Chapter nine || Colton’s POV

Dribbling the ball I shoot it into the hoop before hearing clapping from the bleachers. Glancing over I see Lilah sitting there watching me.

Forcing a smile I jog to the ball before tossing it between my hands as I make my way towards her.

She giddily hops down coming up to me wrapping her arms around my neck kissing me. Grabbing her waist with one hand I kiss her back before moving away, trying not to drop the ball.

'I missed you,' she looks up at me but I look away at the the time on the clock realizing it half past nine.

'Why aren't you in class?' I police her, discretely changing the topic. 'You're like an hour late.'

'I have an exemption...I'm supposed to be at the nurse with an 'injury' I hurt my knee,' she jokes moving her blonde hair off her shoulder letting it fall down her back.

'You should focus in class,' I dribble the ball around her playfully. 'You'll have no one to skip class to go watch practice after I graduate...unless you'll be watching some other basketball player when they have a gap period?'

'I'll just take the extra step and show up to your university games,' she nods making me crease my eyebrows.

Lilah is a year younger then me, putting her in the grade below. Originally I had met her when our team had state championships in sophomore year which is when I noticed her. Not knowing who she was I would watch her practice and she snuck over to my assigned room at the states tournament.

I was dorming with Jacob and Colton who weren't there when she came over. We where alone together and she was initially the first girl I had sex with and according to her it was the same for her.

But I stopped liking her emotionally in junior year and tried to get rid of her nicely but it didn't work, no matter who I talked to or fucked she would just forgive me. Even though we aren't and weren't ever dating in the first place.

'You need to start liking someone else so it hurts less when I leave.' I look at her but she just laughs shaking her head.

It's not like they was anything wrong with Lilah to begin with, she was gorgeous. Her hair was always a soft bright blonde with light green eyes to go with it, light freckles where scattered only on her nose and no matter how you looked at her she never looked bad.

I honestly don't believe you can even take a bad photo of her. But things went downhill really quickly when I realized my whole attraction to her was rooted in sexuality, and it was painfully boring when we where in situations when it wasn't.

'Go to class.' I hush her her trying to get her to leave so I can focus since I never get the gym to myself when I have a gap session.

'Colton,' he says my name moving closer into me. 'You're alone in here so let me stay with you.'

Biting back any urges I focus on just her face avoiding looking at her cheer uniform knowing it would change my mind.

'We can talk after school alright,' I chuckle cupping her face with my hand. 'But right now I need to focus playing and you need to be in class.'

She finally agrees to leave letting me get back on court as I spend the rest of my time left practicing.

The bell soon goes making me groan in annoyance as I make my way out the gym. Heading down the hallway I watch people exit the classrooms making their way to their lockers.

Spotting Katie I direct myself towards her and closing her locker for her surprising her. She slowly reopens her locker keeping her eyes on me.

'Hey.' I greet her but she stays silent looking up at me confused which is fair since I never speak to her.

Looking around I then look back at her trying not to laugh, 'are you still a virgin?'

She blinks at me even more confused as she was previously, so I elaborate, 'I mean...I looked at Noah's location since I have it and you two where home but Damon wasn't and when he arrived Noah soon left so I thought it was fucking weird,'

Still looking at me this time the confusion is gone, replaced with embarrassment. Smiling I flick her forehead. She's a fucking idiot doing it for the first time with Noah, she'd be lucky if he ever speak to her again.

'We didn't fully do it,' she almost whispers turning her body to me completely so she's facing me instead of her locker, 'he wanted to but I kicked him out.'

'Atta-Girl!' I praise her seeing a smile on her face forcing mine to fall realizing it's been a while since we had a one on one conversation. It's completely out of character for me to be doing so right now but I guess making out with someone in a locked bathroom makes you more comfortable with them.

'Just avoid him being the first since you want that to be memorable and not with some 'it guy' in a school toilet who'll blocked you on everything after,' I shake my head attempting to give her advice she didn't ask for.

I'd like to believe my first was good. I made sure Lilah was okay and was gently. Obviously now we're a lot rougher but that's now as not then.

'I'll definitely take your advice into consideration.' She responds sarcastically as she grabs her books out her locker, walking down the hallway.

Watching her leave I turn around myself before jumping as I see Lilah walking up to me and stopping. I hadn't expected her to be right there so she scared me a little.

'Don't scare me like that.' I relax loosening the grip on the ball in my hands that I had almost forgotten about.

'Who was that?' Lilah realizing she hasn't looks at me once only watching Katie walk away before finally looking at me when Katie enters her classroom. 'We're in the same class?'

'My friends sister,' I tell her suprised she doesn't know who she is just by saying that. She probably doesn't keep track of everyone given that Lilah is popular on her own terms whilst it was against Katie's will since it's all from Damon. 'Could you actually give her this ball? It's her brothers since you guys are in the same class apperantly,'

'Okay.' She takes the ball before leaving, confused by how harsh she sounded I watch her walk away before heading to my own locker. Girls have to be one of the most confusing things to try and manage.