Page 21 of Chasing Football Dreams

“That was half my wrap,” I complained staring at him with narrowed eyes.

“You can have it back,” He teased opening his mouth and sticking his tongue out.

I wrinkled my nose. “That’s disgusting, no,” Says the one who let him use his tongue to make you orgasm.

He chuckled and continued chewing. “It’sactuallygood,”

“Duh, it’s chicken and spicy guacamole,” I muttered breaking the wrap in half and feeding him the other half.

“That’s supposed to be yours,” He gave me a questioning look.

I shrugged. “It’s called sharing, all you have to do is say thank you,”

He shook his head while smiling. “Thanks, babe,” He shot me a wink making my heart skip faster.

I unhurriedly enjoyed my piece while he gobbled his up and ended up sharing my shake with him as well.

We got to the field before the team and went our separate ways to get dressed for practice. Coach Shane was already on the field, laying out cones when I stepped out on the field. Duncan was nowhere to be found and I almost felt convinced to turn around but by the time I decided to skip back, he had already seen me. “Zoey,”

“Coach,” I acknowledged holding my composure as I walked up to him. I was comfortable pretending that nothing was wrong but it still felt strange that there could be a slight chance that he could be my father.

“You’re early,” I noted, gazing around and taking in all his work.

He shrugged. “I thought we could work on some drills together,”

“Sounds good,”

No matter if Coach Shane is my father, he was still my idol and learning from him was a privilege. My dream has always been to be as good as him if not better and getting a chance to be coached by him was an opportunity I wasn’t going to slide.

Coach Shane stood a few feet away from me as he watched me pass the ball to his instructions. The ball flew further across the field with every commandment he gave me of how wide my stance should be, and where I should rest my focus and reminded me to trust my runners.

He shared some of his secrets and gave me some training on how to take down a tackler.

I didn’t even realize that Duncan had taken a seat next to the field with the rest of the team, watching Coach Shane helped me develop my skills.

Coach Shane blew his whistle when he saw them having a chat and ordered everyone to run a few laps, lecturing them for slacking. I concealed my smile at their groans before they took off. As much as I love jogging, I was in no mood to run laps when I could strengthen my wits for Friday’s game.

Coach Shane came over handing me a football and ordering me to go for another pass. “I received a call this morning from ESPN. They want to do a live interview with you,”

I stared at him unblinking, feeling overwhelmed by his request. Does ESPN want to interview me? “Did they say what it was about?”

He smiled at me. “I think it has to do with your record-breaking season,”

“Are you sure it’s not about me being a girl that was given the Quarterback position?” I would hate for them to focus on my femininity instead of my talent.

“You weren’t given the position. It’s your determination and heart for the game that got you this position. And let’s not forget about that incredible arm you’ve got there,” He looked unhappy with my remark of being given the position and it felt great to have the famous Shane Martin acknowledge my talent.

“You believe it’s a good idea?”

He nodded. “It’s a good opportunity to get your face out there with NFL drafts coming up soon,”

I looked at my rowdy team rejoining us after their laps. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them. It’s been a rough ride in the beginning since everyone had something to say about a girl joining an all-male football team.

“I will do the interview but only if my team joins me,” I wasn’t going to take all the credit for a good season. My team fought extremely hard to have me on the team and they had my back with every negative headline.

Coach Shane covered his amazement with a clear of his throat, failing big time when a smile slipped. “I will let them know,”

He then called the team to get started on their practice and got my receivers to catch my passes. “I am going to push you and challenge each of you. I am going to be a pain in your ass until I know you are ready for the championship,”

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