The crowd was going wild, only a few more points until their high school wrestling team won the regional title. Everyone was sure it was going to be John, the best wrestler on the team, to make them win. He was a senior at 5'11, and 170 pounds of mostly muscle so everybody expected it.
"John, you can do this!" Leah shouted even louder even though her boyfriend couldn't hear her over the yelling of the crowd, he knew she was praying for him.
John and his opponent stood off the ground then hooked arms tightly with their heads butting each other. He only had a few moments to talk in his ear before the other player got loose.
"You hear that?" John breathed in and out heavily as he struggled to keep their arms locked, "That's the crowd shouting my name. They're telling me that I'm going to win," John's opponent tried to shake loose again but John held on tighter. "Now look up in the crowd.... Do you see that blond beauty? That's my girlfriend. And I told her I was gonna win, and that's what I'll do." With that, John let go of the wrestlers arms so that he stumbled before him, and right before he fell, John grabbed him in a head lock.
Leah's heart was racing a thousand beats per minute when she saw he boyfriend fall to the ground with the other player, at first she thought he was hurt, but then John picked him up and body slammed him into the wrestling mat.
"Ooohhh!" The crowd yelled with surprise and excitement when they heard the loud thump. John had his opponent on the floor, struggling to get up from underneath him, when the referee stepped closer and closer soon laying right on the floor with them to see who would make the pin.
"You can do it. I know you can..." Leah whispered softly as she crossed her fingers hoping he would make the win. People started to run down the bleachers just to see the action. Finally a loud whistled blared over all the screaming fans, but Leah could no longer see with all the people standing in front of her, after all she was only 5'3.
"And Hamilton Southeastern High school goes with a win!" The announcer said and everybody went wild. Even Leah had a few tears of joy in her eyes. She ran up to the top of the bleachers to look for John. All she saw was a bunch of guys walking around with red and blue uniforms on, any of which could have been John, but she saw him look up. His beautiful sea blue eyes looked directly into her mesmerizing green ones and he smiled the biggest smile she had ever seen him smile. The sweat dripped down from his short brown hair onto his face, his chest moved up and down heavily just trying to catch his breath, but he was still happy just to see his good luck charm looking back down on him.
***
Hours after everyone had cleared the bleachers, gone home, and the cleaning crew came, Leah finally made her way down to the mats to see her boyfriend. He was all clean and showered, and was now wearing his tracksuit. He was talking to his other teammates when she snuck up behind him.
She stood on her tippy toes to cover his eyes. "Guess who..." She said cutely as they did in the movies.
John uncovered her hands from his eyes and turned around to see his loving girlfriend smiling up at him. He hugged her and picked her up by the waist spinning her around in circles before putting her down, he was so glad to see her as his coach said no distractions and he wasn't allowed to see her for a week before regional’s.
"I missed you so much Leah," He said sincerely and kissed her passionately on the lips, completely forgetting his friends and teammates were behind him.
"Aaaww!" They all said loud and obnoxiously.
"Y'all are so cute. I could just eat you up!"
"Hey, look Cinderella and Prince Charming!" They all joked that they were the perfect couple.
Leah and John ended their kiss with laughing soon after the comments were made. They looked deeply into each other’s eyes before interrupted again.
"Hey John. You and your girl wanna come to this celebration party?" one of his teammates asked.
He turned his head and replied, "Nah sorry bro. My parents are probably already throwing me one once I get home."
"Siiick, I'm coming with!" And his other friends agreed too.
He turned back to his girlfriend and said with a laugh, "Guess there's a party at my house huh!"
***
John walked Leah to his brand new green Mustang, green because of his girlfriends beautiful green eyes. He opened the passenger door to let her in, closed it, then let himself in on the other side. Once he sat in the car he leaned to give her another sweet kiss on the lips. He was about to say something when Leah made a comment.
"I'm so proud of you, John," She whispered softly, her eyes sparkling in the moonlight, "So tell me. How did you do it?"
John thought for a moment before responding. He put his strong hand on his girlfriend's thigh and said calmly, "Will, power, strength," Leah thought he was getting into his cocky phase again, but then he continued, "And I thought of you..." John's voice trailed off, and she wanted to melt in her seat. He was such sweet guy she couldn't help but love him. She leaned over to him to get another one of his perfect kisses and planted her lips on his, and they kissed slowly again. When they ended their kiss, John started up the car, squeezed Leah's leg gently, and drove off the school parking lot.
They were so excited for what kind of surprise John would have at his house. He lived in a well off neighborhood with the biggest house there, his friend's called it a mansion or even paradise, but he called it home.
It was about 15 minutes until John and Leah arrived at his house. His parents weren't that good with surprise party as there were at least 10 cars parked out in front, but his house light's were off.
"Well clearly somebody is here!" John laughed as he told his girlfriend. Leah just smiled and nodded.
He pulled up and stopped his Mustang onto what was left of his driveway. He opened his car door to get out, then his girlfriend's and together, hand in hand, they walked up to John's front door. Without ringing the doorbell, he just opened the door and walked right in.
