Lior’s complex: Part 2

Lior's POV

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"God I'm fucking tired", I commented while driving the newest model of my blue Nissan Sentra.

My brother looked at me with concern "How's Jack?"

"Yeah, that's what I was losing sleep over, he got worse this morning, his mom called me ,hysterical, but he's in critical condition."

Connor stared at me "Shit.. man."

"I think, I might beat Liam up the next time I see him, i should have never went to that dumb party", I glanced at Connor through the corner of my eye.

Connor glared at me "Bruh, look, if you didn't go who knows… something worse could of happened if you know what I mean."

I parked in the lot of the school stadium "I'm nervous, there's so much going on, and I can't f**k up regionals man."

Connor with his chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes squinted at me "I've never seen you be such a wussy before."

I punched his shoulder "Shut the f**k up."

I handed him my phone as I saw my team enter through the back of the stadium. "Wish me luck", I waved goodbye and ran to the back of the stadium as I was parked in the front. I heard him scoff before he flirted with one of his many fan girls. I met the coach by the school busses "You were almost late!," he yelled.

I looked at Coach Smith "Sorry, Coach."

"Whatever, Hey! Liam come over here and come up with the game plan."

"I thought he was suspended.", I yelled in outrage looking at Coach Smith.

"Don't raise your voice at me Mayes. We need the captain for this game. I scoffed, Liam looked at me with this weird smile on his face"Huddle up! Okay team here's the plan…"

I joined the huddle at the last minute "Lior, you're going to be a defender.. that's that, I don't need you to be a Midfielder today."

I was pissed.. livid whatever other fucking synonym for mad.

We walked onto the field, early in the game we were down by five points already. We had a ten minute break.. I sighed wiping the sweat off my face with my shirt. "Are you fucking me… it's halftime already?!", I yelled as I ran off the field.

The Coach gave us a group talk "You know what, Liam switch with Lior, I think we need that and Brandon switch with Scott."

I high-fived Scott, as soon as we got back onto the field I scored three points, Scott scored two.

We did funny little dance every time we scored, I looked over at the stands and sighed, no sign of Caden. I then ran back to my spot, the whistle blows and as the ball is kicked from the opposite side of the field , as it almost reached the goalie I ran gaining momentum before doing a bicycle kick I fell onto the ground hard, then I heard the crowd cheer and the buzzer ring and a familiar voice at the same time.

Scott lifted me up from the ground and screamed "We're going to championships baby… !"

they then picked me up and chanted my name while tossing me in the air.

I looked towards the stands and saw Caden clap and cheer, he looked pumped. The announcer yelled "This is the first time in a decade that we see James Springland High qualify for championships, thanks to Number #57 Lior Mayes!"

I saw Liam after the game he started talking to one of the cheerleaders, I then hugged Coach Smith as we took pictures . I was so pumped up with adrenaline I practically jumped for joy when going to hug Caden in the stands. He tightly hugged me "Oh, you did so good", he sounded muffled as he hugged me. I then quickly left his arms as I saw Liam looking over. Caden smiled "He's nothing to worry about, oh, uh sorry that I was pretty fucking late", he scratched his head wearing a plain white shirt and ripped blue jeans.

"I walked", he continued.

I smiled at him "it's okay don't sweat it."

He laughed "Oh, a play on words?"

I noticed more in the light he was visibly drenched in sweat. I then responded with "Yeah, do you need a napkin or something?"

His piercing yet full blue eyes told me no. He then responded with "No, I walked here, just didn't feel like driving, ya know?"

I nodded. We then unknowingly walked the direction of my car, we went out to the parking lot as I was greeted along the way with cheers and high fives and selfies and shit.

"Hey!", I heard a voice yell from the distance.

"Hey! Mayes!", Liam screamed.

I didn't back down "What the f**k do you want?", I yelled.

"I want to f***ing kill you, man, you aren't going to take everything that f***ing belongs to me, you f***ing man whore", he ran towards me.

I then defensively slammed him on the ground and I lost my shit, I landed on top of him punching him in his face blow by blow. "You can't keep f***ing talking about how I took everything that f***ing belongs to you when you're going to be responsible for someone's death Liam! I'll f***ing kill you for him."

A few teachers and coach Smith grabbed Liam away from me while Caden held me back "Let me go!", I screamed.

Liam's face was covered with blood, I had knocked him unconscious. Caden quickly grabbed my keys and unlocked my car since we were near it. He put me in the front seat and locked the door then he unlocked the door to let himself in the passenger seat before he locked the car again.

I couldn't breathe, I hadn't realized I was violently shaking.

I then felt the tears come down my face, Caden stared at me in silence.

He then faced the front of the car before unbuckling his seat belt and leaning over as if he were reaching for something near my hand break.

He then grabbed the side of my face and pressed his lips slowly against mine.

I briefly kissed back before I jerked away "Get out of my car", I raised my voice.

Tears still streamed down my face.

Caden wiped the tears off my face "Hey- I didn't mean to-"

"Get the f**k out of my car!", I yelled.

He combed his hair with his fingers before he left my car, I then started sobbing uncontrollably. It's been five years since I've had a panic attack as bad as this one. I passed out in my car, with my last thought being of Caden's lips against mine.