Run Away Child

Football Game

“Am I what?”

“Cheating with your coworker?”

“Are you serious right now? No I'm not cheating with Daniel.”

“Let me see your phone.”

I handed him my phone and he went through it.

“I told you, I'm not cheating on you. He’s not even my type first of all and second he is too old for me.”

He looked at me and shook his head.

“What made you think that I was cheating?”

“This chick texted me saying that you were cheating on me with him because she saw you two flirting at work.”

“Who? We were not flirting so that’s definitely not the truth.”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s not true.”

I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around him. 

“I know what it feels like to be cheated on. I would never do that to someone especially you because you are the love of my life and I would never hurt you.”

“I'm sorry. I shouldn’t-”

“Jordan it’s okay. You don’t have to apologize to me.”

“I shouldn’t have exploded.”

I pulled away and grabbed his face. 

“You are mine and I am yours. I will always be yours.”

I kissed him and he wrapped his arms around me. I walked out and finished cooking him some food.

“Jordan come eat.”

“Coming.”

He walked in and sat down. I handed him his plate and he ate it. 

“I’ll be right back and once you are done we are going to cuddle and watch Corpse Bride because it’s now on Netflix.”

“Deal.”

I walked out and grabbed some fuzzy socks and face masks. I walked to the living room and sat down getting everything set up. He came walking in with popcorn and sat down.

“Face masks?”

“Yep. We haven’t done one in a while.”

“Okay.”

While he was putting the movie on, I was putting his face mask on him and when I finished I put mine on. He lied on me and we watched our movie. We lied there watching the movie and it was fun. It was about time for us to take the masks off so I paused the movie. We went to the bathroom and took them off. 

I walked to the kitchen and made more popcorn when there was a knock at the door. I walked over and opened it and it was the boys.

“What’s up?”

“Why weren’t you at school?”

“We had to go to the hospital.”

“Wait why? Are you guys okay?”

“It’s okay now.”

Jordan walked in while still wiping his face mask off.

“It’s not coming-”

He saw that they were standing there so he turned around and walked back to the bathroom.

“Was he wearing a face mask?”

“Yeah. Come in.”

They walked in and sat down.

“So what happened?”

“Jordan passed out this morning and we didn’t know why. We went to the hospital and apparently he has low iron so now he has to be on medication for it. So after we decided to just stay home and watch movies. We did a face mask as well.”

“Jordan did a face mask?”

“Yeah? Every time I do one he does it with me.”

They all looked at each other surprised.

“He’s also a little baby. I have a video of him refusing to let go of my hand and talking in a baby voice.”

“Show us!”

“We are going to roast him for this.”

I pulled it up and showed them. They thought that it was the greatest thing in the world.

“He is a huge baby. He always wants to cuddle and wants me to baby him. When he is sick it’s even worse.”

He came walking out.

“Are you in here talking smack?”

“Yep and you aren’t going to do anything about-”

He turned me around and threw me over his shoulder. I screamed and he carried me to the room and threw me on the bed. The boys started laughing and came running after us. Jordan started tickling me and I couldn’t stop laughing.

“Jordan stop!”

“Nope.”

I reached up and grabbed his side and he started moving around trying to stop me. He stopped and pinned my arms down with one hand and continued tickling me with the other. He finally stopped and I was so mad at him. I got up and walked to the living room. I sat in the corner of the couch and didn’t let him sit next to me.

They walked in and sat down.

“What time do you all have to go back?”

“The football players got released early for an early practice.”

“Okay.”

We all sat there talking and Jordan tried to grab my hand but I pulled away.

“What’s wrong?”

“That wasn’t nice.”

“It was funny.”

“I told you to stop.”

“You can’t seriously be mad at me for tickling you.”

“I can and I am.”

“But why?”

“Because I told you to stop and you didn’t. And earlier you accused me of cheating!”

He stared at me for a second to find out if I was joking or not.

“You said you weren’t mad.”

“How would you feel if I called you a cheater and a liar? If I went through your phone and believed a random guy that told me that you were cheating with one of your coworkers? You can’t blame me for being at least a little upset about that.”

“I get that but I chose to believe you.”

“After you went through my phone.”

“I'm sorry! I shouldn’t have reacted like that but you can’t say that I have no reason to not believe that when my ex literally slept with six other guys while we were together.”

“And you think I'm like that?”

“No! You are nothing like her.”

“Well I must have done something to make you-”

“Sophia! You are way better than she ever was! I love you and I am sorry okay? But please stop being mad at me.”

