All Chapters of The Quaterback Contract : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Carlson No one really knows how heartbreak feels unless you have a firsthand experience.The constricting pain in your heart that never goes away. The sleepless night that keeps you thinking about the memories.The constant checking of your phone—every beep or notification feels like it's coming from your lover, but you get disappointed at a glance.I wouldn't swallow my pride to call her on the phone. It felt like I was just wasting my time.Probably I was, or I wasn't. What she did was like a slap to my face. She called, too, in order to know if Maddie really feels something for me or if this should be a game for her, so I decided to test her, and she fell for it at that instant. If one can play the game, then two can play it even harder.But I can't help this feeling inside of me that keeps telling me Maddie is invested in me. It's time to stop believing in assumptions and have her say it, want it like her life dearly depends on it.I tilt her chin to meet her gaze; her eyes w

Carlson Eating together was silence, not the comfortable kind of silence but the one that sits heavily in the air. Fork clatter around the plate, each moment I still glance at Maddie. She happily chews, enjoying the food and humming slightly at each bite I have made while the taste of it sucks. Which is why I hate to cook not because I don't know how to buy it, but because eating what I cook doesn't taste so amazing to me so each time I have to force it or throw it in the trash. Not each passing time I realize how much food I was wasting and resulted in not cooking any more but instead buying more. Mama quite taught me how to cook while she was pregnant with Mira. Dad wasn't around so I had to fill in helping out as much as I could. Two maids got fired, some resigned because they couldn't resist my mum's outburst so I was more stuck with her cooking than choosing my video game. I cooked pretty well, my first attempt was a dessert. I can't forget how scrunched my mum's fa

Maddie “Maddie, wait.” Jamie grips my hand, halting me in my steps. I was fuming both with anger and confusion at him. All this while I have been wondering if I did something wrong to him. Something that made him act like we weren't childhood friends for once. For once I thought he had anemia. I have to fight so hard to get his attention, including keeping my virginity for him. My eyes watered, and I fought back the urge to cry. I can't cry in front of him. There is nothing left anymore; I am with someone I love now, and there is nothing he can do about it. His explanation doesn't make sense to me. “Maddie,” he calls in a tender voice, staring at me deep in the eyes. I blink, fighting the urge not to meet his gaze.His eyes shifted to my hand; he held me by the hand, rubbing circles at the back of my hand. The air felt different, and the tension lingered more. We stood by the roadside; cars passed by and people went about their business, though I wasn't so close to sc

Maddie “Stop it Jamie. Don't you need to be somewhere important” I stopped walking facing him this time to stop chasing after me. I was done listening to whatever he has to say. It doesn’t justify anything for me. He always has a way to make things worse for me. I was done listening to his excuses, it was time for him to listen to me. “Maddie, we are best friends” “Well that was then not anymore. Have you even listened to yourself. We are best friends. Do you need me to tell you what bestfriends do” I paused with so much hate and anger I have restraint for a long time. Probably is time to face it without looking back. I was almost out of breath and for a seconds I didn't care about the way his face fall. The way his shoulder slumps in regret and the way he looks at me like he could change everything if given a chance. I was done with that. I was done with trying to put other people first while I suffer. I was tired of taking his shit. “It's over Jamie. We are not bestfriends a

Maddie For some time his heavy footsteps stopped behind me, and I wondered if he was chasing after me. I'm tempted to find out, but then my ego couldn't let me. Let me say I love when Carlson chases after me like I'm the most beautiful thing on the planet. I stopped, catching my breath, my hands on my knees, breathing through my two openings, my mouth and my nose. What was I even running from? The thought of him seeing the silly things I have pinned down in my diary couldn't leave my head. I felt like the ground should open; I couldn't face him, I couldn't, knowing he knows everything about me now. Both the things I want and my fantasies too. Should I be running? He clearly said he's sorry; just my stupid self is not able to fathom it. Gush! This shouldn't be happening.He read the things I planned to do to him too. Go back, Maddie.A voice in my head warns me, and that was when I clearly looked around. I was far away from the park, a little distance, and cars moved pa