The Prince and the Frog

Homecoming

Lynn:

I was still lying in bed waiting for Sergio to finish in the shower, who astonishingly took a whole damn hour in there. Maybe I could try and talk to him before he left for work, that way I won’t have to wait all day to talk to him again? As I was going over my options in my head my thoughts were interrupted by a banging coming from the front door. s**t, Georgie is here already and Sergio was still in the shower. f**k how am I going to explain this to my little brother? That was a conversation I did not want to cross. I promptly threw on my favorite shirt which sadly happened to be Peter’s old football jersey from high school, I debated with myself for a few seconds if I should make the effort to change. No, Jelly Bean won’t know who’s it is.

Quickly I gathered all my hair and tied it into a messy ponytail, as I was about to exit my bedroom door I heard the shower turn off. Yes! Sergio was done that meant he was leaving and I could avoid this awkward moment in just a few short minutes. Running down the steps two at a time I reached the front door smiling excitedly getting hyped to spend some time with my brother. He was really the only person in my life to understand me and not make me feel awful about my life.

 As I unlocked the front door and yanked it open my smile faltered. It was not my brother staring down at me, it wasn’t even my mother, “What are you doing here Campos?” I asked not being able to hide the irritation in my voice.

“Umm I was at your mom’s house when you called and Georgie didn’t want to come because Kimmy was going over and he wouldn’t have time to get dressed.” Peter answer sheepishly.

My annoyance grew hearing my brother rather entertain his girlfriend then spend time with me. Peter must have thought he was the reason for my worsen mood change because he spoke quickly “I was getting ready to go to the gym and I offered to come help you with whatever you wanted help with….” His voice trailed away when his eyes grew wide as he glanced up and down at me. s**t did he recognized his jersey? The look in his eyes gave me confirmation and I think…lust?

Several seconds had passed before finally he locked eyes with me and spoke, “Is that my jersey pebbles?” he asked with a hoarse voice.

Right then and there I instantly creamed my thin cotton panties. I so badly wanted to scream yes, just to see his reaction and to see what he would do. But as I opened to my mouth to speak we got interrupted by another voice, “Lynn? Baby? I have to take off for work.” 

Sergio announced while walking down the stairs from my upstairs bedroom. s**t, I forgot he was upstairs. As Sergio walked up to us he bent down and gave me a kiss on the cheek not noticing Peter standing in the doorway. Suddenly clearing his throat Peter made his presence known, catching Sergio off guard as turned his attention to Peter. “Hey Campos, what are you doing here?” asked Sergio with a deep frown and scowled on his face.

I darned not to look at Peter’s face, for what reason I did not know myself. Was I worried he would be mad? Was I worried he would tell my family I already had another man sleep over? Or was I worried he wouldn’t even care? Summoning up the little bit of back bone I had, I forced myself to look up into his dark as night eyes.

Peter:

Carmen had texted me Lynn’s addressed just as I pulled out of her driveway, I guess even after our talk she still knew I would go help Lynn. As I drove to Lynn’s I kept trying to find excuses not to go and just see her at family night and be done with it. But I couldn’t think of anything, Carrie worked as a nurse at downtown Baptist Medical Center and was always busy so I never heard from her during her shifts unless she was on lunch and the kids were swimming at her folk’s house and were most likely going to end up spending the night. I was going to gym but that could always wait. I could call up one of the guys to hang out with but they were most likely spending time with their own families.

Before I knew it, I was parked right in front of Lynn’s townhouse, it was just around the corner from my gym so if she asked my reasoning at least I had an excuse. Forcing myself to get out of my truck I made my way to her door and knocked loud at least 3 times. I didn’t hear anything at first and thought she might have left but then I heard movement. She must be coming down from upstairs. Not even a second later the door was yanked open and revealed a smiling Lynn. It’s been so long since I’ve seen her smile, it felt good. But quickly that smile vanished as she realized I was not her brother and replaced with a frown so deep it showed off her huge dimple on her right cheek. 

"What are you doing here Campos?” she asked clearly angry.

“Umm I was at your mom’s house when you called and Georgie didn’t want to come because Kimmy was going over and he wouldn’t have time to get dressed.” I answered honestly, trying to make it seem like it wasn’t a big deal.

 Her frown deepen, I’m not sure if it was because I was here or maybe because I told her Georgie didn’t want to come.

Seeing as it looked like she wouldn’t let me in I quickly added, “I was getting ready to go to the gym and I offered to come help you with whatever you wanted help with….” 