I got up and walked away. I grabbed my bag and the keys. I was almost out the door before I felt him grab me.

“You are not leaving.”

“Watch me.”

I pushed him off of me and took off to the car. He was right behind me the whole time. I got in and started the car. I pulled off and drove around for a while. I parked the car at Birds Park and walked to the spot. I sat down on my rock and threw rocks into the water.

I sat there for what felt like minutes but was a few hours. I sat there thinking about our fight and thinking about what I’m going to say to him the next time I saw him. I got lost in my thoughts and when I looked up it was almost dark outside. I started walking back to the car but I saw Kyle's car there and Jordan was sitting on the hood of his car. His hair was a mess and he looked like he was crying.

He saw me walking up to him. He got off of the car and walked up to me.

“Baby, I am so sorry.”

“I get that you have been cheated on and hurt in the past and that has caused trust issues but I have proven myself to you over and over again. It hurt that you believed her over me because you know that I would never do that. Especially since you helped me in a time of need when my own family wouldn’t.”

“I know and I messed up. It was wrong of me and I know that now. I love you and I trust you but cheating is something that I just can’t deal with again. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I shouldn’t have done that.”

He slowly wrapped his arms around me and held me. 

“How did you know I would be here?”

“Your favorite place growing up. It’s your safe spot. I walked over to your spot and I saw you but I decided that I was going to wait for you to come back when you were ready.”

He kissed my forehead and just held me tight. I pulled away and grabbed his face. I kissed him and continued to hug him. I saw two of the boys sitting on the hood of Kyle’s car looking at us.

“Why in the world are they here?”

“Didn’t want me to go crazy alone so we went all around town but then I remembered that this spot is somewhere that you felt safest.”

“Michael brought me here after Geo was chased out of town and we sat here for hours talking and I felt so safe here.”

“I know, that’s why I knew to come here.”

We walked back to the boys and they all got out.

“So yall are okay now? The parents aren’t divorcing?”

Kyle said, “God I can’t handle another divorce right now.”

I chuckled.

“We aren’t divorced. We are okay now.”

“Well good because you are the first mom that all of us love.”

“Well thank you.”

“I have to say, when y'all were fighting I was scared. She looked like she was ready to kill you.”

“I know, I was also scared for him.”

“I could never kill him.”

“I doubt that.”

We got in the car and went back home. 

“Are you wanting to go to the parking lot party or do you want to stay home?”

“No we are going to the party. There is nothing that will change that right now plus we need to show that a fight isn’t going to break us up and show that we will always choose each other.”

“Alright.”

We got to the apartment and walked inside. I started getting ready when I heard the door open and shut. I walked out to the living room to see the boys back and ready. I walked back to the room and got dressed. I put on Jordan’s practice jersey and a pair of black ripped jeans. 

I walked back out and put on my leather boots that had a bit of a heel on them but were super cute.

“Ready?”

“Yep.”

We all walked out and I locked the door. I ran to the car and we drove to the first parking lot and they were already there with their speakers blasting the same thing and they had some coolers of beer. 

“Hey the parents are here!”

“Shut up Mirza! We are not the parents.”

“You definitely are.”

“Would the parents do this?”

I grabbed a beer and my key. I poked a hole and clicked it open and shut gunned it. I threw it down and they cheered.

“Yep! That’s my mom yall!”

We all laughed at it was fun until the cops showed up. It was time to go to the second parking lot but I decided to call the group chat and told them to follow me and Jordan because I have the perfect spot for us.

“Sophia, where are we going?”

“Have any of you gone to a cornfield party?”

Everyone said no.

“Well that is about to change. Follow Jordan and I.”

I hung up and I told Jordan where to go. We arrived and everyone got out. 

“Why are we here?”

“It’ll take the cops to find us around two or three hours. And since it’s a cornfield and we have trucks, we will be much faster than them. Plus they are way more fun so let’s party!”

We were having a blast and it was around mid-night when they decided that it was time to head home because of the game. We were driving home when Jordan started driving somewhere else that wasn’t home.

“Jordan.”

“Yes?”

“Where are we going?”

“Why?”

“Because this is weird so where are you taking me?”

“Relax, I am picking up something that will help sober me up a little bit more. No I am not drunk but I don’t want to risk it so I am picking up some fast food.”

“Okay.”

He put his hand in mine and kissed it.

“That was a great idea.”

“Well thank you. In Tennessee these were the go to parties.”

“I figured. It was pretty country so I figured. Having a country girlfriend can be pretty awesome.”

