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  1. Cover
  2. Catch
  3. What Reviewers Say About Kris Bryant’s Work
  4. Bold Strokes Books Social Media
  5. Bold Strokes Books Newsletter Signup
  6. By the Author
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Dedication
  9. Chapter One—Win the Game, Lose the Girl
  10. Chapter Two—Rivals
  11. Chapter Three—Fumble
  12. Chapter Four—When Past and Present Collide
  13. Chapter Five—Sacked
  14. Chapter Six—First Meeting, Again
  15. Chapter Seven—Turnover
  16. Chapter Eight—The Defense
  17. Chapter Nine—Touchdown
  18. Chapter Ten—The Coach and the Cheerleader
  19. Chapter Eleven—First Touch
  20. Chapter Twelve—Turnover
  21. Chapter Thirteen—First Kiss
  22. Chapter Fourteen—The Same Team
  23. Chapter Fifteen—Neutral Zone
  24. Chapter Sixteen—One Minute of Truth
  25. Chapter Seventeen—The Snap
  26. Chapter Eighteen—First Kiss
  27. Chapter Nineteen—The Gay Quarterback
  28. Chapter Twenty—The Marriage
  29. Chapter Twenty-one—The Quarterback and the Cheerleader
  30. Chapter Twenty-two—The Troubled Quarterback
  31. Chapter Twenty-three—Scrambling
  32. Chapter Twenty-four—First Touch
  33. Chapter Twenty-five—First Meeting
  34. Chapter Twenty-six—Touchdown
  35. Chapter Twenty-seven—The New Girl
  36. Chapter Twenty-eight—Fair Catch
  37. Epilogue—Lose the Game, Win the Girl
  38. About the Author
  39. Books Available from Bold Strokes Books
  40. BOLDSTROKESBOOKS.COM

She yanked open her car door and slammed it shut behind her. I slipped inside, thinking we were in for another argument, but I was surprised when she reached for my hand.

“I know and I’m super mad at them. Come on. I know the perfect place where we can be ourselves,” she said.

We left my car at the mall and Parker drove us to a small movie theater that was playing Breakfast at Tiffany’s. There was an older couple sitting in the front so Parker and I found a dark corner where we could hold hands and kiss. It was two hours of pure bliss. She kissed me in the dark and my moan was swallowed up by the movie’s loud volume.

When Parker drove me back to my car at the mall, we held hands the whole way. I almost forgot how irritating her friends were.

“I’m glad we got to hang out today,” I said.

“I know. This sucks. My parents are the worst. They have this idea of who I should be. I want to stand up to them, but I can’t. They’re my parents, you know?”

I had to look at it from her perspective. I had a wonderful dad. Parker was under the thumb of her parents. “I love you. I know you’re strong and one day you’ll figure things out and stand up to them.”

We had slipped back into Sutton and Parker, two girls in love. We were always going to be together regardless of the Graysons, Amandas, and Kirstens of the world.

Chapter Eight—The Defense

Present

Parker peeked her head into my office and waited for me to wave her in. “Since you aren’t going to call me for coffee, I thought I’d bring the coffee to you.”

I stood when she placed a cup of coffee in front of me. “Parker. What are you doing here?” I tried not to gape or think about what I looked like at the moment.

“I had to drop something off for Grayson and decided to force you to have coffee with me. I mean, if you have time.” Parker was wearing a blue dress, short heels, and had her hair loose around her shoulders. It was hard to miss the giant diamond on her hand or the tennis bracelet on her thin wrist.

I looked at my watch. The team meeting after lunch started in half an hour. “I have about twenty minutes.” I tossed the rest of my energy bar into the trash and pointed at the chair in front of my desk.

“I’m sorry to barge in but I figured you probably didn’t have the time with the season starting. And it’s just coffee.”