I couldn’t finish defending myself because as I looked at her I noticed Lynn wasn’t wearing anything besides an old worn out jersey and it barely reached her knees, giving me access to her perfectly tone caramel color legs. She also had no make-up which I approved 100%, back when we were dating I hated her wearing make-up. She didn’t need it, she was a natural beauty. It took me a second glance to recognized the jersey, it was mine. I had given it to Lynn my senior year of High School at homecoming. I was on the court and it was our school traditions for girlfriends to wear their boyfriend’s jersey.

FLASHBACK

Peter:

It was the night of homecoming and our school was playing against our rival Memorial High School. It was a cool night which was rare in San Antonio even if it was October. It was my last year in High School and I wanted to do was finish my final game with a win and so far, it seemed to be going our way. We had just gone to half time and usually I would rather be on the field but tonight was homecoming and I was on the court this year. I’m not sure who nominated me but I had a feeling it was my girl.

As I looked up to the bleachers I saw Lynn in the front row sitting alongside with her parents and siblings. She was already looking at me smiling and waving. Her parents usually came to every other game to support me, but this night they came because I was on the court and so was Celeste and Joe. I was extremely nervous, I didn’t care about being Homecoming King and I knew I wasn’t going to be especially with Joe in the running. He and Celeste were definitely going to win, they deserved too. I didn’t want to be on the court, especially without Lynn. Because she was a grade below us she wouldn’t be allowed to run with me so I ended up nominated with some girl named Carrie.

Since Carrie was the only single person running for Homecoming Queen she automatically was placed beside me. She was a short girl with a hook nose and big eyes. She wasn’t skinny but she also wasn’t a stick. I had seen her around in a few of my advances classes but she was always shy and I never paid too much attention to her. There had been a few times when Lynn said she would catch her staring at me but I’ve yet to catch her. Lynn did not like her and when she found out she was running for Homecoming Queen she was pissed. She thought Carrie only ran to be near me because she knew Lynn couldn’t run with me. 

It took a lot of convincing but I was able to calm Lynn down and get her to come support me at my game. I know it was stupid but she was my good luck charm. I was still staring at Lynn when I felt Carrie hook her arm around mine as they begun to announce the winners. I quickly saw Lynn's s face turn from a smile to a frown. I wanted so much to let her know she had nothing to worry about but I had to have on a poker face for the crowd. It came to no shocker that when they announce the winners were Celeste and Joe, I could see her parents jumping with joy and screaming from the bleachers. I myself was extremely happy for them, but I just wanted this to be over so I can finish my game and have my girl in my arms.

 When the crowning was over I breathe a sigh of relief, but then Principle Hernandez walked up to the microphone and made a surprise announcement that Carrie and I won Homecoming Prince and Princess. I could hear Lynn’s family scream for me, but I didn’t care I was focused on her. Leading Carrie and I to the stage to be crowned I saw Lynn frown but her eyes held so much sadness it hurt. As they placed the crowns on our heads Carrie quickly leaned into me and grabbed on my face and kissed my cheek. Before I could register what just happened a camera flashed, as I looked around I saw it was the school’s yearbook photographer. s**t, this was going to be in the yearbook. 

Panicking I search the bleachers for Lynn, I saw her parents and siblings but not her. Pushing Carrie away I glanced everywhere until I found her, she was climbing down the bleachers heading towards the parking lot. f**k I had to act fast, quickly I grabbed the microphone from our principle and yelled into it, “I just want to thank everyone for the votes but I also want to say a big thank you to my girlfriend Lynn who nominated me in the first place,” I paused hoping it was enough to stop her. Thankfully she froze and turned around to look at me, her face was red from embarrassment. “Lynn can you please do me the honor of coming down to the stage?” I asked smirking at her face.

She slowly made her way onto the field and up on the stage, her eyes glued to mine. When she finally was in front of my I saw she was still pissed but was also embarrassed. Lynn hated attention, she always thought the spot light should be on Celeste. To bad for her I was going to make her the spot light.

“Lynn thank you so much for supporting me and being the best girlfriend I could ask for. We’ve been together since we were just kids and I want to show you how much you mean to me by giving you this,” I stated. I pulled off my football jersey from my body and strength it out for her to take it. 

 Her frown was soon replaced with the beautiful smile I loved so much. Quickly grabbing it she placed it on herself and jumped me with a tight embrace. The crowd roar loud and was filled with awhs. Cradling her into my chest, I bent down so I could whisper into her ear “I love you always Lynn.”

“I know” she whispered back, her face still buried into my chest .