“Well thank you. I like to think that it’s starting to rub off on you.”

He looked at me and shook his head.

“Babe, what is our song? Country.”

“And? Country music is good.”

“You didn’t listen to it before you started dating me.”

“Good point.”

“Exactly. So try telling me again that I ain’t rubbing off on you.”

“You are.”

“Exactly.”

He laughed and pulled up to a fast food place and ran inside. He left his phone in the car and it went off. I saw the name and I was confused. It was Daniel’s ex Lillian. I opened it and saw the messages that she was sending him. 

“You know, your girlfriend is cheating with Daniel.”

“She is just going to screw you over like she does every other guy.”

“Let me show you how a real woman will treat you.”

“Why are you just leaving me on read?”

“Come on baby, we both know that she will never satisfy you the way I can.”

Jordan came back and he saw what was happening.

“You saw it.”

I looked at him.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I was going to tell her off and block her.”

“Jordan, this is more than telling you that I was a cheater. This is her trying to get you to cheat on me!”

“Obviously I wasn’t. Tell her to meet us. You can handle her right now.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yep. I don’t want anymore issues so put her in her place and fight her.”

I grinned and texted her as if I were him.

“Where do you want to meet? We can’t go to my apartment because she is there so meet me at Birds Park in five minutes.”

“See you soon baby.”

He drove to the park and I put my hair up. I saw her at her car so Jordan looked at me.

“What do you want me to do?”

“Get out and talk to her. I'm going to climb in the back so when she gets in I'm going to, well you can get the image.”

“Just don’t get blood in my car.”

“Deal.”

I climbed into the back of his car and sat there. He got out and started talking to her. She walked over to the side of the car and tried to get in. I opened my door and got out.

“Hey, remember me?”

She tried to run to her car but I was faster. I tackled her and punched her.

“You tried to get between me and my boyfriend. Why?”

“Because Daniel is mine!”

“I'm not even with Daniel! I said that I was dating him to get you to leave him alone because he hates you! He wants nothing to deal with you so leave me alone and him. Got it?”

“No! He still loves me and I love him! I never wanted to be with his friend!”

I punched her again and flipped her onto her stomach. I started pushing on her elbow and almost popped it out of place before she screamed out of pain.

“I’ll say it again, do you understand me?!”

“Yes!”

I got off of her and walked to the car. I sat down and buckled in. Jordan looked at me.

“Better now?”

“Yep. Let’s go home.”

I grabbed his phone and blocked her Snapchat. We got to the apartment and walked inside. He threw away his garbage and I walked to the bathroom and got undressed and started the water. I got in and started taking a shower. I heard the door open and then it was silent for a minute. Jordan opened the curtain, got in, then closed it.

 He stood behind me and started rubbing my arm and shoulder. He started kissing my neck and started kissing along my neck and shoulder. I turned around and started kissing him. He picked me up and pressed me against the wall as I wrapped my legs around him.

He guided himself inside of me and started moving me up and down. I told him to put me down and I bent over then he put himself inside me again. He started slow and started going faster and faster and with every thrust I got louder and so did he. He pushed my back down more with one hand and grabbed my butt with the other. He slapped me and I moaned even louder. 

He pulled out and busted on my back so I turned back around and started kissing him again. He picked me up and grabbed my butt the whole time. I tangled my fingers in his wet hair and I started kissing his neck. I gave him a hickey and he moaned. He put me down and I finished taking a shower. I got out and started getting dressed. Jordan came out shortly and he only had a towel wrapped around his waist. I bit my lip.

“What?”

“You are the sexiest person I have ever met.”

“Nah babygirl, look in a mirror.”

“Nope still you.”

I chuckled and gave me a crooked grin that makes me weak. He got dressed and I got in bed. He got in and turned the lamp off. I rolled over so he was lying on me and I was playing with his hair and rubbing his head. He fell asleep and I couldn’t.

I lied there for a while just thinking about everything and I realized that there was so much happening in my life that shouldn’t and I decided that I was going to cut it out and I was going to go back to basically a popular loner. I eventually fell asleep and I heard the alarm go off. Jordan was still asleep on top of me and it was really cute.

“Baby, time to get up and ready for the game.”

He slowly got up and looked at me. He kissed me then sat at the edge of the bed. I got up and started getting dressed when I noticed that he was swaying back and forth.

“Do you need your medicine?”

“Yeah.”

“I’ll be right back.”

