All Chapters of Out Of Bounds: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Colt 10 years old After we left the wedding reception, we dropped Konner off at his house. He only lived three houses down from me. I wanted to go in and see how Finley was doing. I felt so bad. It was my fault that she got hurt, and she took the blame because she knew that her mom would ground me from coming over. She hated it when Finley would hang around us. She said we were a bad influence on her because we made her unlady-like but really, we just liked her and she liked the same things so there was no need to push her away. We usually just treated her like one of us. To me there wasn't much of a difference besides when I saw her wearing that dress, she looked so pretty in. I had never seen her wear a dress. I had never thought she looked pretty. It was weird. I can't think like that. I slept in late on Sunday and when I got up my parents were gone already. They always were. We played happy family when they were around, but they cared more about their country club and friends t

Colt Age Seventeen I stood in the doorway and looked at her. The room was dark, but she looked so damn beautiful. The moon light was shining through her window, making it look like she was glowing. I knew she had a date to the dance, but she never showed up. So, I took my date home and came here as soon as it ended. Konner didn't even know she had a date, but I had heard Brandon talking about how he asked her, and she said yes. He seemed excited and he should have been to have the privilege to take her, but his buddies were making fun of him for taking Finley. Saying she might be a ten, but she is also half man when she steps on the court. She never answered my question, "Finny, why weren't you at the dance?" "Stop calling me that," she snapped. I stormed through her room and grabbed her arm and pulled her to a standing position. "Now tell me what is going on?" I demanded, even though I already knew. "It doesn't matter, Colt." "It matters to me." "I was just proven that my

Colt Age Eighteen We were down two points in the state champion game with ten seconds left. We hadn't lost a game since we were freshman and I sure as shit wasn't going to let that happen tonight. I wasn't going out this way during my senior year. Ace set the pick for me and rolled around him, and Konner threw me the ball. This is it. Everything was coming down to this. To me. I was either going to win the game for us, or I was going to lose it. I pulled up and shot the ball, and it was like time froze. I swear to God that ball just spun in midair before it finally swooshed through the net and the buzzer going off. I was knocked to the ground by Konner as the crowd roared with excitement. The entire team piled on top of us as our school band started playing, and confetti fell on us in our school colors. When the team finally got off us, I looked up to see Finny standing there. Her face had a giant smile. She had always been our biggest cheerleader, and I honestly didn't know what

Colt Age twenty-one Finley and I lay in her backyard most of the night. She never questioned where Konner was, and I was really happy about that because I wasn't going to lie to her. He was off sleeping with one of the girls that had just graduated. They had a thing off and on for a while now. I kept telling him to be careful because that was going to get him in trouble, but he was in love with her or so he says. She was on the team with Finley, but I know they weren't that close or not at all. He would hook up with her every time we came home. She rolled over and put her head on my chest and snuggled into me. She was asleep and God I loved the way she felt pressed into me. It took every ounce of strength I had not to make a move on her. I wanted her so bad, but I still won't risk my friendship. If I lost them, I would have no one. I wrapped my arms around her, and she let out a soft sigh. I didn't ever want to move from this spot. I would lay here with her until I died. The su

Colt Age Twenty-One "You didn't kill your father; a drunk driver did." "Yes, I did. He was out there because of me. I yelled at him. I was awful and he died thinking I hated him." She sobbed. I knew right now there was nothing that was going to make this any easier, so I did the only thing that I could think of, and I went to her and I held her. She broke down so hard crying that her entire body was shaking, and she had me a little worried. I moved us to the bed and laid her down where she continued to sob uncontrollably. I grabbed my phone and went to the bathroom. I shut the door just enough that she couldn't hear me but if she yelled for me, I would hear her and I called Konner. "What in the hell is going on?" He snapped into the phone. I felt bad for the guy. He was trying to handle both his mother and Finley and his father just died. "Your mother is what happened. I'm not going to get into the details of it, but I yelled at your mother and took Finley out of there. We're