The Achy, Breaky Heart!

Maddox

She's fucking pregnant. Why didn't she call me? Why did she wait for now to tell me? I'm going to be a father.

I throw my bag on the chair and it slides across it and land on the ground. A couple team mates look at me.

"Are you alright?" Jackson asks.

I shake my head. "No, my cousins ex fiancé is pregnant. It's my kid. She was outside."

Jackson pats my back. "You'll see her after the game."

"No, I won't. She left."

"Get someone to keep her at the hotel and you can talk to her after the game."

My head security guy walks into the room. "Get someone to look for Samantha Black and keep her in the hotel room. I want to talk to her after the game."

"Will do, boss." He leaves the room.

I change into my footy shorts and jersey.

The coach enters the room. "Everyone outside for warm ups."

The team and I run onto the field and we throw the ball around and stretch our limbs. Jackson throws me the ball and I catch and throw it back to him.

Donato kicks the ball over the post and he does that until he misses. I swap with him and practice my kicks.

"Five minutes to the game."

The team walks back inside.

The coach gives his pre-game speech. After the speech is done the team stands. We put our hands and chant. "Tigers, tigers, tigers." Then we all throw our hands up.

Jackson hits my back. "We're going to murder those silly cougars."

I laugh. "Hell yeah."

I hear the cougars walk out of there room and head for the field.

Jackson and I walk down the tunnel with our team. I jog down the four stairs and out onto the field.

The fans are standing and cheering on my team.

I wave at them and take my place on the field.

The referee stands next to the captain of the cougars and I. "Head or tail."

I call out. "Head."

The coin lands on heads.

I smile. "We'll start first."

The cougars kick the ball and my team catch it and they run down the field with the ball. A player gets tackled. He climbs to his feet and pushes the ball to the next player.

Jackson has the ball and I move into a position where he can off-load the ball to me. I catch the ball and run down the field. I'm tackled by a big guy.

I move like a worm to get him off of me.

I stand and put my foot the ball and pushing it out to the player behind me. He throws the ball to Donato and he runs with the ball.

I run behind him and he throws me the ball. I run as fast as I can to the try line. I dodge 1, 2, 3 players and I throw myself across the try line.

The score is 4-0.

Three of my team mates run over to me and pat my back.

Donato sets the ball up and he kicks it over the post. 6-0.

At half time the score is 24-4.

My team and I walk through the tunnel and we sit. I grab a bottle of an energy drink and I drain the bottle in 30 seconds.

The coach is smiling. "That's how we put them cougars away on the board. You have to get out there and continue this leading streak."

I'm on fire tonight. Maybe, that's because I'm showing off for Samantha. I hope she's watching the game.

I smile.

Jackson smacks the back of my head. "What are you smiling about?"

"Just thinking about Samantha watching the game. I hope she's impressed with my ball handling skills."

Jackson laughs. "Everyone's impressed, mate. I'll have to ask Donato who has bigger balls."

I smack the back of his head and roll my eyes. "Don't you dare, Jackson"

"Donato," Jackson yells.

He turns to us and I cover his mouth with my hand.

I hear his muffled voice.

When I pull my hand away I have Jackson's saliva on my hands. I wash my hands before the coach yells. "Second half."

Another forty minutes and I get to find out where Samantha is. I need to make things right with the girl and find out why she didn't call me.

Her image keeps flashing in my mind.

She's sexier now that she's pregnant.

I shake my head.

My heads not in the game this half. I've missed a couple tries and fumbled the ball when it's been thrown my way.

Jackson stops next to me. "Get your head in the game. You could lose us with win. I'm not going to have some pussy distracting you from the win.

Fuck!

I run along the field and stop next to the coach. "Put someone else in. I need a rest."

The coach puts McGuire in my place.

I take a seat with my team mates.

Coach turns to me. "Let me know when you want back in the game."

I nod.

I close my eyes and clear my mind of everything including Samantha.

Get your head in the game.

"Coach I want back in the game."

Coach holds up McGuire's number and he runs off the field.

I run over to my team mates.

Jackson has the ball and he looks for someone to pass the ball to. I run behind him and he passes me the ball. I run down the field. I dodge four players and go over the try line.

Jackson taps my back. "Welcome back, mate."

I kick the ball over the post adding two more points to our score.

At the end of the game my team won. The score was 50-16.

I shake the hands with the players from Cougars.

"Good game, Captain." The Cougars captain says.

"You, too. I'll see you the next time we play." I walk up the tunnel to the change rooms.

I stop next to the door when I see the head of my security.

He turns to me. "She's gone, Mr Colt."

I should have gone after her out there.

I hit my fist against the wall. My knuckles are grazed when I pull it back and they are bleeding.

Jackson pulls me away from the wall and into the change rooms. "Colt?"

I take a deep breath before looking at my team mate and best friend. "What?"

"What happened?"

I sigh. "She's gone. I'm too late."

Jackson shakes his head. "When we get home we'll look for her online, okay?"

"Okay,"

"Take a shower and then see the doctor."

I take my clothes off and walk into the shower.

After the shower I wrap the towel around my hips and pull on a pair of black slacks and blue button up t-shirt and tie.

I knock the door and enter the room.

The doctor cleans up my hand and wraps it up.

Jackson waits for me next to the door. "Are you ready to look for her?"

I nod. "Samantha Black is the type of girl that's meant to be loved and cherished. Instead of used and left behind."

"Did you invite her back with you?"