I walked to the kitchen and grabbed his medicine and water for him. I handed it to him and he took it. A few moments later he got up and got ready. I wore a hoodie and sweats and he did the same thing. We hung out until it was time to start getting ready for the football game.

 I put his practice jersey on and a pair of shorts because it was going to be hot. I went to the bathroom and put body paint on my face and painted #55 on my cheek because that is his number. I went back to the room and grabbed some socks then went to the living room. I grabbed my shoes and put them on. I went to the bathroom and saw him standing there looking for something.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I can’t find my chain.”

“Why do you need it?”

“I wanted to wear my ring but I can’t have it on my hand so I bought a chain to put it on so I can wear it as a necklace during games.”

“That’s sweet. It’s on the dresser in the bowl. You put it in there a few days ago.”

“Thank you.”

He kissed my cheek and ran to the room. I brushed my teeth and walked back to the living room.

“Jordan, are you ready?”

“One second. Head out to the car and can you bring my gear out for me?”

“Yep, I’ll see you in a second.”

I grabbed his shoulder pads and his helmet then walked out to the car. I put it in the backseat and was about to get in the car then I saw someone that wasn’t Jordan walking down the stairs. He looked at me and waved. I waved back.

“Hi, did you just move in?”

“A few weeks ago yeah. I'm Sophia.”

“Nice to meet you. I'm Roger.”

I shook his hand.

“I didn’t know I had a neighbor.”

“I'm not usually at home. I'm a workaholic.”

“Ahh, yeah I can be as well sometimes. My boyfriend hates the long nights that I work sometimes.”

“Football gear?”

“We are in high school. Heading to the game tonight.”

“You are in high school?”

“Yep.”

“Wow you are way younger than you look.”

“I don’t know if that is a compliment or not.”

He chuckled.

“It was.”

“Well thank you.”

Jordan came running down the stairs and over to me.

“Ready to go?”

“Yep. Just met our neighbor Roger.”

“Ahh, nice to finally meet you. But we really have to go.”

“Nice meeting you as well.”

We got in the car and Jordan drove off. We were almost to the field when I got a call from Brandon.

“Hey can I get a ride? My car is out of gas and I don’t want to wait for a tow truck.”

“Yep. Send us your location and we will be there as soon as possible.”

“Thank you so much.”

I hung up and he shared his location so we drove over to him and picked him up. He threw his gear in the back seat and got in.

“Thank you. I don’t know how my car ran out of gas when last night it had a full tank.”

“The party. Everyone was being idiots so there is a chance that it ran out of gas because you left it on and it burned it.”

“You might be right. I don’t know but I am so happy that you picked up the phone.”

“You’re welcome.”

The rest of the ride was pretty much silent. Once we arrived Jordan and Brandon ran over to the field to start warming up. I sat in the bleachers up front and watched the boys. Some of the cheerleaders were checking out the football players.

“Look at Kyle. he looks so much better than he did last year.”

“Right? Who do you think is the hottest guy on the team is?”

“Kyle, Mark, or Jordan.”

“Well two of them are taken so they are off limits.”

“True. Jordan and Sophia are so cute.”

“I know right? It’s like they were made for each other or something.”

I stood up and walked over them.

“Well thank you and I agree. But I definitely think that Kyle wouldn’t date any of you because he’s not into cheerleaders.”

They looked at me in shock.

“Well what is his type?”

“Stoner girls.”

They all started laughing.

“I'm not even joking. He doesn’t like preppy cheerleaders anymore.”

“You know this how?”

“He’s my best friend.”

They all went silent and I laughed. More people started showing up and Jordan ran over to the side of the bleachers that I was at. I leaned over and kissed him. He grabbed my hand and smiled.

“My little good luck charm.”

“Always and forever baby. Now go win this!”

He ran off to the coach and the game started. It was about to be the end of the first quarter and we were winning seven to zero. Kyle was Jordan’s blind side and when he saw someone about to hit him he tackled them and as soon as Jordan threw the ball Mike caught it and ran the whole field. We all went crazy and I have never been more proud of my boys. The buzzer rang and Jordan looked for me. 

As soon as we made eye contact he threw his hand up and I smiled. He ran over to the water and got a drink. He started talking to the coach about the next quarter of the game. I was so proud of him and it made me happy to see him doing something that he loves. He sat down and I pulled out my phone.

I had a missed call from Michael so I ran out of there and called him back.

“Hey brother. What’s up?”

“Sophia, where are you?”

“The football game. Why? What’s going on?”

“It’s Ronnie and the baby.”