want to see him again. I know we weren't really dating,but I was starting to fall for him. I liked him and now even though we weren't dating, I felt like my heart broke into a million pieces.

When I got home I ran into my room and locked my door and window. I just cried on my bed. I kept hearing Devon voice from the other side of the window and knocking,but I didn't look to see. I ended up crying myself to sleep for a little while.

I woke up a few hours later and looked at the time. It was 5 o'clock. I got up from my bed and looked at my phone. I had like fifty calls and texts from Devon and a couple of texts from Isa and Brendan saying where was I or what happened to me and Devon ,but I didn't answer them back.

It was almost time for the game and I knew that if I didn't go I would feel so guilty because I promised coach I would play even if that meant seeing Devon. I don't care. I grabbed my stuff and drove back to the school. I got out of the car and took my equipment out and saw Devon's equipment. I took it out of the car and went inside.

I went to the guy's locker room and saw Devon in there talking to his friend Jake. I wanted to tear up again,but I didn't. Then one of the football players named Harris came out of the locker room. "Hey Harris can you give this to Devon for me?" I asked and he said "sure" as I gave him Devon's equipment and walked to the girls locker room.

Anaisa was waiting there for me and saw me. "Where the hell were you? We were worried sick about you. What happened between you and Devon?" she asked and I said "I have been at home and I really don't want to talk about it right now and I have to get changed".

Isa walked out of the locker room and on to the field. I put my equipment and jersey on except my helmet and walked out of the locker room. I went onto the field and noticed the team staring at me.

Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard someone say "Nikky--" and I knew who it was. It was Devon. He turned me around and said "Nikky your here, please listen to me. Let me explain ple--" and I raised my hand and said "Stop.I don't want to hear your explanation and I didn't come here for you I came for coach and the team. This thing that we were doing is done." and he said "Why are you even mad at me? We were not even really dating" and I looked at him. I felt hurt and without even thinking about it, I slapped him.

"You really don't get it do you" I said and I turned away from him and walked away and he said "get what?" and I said as I was walking "why don't you rethink everything we have done,if you still don't get it ask our friends. I'm sure they will explain it to you" and I walked away and onto the field.

After a couple of hours the game started and even though me and Devon weren't communicating, that didn't stop us from playing and winning the game. I was happy we won and I'm pretty sure the team was happy too.

After the game ended I went back home in the rain and locked myself in my room. I took a shower and got ready for bed then I received a text from Devon. The text message said "Nikky, please call me. I talked to Anaisa and Brendan. We need to talk please". I ignored the text and then I got a text from Anaisa that said "I told Devon and he told me what happened. Please talk to him he really does need to talk to you" and I wrote to her "no Isa if I talk to him I gonna feel even more pain and heartbroken I just can't". After that text I just turned off my phone and went to sleep.

The next couple of weeks was filled with rain showers. Every day I would ignore Devon everytime he tried to talk to me and every night there would always be knocking at my window. It was always Devon trying to talk to me and during those rain showers. He would sit on my window sill soaked in water.

I didn't want to talk to anyone. I went to school and back and rarely ate food. Instead I just laid on my bed watching TV. It wasn't until Saturday night that something had to happen.

I heard a knock on my window. It was Devon. He was sitting on my window sill. "Please open the window. I need to talk to you please talk to me" he said. "Go away" I said and he replied "Please Nikky. Open the window. Come on you have blocked everyone out including me. Please talk to me" and I looked at him and I saw him soaked from head to toe and he stared into my eyes.

I just sat down next to my bed and started to cry. "Please Nikky. I'll stay here all night until you talk to me please" he said and I looked away and cried some more. I could hear his voice was hurt and in pain.

The whole night he did what he said he would do and stayed there. I cried myself to sleep for a little while. Then I woke up at 3 o'clock in the morning and saw Devon outside my window while it was still raining and he was soaking wet, awake, and talking to himself while sobbing. He was staring at the sky.

I crawled to the window and started to listen to what he was saying. "Why did this have to happen. I don't want to lose Nikky. She's my best friend and I think I started to fall for her too. It's only been a couple of weeks and I feel so empty. I was just so stupid not to notice how important she is to me. I want her back with me. I miss her smile. Her laugh. Hell, I miss everything about her. I want to hold her and love her, but Charlotte had to kiss me out of nowhere and If she wasn't there, I would have told Charlotte to back off that I didn't like her, I liked Nikky,but no Nikky had to see that and run. My god I'm such an idiot for not noticing that I liked her, but now I've lost her probably forever. I'm sorry. Why did I have to be so stupid?"

When I heard these words I felt really bad. I didn't even give him a chance to explain and it turned out he had feelings for me. I got up from the floor and I looked outside He was holding the jersey that said Devon's Girl while he was shivering out there and I opened the window.

I climbed out the window,sat on the window sill and he saw me. "Nikky" he said and I went next to him. I could see he had been crying. I put my hand on his cheek and wiped away his tears and said "you didn't lose me".

It took him a couple of seconds to realize that it was really me and not his imagination. I pulled his head towards mine and our lips collided and he started to kiss me back immediately. He put his hand on my cheek and started to kiss me harder. I kissed back and I felt like this was right.

I could feel the pain of him losing me as he was kissing me. I could feel a tear coming down his face and I saw that he meant it. That he was truly sorry and was in love with me.