Crushing On The Enemy (Crushing on You 1)

“Well, you might want to listen to the answering machine,” his dad said.

“Huh?”

“Your coach called a few hours ago and the scouts from Georgia U want to talk to you Monday afternoon,” his dad grinned.

“How did you know that?” Jake asked, “Didn't you just get home?”

“We ran into your coach at the bar,” he said.

“Oh,” Jake said.

It was weird to think about his parents or coach at a bar. They seemed too old for such things. The thought nearly made him laugh.

“I'm going to call it a night,” his dad said and headed out of the kitchen.

“Night Dad,” he said and dialed Alyssa's number.

“Hey,” she said.

Jake could hear Mattie laughing in the background.

“Sorry to interrupt,” he chuckled.

“No, it's okay, I'm glad you called,” she said.

“Me too, I've missed you,” Jake said.

He heard Alyssa get up and walk into another room before settling down again.

“I had to get out of there,” she laughed, “Mattie was making kissy faces at me again.”

“She's something else,” Jake laughed.

“That she is,” Alyssa agreed, “I'm so happy to hear about your parents, Jake.”

“So am I! I was so excited that I nearly forgot about that!” he laughed.

“What could be more exciting than that?” she asked.

“The coach called and said that the scouts from the University of Georgia want to talk to me Monday afternoon,” he said expecting Alyssa to be

just as excited as he was.

When silence fell upon their conversation Jake had to check to make sure the call hadn't been dropped.

“Alyssa?” he asked.

“I'm here,” she said.

“Are you okay?” Jake asked.

“Yea, I just thought we were going to go to Ohio State, since we like, live in Ohio,” she said.

Jake's heart dropped into his stomach. The scouts were from a school that thrived in football, it was a dream come true, but he hadn't considered that Alyssa might not want to move that far from home, until now.

“I bet nothing will come of it anyway,” he shrugged.

“No, Jake I'm sure something will,” she said.