She Wore the Team Mascot Costume to Pay for College — Then the Star Quarterback Left His Cheerleader Girlfriend for Her
Chapter 8
Jackson’s teammates eventually found out about Emily.
At first, they joked.
Then they realized Jackson was serious.
One player asked:
“You’re dating the mascot?”
Jackson looked at him.
“She’s not the mascot.”
The entire room laughed.
Emily wasn’t amused when she heard.
That evening, she confronted him.
“You shouldn’t have to defend me.”
“I don’t care.”
“Your friends do.”
“So?”
“They think I’m beneath you.”
Jackson stepped closer.
“I don’t.”
She looked at him.
“Your entire world is different from mine.”
“I know.”
“And eventually you’ll get tired.”
He shook his head.
“I’m tired of people deciding what should matter to me.”
She looked away.
He gently lifted her chin.
“You know what I like about you?”
“What?”
“You never ask me to be the quarterback.”
He smiled.
“You ask me to be Jackson.”
That was the moment Emily knew she was in trouble.
She was falling in love with him.
The boy she had watched from the sidelines.
The man everyone wanted.
The person who somehow saw her when she was hiding inside a buffalo costume.
