Hitting Zero: A Duffel Bag Romance

She was never part of the plan… He couldn’t see me among the thousands of fans who packed the stadium. It was a sea of blue. I was lost among the Dolphins jerseys and the painted faces. He couldn’t see me, but I could see him. He had that same mischievous grin he had worn at sixteen. His eyes held the same determination of twenty-one. No one here cared about the tabloid stories or whether Dylan had a secret past. They were his fans. All they needed was a field goal to fall in love with him again. He leaned back and kicked the ball through the post. The crowd erupted. The Dolphins were headed to the Superbowl. I watched through the deafening cheers as his teammates ran onto the field to celebrate. He had finally made his dreams come true. His mom would have loved to see him now. I had been just a kid when I fell in love with a football player destined to break my heart. Not much had changed. I was still on the outside looking in. —- ISBN: 9798851594397