There’s still so much we need to discuss. I need to lay all my cards on the table for him. After he knows all the gritty details that could come out, then it will be up to him to decide if I truly am the one he wants to be with. Maybe if I offer to bring Jordan and ATS in to handle his public image, it might be enough of an incentive to ignore any fallout on him come draft time in April.
JT likes to tell me I’m being melodramatic, and maybe I am, but it’s still not a risk I want to take.
#Chapter38
TheQueenB: First our king of football @CasaNova87 chose a Nittany Lion supporter for a girlfriend. Now said girlfriend is…what? Trying to convert him to a University of Kentucky fan? Have you seen this @UofJ411? #WhoDoYouCheerFor #SplittingLoyalties #CasanovaWatch #CasanovasGirl
*screenshot of Mason hugging Kay from behind, surrounded by people cheering in University of Kentucky gear*
UofJ411: Is that why we haven’t seen @CasaNova87 around campus or the AK house? #LoversGetaway #CasanovaWatch #CasanovasGirl
*REPOSTED—screenshot of Mason hugging Kay from behind, surrounded by people cheering in University of Kentucky gear—TheQueenB: First our king of football @CasaNova87 chose a Nittany Lion supporter for a girlfriend. Now said girlfriend is…what? Trying to convert him to a University of Kentucky fan? Have you seen this @UofJ411? #WhoDoYouCheerFor #SplittingLoyalties #CasanovaWatch #CasanovasGirl*
TightestEndParker85: Hey @CasaNova87, spending your bye week wasting it on Kay Dennings’ whims to visit that bestie @CheerGodJT of hers isn’t going to help you beat me and my boys in a few weeks #HawksAreGoingDown #FeedingFrenzy
*REPOSTED—screenshot of Mason hugging Kay from behind, surrounded by people cheering in University of Kentucky gear—TheQueenB: First our king of football @CasaNova87 chose a Nittany Lion supporter for a girlfriend. Now said girlfriend is…what? Trying to convert him to a University of Kentucky fan? Have you seen this @UofJ411? #WhoDoYouCheerFor #SplittingLoyalties #CasanovaWatch #CasanovasGirl*
UofJ411: Anyone else counting down the days to the last game of the season for our @UofJFootball? #LetMeHearYourHawkCry #CasanovaWatch #CasanovasGirl
*screenshot of @TightestEndParker85: Hey @CasaNova87, spending your bye week wasting it on Kay Dennings’ whims to visit that bestie @CheerGodJT of hers isn’t going to help you beat me and my boys in a few weeks #HawksAreGoingDown #FeedingFrenzy*
#Chapter39
This whole day has been like a rollercoaster with its constant ups and downs.
Up: Waking up cuddling with a naked Kay.
Down: The invasion of Liam Parker’s text messages and Instagram trolls.
Up: Kay putting on my ring.
I will say this; most of the day has been on an upward swing. One of the other highlights for me was getting to watch Kay help create JT and his partner Rei’s cheerleading routine. Being both a football player since the age of five and having a sister who cheers, one would think I would have spent my fair share of time watching the cheerleaders, but that would be incorrect. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve obviously seen them do their thing on the sidelines during games and have been to a handful of Livi’s bigger competitions through the years, but nothing compares to the up-close-and-personal view I got today.
With the few tricks Kay and JT did in demonstration, it is undeniable why they were champions. JT lifted Kay with one foot in each hand, only the slightest shake to his arms as he held them fully extended overhead while she explained something to Rei. Then after counting off, Kay flipped backward and landed hand in hand with her legs stretched up in the air in a handstand. Before anyone had time to appreciate the flawlessness of the stunt, JT bent his elbows and Kay popped back around to her original standing position overhead.
I can’t tell you what’s more impressive, the effortless way JT flipped her over his head and into the air or how Kay landed each trick as steady as if she were landing on the ground and not in his hands.
Even with all that, nothing compared to watching Kay coach them. With the easy way she commands attention and respect from everyone, it’s no wonder she chose not to cheer in college—coaching is her calling.
My pint-sized smartass even chose to add Biz Markie’s “Just A Friend” to their practice playlist.
We had another up in attending JT’s roommate Harry’s soccer game—oh I’m sorry, match—but the celebratory dinner we went to after brought us to our current round of downs.
It was obvious JT didn’t want to show Kay the posts, and I respect him for actually showing it to me first as a buffer, but it didn’t do much to soften the blow.
It’s one thing for UofJ411 to use info about Kay and me for the bulk of their content, and it’s another for someone else to be actively tagging them with updates. Now we have to deal with Liam Parker jumping in on the CasanovaWatch and CasanovasGirl hashtags.
Since handing JT back his phone, Kay hasn’t said a word.
The door of our hotel room beeps, and the tumble of the locks disengaging is almost deafening in the stilted silence, which has only grown since we left dinner. It now feels like a physical entity, hovering around Kay and me like a fog.
The top of her ponytail brushes along my inner arm as she moves past me into the room. My feet shuffle as I hesitate to follow, unsure what to say. Kay has enough insecurities of her own; I don’t need her trying to take mine on as well.
She’s already withdrawn into herself, so now I need to keep her from pulling away from me again.
As I swallow down the lump of fear in my throat, the soles of my sneakers drag along the carpet until I come to an abrupt halt upon seeing Kay standing in the middle of the small seating area. There’s a steely determination lurking behind those stormy eyes of hers that I wish I