"SURPRISE!" All of his friends, family, and coaches yelled as the two of them walked in the door.
"Now... Let's get this party started!" Leah laughed guessed that it was one of John's friends.
John tried to walk past but the room was crowded. He put on a smile and thanked everyone, shook their hands with his free one, and managed to get only a few feet from the door. His hands still entwined with Leah's, John squeezed through his living room, to the dining room, and finally into the kitchen where, surprisingly, nobody was.
"Free at laasssstttt." He breathed a fake sigh of relief.
"What do you mean?" Leah asked, she was a little confused. "Don't you want to go out and have some fun? All these people are here for you, remember you won for the team!"
"Yeah I know... but I just kind of want to spend a little time with you.." He replied in an innocent well-you-know manner.
Leah hopped on the kitchen's island counter and John walked over to her, standing in between her legs. "You spend most of your time with me John, today is your day." She said with a smile. She pressed her forehead against his and kissed him on the nose. Before she could do anything further one of John's friends ran through the kitchen door.
"Duuuuddddeeee your dad is doing a keg stand!"
"Oh boy..." John sighed and ran out with his friend with Leah trailing behind.
***
The not-so-surprise party had finally ended with red plastic cups and popcorn were everywhere, but John's mom had started to pick them up. With the help of Leah, the whole downstairs was spotless in about an hour.
John walked down the stairs, but wearing dark blue jeans and a semi tight green polo, to show of his muscles. "Wow," he said as he saw his girlfriend wrap up the vacuum cord, "A girl who can clean! Now only if you knew how to cook Leah..." He laughed and she jokingly punched him in the arm.
"Hey mom. Where's dad?"
"Well... let's just say your father isn't quite sober... at all." His mother replied quietly.
"In that case, can I go over to Leah's?" John flashed his mom his best puppy dog eyes because she didn't let him go out with anyone, let alone his girlfriend past 12:00am, in case "something" happens, and the clock read 12:36am. He always hated that while his other friends could do what ever they wanted until 3 in the morning, he was the only high school senior who still had to ask. Although he could've just lied, it was out of his nature.
"Fine, but don't be back too late okay?" John's mom barely got the words out of her mouth before he grabbed his girlfriend's hand darted out the door to his car. The only thing you could hear was this screeching of the wheels on the pavement as he zoomed away.
***
When the two of the arrived at Leah's house, she saw the garage door open, and no car in sight.
"Nobody's home? That's strange...” Leah wondered because he parents were always home at night.
John shrugged and followed his girlfriend thought the garage door and into the kitchen.
"I'm kind of cold.." Leah declared, after all winter was approaching.
"I could warm you up-" John let slip of the words before realizing how it sounded. Leah bit her lip shyly while looking down and blushed, her cheeks turning a rosy red.
"I, well I, I.., I didn't mean-" John gulped loudly but Leah pressed her index finger to his lips to shush him.
"It's okay John.. I know." She started to smile a little and grabbed his hand to lead him upstairs to her room.
It sort of a girly room; lime green painted with pink and orange flower stickers on it. When John walked in he remembered when they managed to spend the whole day painting her room, most of the time was spent throwing paint on each other and having to clean it up off the carpets, but it was still a good memory.
Her bed was in the middle of the room right in front of the TV. She playfully pushed John onto her bed and walked toward the bathroom.
"I'm gonna change into my pajamas real quick," She paused and smirked, "Don't break anything." She looked at a dent in her wall from when John thought he could do karate...
He chuckled and laid back onto her queen sized bed as she disappeared behind the bathroom door. It was a couple of minutes before she reappeared again.
"So, what do you think?" She striked her best modeling pose as he rolled on his side to check her out. All she was wearing was a black tank top and red shorts but he played along anyway. "You look uh-mazing." He eyed her up and down one more time but this time noticed that she wasn't wearing a bra. Her 32C breasts were perky enough that she thought he wouldn't notice. Since it was cold in the house, it was hard not to notice her nipples poking through. He felt a little butterflies in his stomach but ignored them.
She thanked him and giggled while walking over to her bed. Before she could sit down John stood up and picked her up by the legs so she was carried like a sack of potatoes.
"John what are you doing?" She laughed in between words.
"Oh I'm just.. Enjoying the view." John walked over to her mirror so that he was facing it. That's when Leah realized that her butt was parallel to his face.
"You are such a jerk! Let me go, pretty please?" She asked innocently.
"Nope!" He declined her wish and slapped his girlfriend's ass jokingly while laughing.
"Oh you are sooooo dead,"
"Oh really?.."
John carried her to her bed and playfully threw her on her back. The both of them were now hysterically laughing at each other. Leah was on her back and John was now laying next to her as the laughing died down and they both sighed.
A few seconds of silence passes when Leah thought of something. "Will you teach me one of your wrestling moves?"
"Sure why not, how 'bout my signature move?"
"And what's that?" Leah asked in an oh-really way.
"The John Patterson Double Arm Double Hook." He responded in a-matter-of-factly way.
"Oooh sounds complicated.