yes

For much of the rest of the week everything was normal, or what was now your new normal. You went to school, you ate lunch with tom, you gamed with kyle and fought with erin, and you practiced for the upcoming game with kyle watching from the bleachers with the other players girlfriends. Most of the guys paid no mind to one guy sitting in the bleachers.

The night before your game you were preparing for your date with tom. Your first official date, no kyle to protect you this time. Part of you wanted to convince him to come along somehow, but the other part was excited to be alone with tom on a proper date, to be romanced. You wondered what he had planned, all week he had been secretive about it no matter how much you prodded. All he told you was to dress nicely.

The doorbell rang.

"Oh god!" you felt sick as your stomach did back flips. You heard your dad call out from downstairs. [Last chance] you did your best to slow your breathing.