Does Keegan Have a Girlfriend

Each day at school, I got to know Jeff a little better. Even though Keegan was in the same lunch period, I didn’t even look for him any more. It was becoming easier and easier to lean into the idea of being Jeff’s girlfriend. Dating a sophomore was not as cool as dating a junior, but it had its perks. I got to hang out with all of Jeff’s rich friends and half of the football team knew him because of his brother, Sterling. Sterling’s girlfriend, Kimber, was super nice. She made a lot of Tiktoks, and talked to her phone like she had a 24/7 audience, but she was cool. Apparently she makes money off of her videos that she posts. She invited me to sit with them at the Homecoming game this week. Unfortunately, Jada would be with us too. Baylen asked if she could sit with me and Casey and I didn’t have the heart to say no. Why would I say no? She hasn’t done anything to me besides fall for the same guy that I did and I can’t fault her for it. He was pretty amazing. Besides, I had Jeff now and that was my main focus. We would cheer on Baylen, Keegan and Sterling together. I am sure it would be fun. I was also excited to meet Jeff’s other brother Harlynn. He was a freshman in college. I remember him though since my brother had played Varsity since sophomore year, they were on the same team last year.

After school, we all went to float construction at the Davenport’s house. They have a huge yard that isn’t near the river so there was no risk of flooding. Our Homecoming theme this year was cereal. We chose Tony the Tiger since our school is the Huffington Tigers, it seemed like a fitting choice. We had almost the entire bottom done and needed maybe two more days to work on the top. It was going to be epic. Some girls came over to Casey and I and kept nudging each other as if they wanted to ask us something.

“So do you guys know if Keegan is dating anyone?” one girl asked finally.

I looked up from the chicken wire I was cutting. I glanced at them and kept working. This wasn’t my fight any more. If Jada wanted to mark her man, she needed to do it on her own.

“I only ask because I know he is friends with your brother Brees,” she continued, “The kid got buff over the summer and his tan is out of this world. Do you, umm… think you can ask him if he has a date for Homecoming,” she asked.

“He actually has a beautiful girlfriend, and she is coming with us all in the limo for homecoming,” I said, nonchalantly pushing my hair out of my face. “You can meet her at the game if you want. She will be wearing his jersey with the number 25 on it,” I said, still not really looking up from the chicken wire.

“Oh…well good for him. I should have known a super hot junior like Keegan would already be taken. I don’t know how you don’t have the biggest crush on him, Brees. I have seen him kiss your forehead so many times. I would literally jump him if he did that to me. Mad respect for you. He isn’t everyone’s cup of tea I guess,” she said walking away with her crew.