amongst the other cheerleaders and blew Rocky a
kiss while she glanced over at him. They‟ve been
dating for two years now and she had her heart set
on marriage.
On the Panther‟s bench, Rocky saw Mindy blow
him a kiss and he just nodded and could care less.
To him, Mindy was just some more touchdowns he
often bragged about with the other players.
Stefon Jackson was a 20-year-old handsome
gay student with short stylish black hair. He wanted
to play football so bad, but Rocky hated gays with a
passion that he threaten to quit the team if they let
Stefon play. So Stefon was restricted to being just
the water boy.
Stefon walked down the line by the bench and
carried a tray with bottled water. He handed out
bottles to the thirsty and sweaty players. He
eventually walked up to Rocky. “Water?” he asked
Rocky with a feminine tone.
Rocky gave Stefon a look of disgust. “Get away.
I don't want cooties!” Rocky said then knocked the
bottle out of Stefon‟s hand, and it landed on the
ground. Stefon turned around and bent over to pick
it up. Rocky saw the opportunity when Stefon‟s ass
was staring at him, so he slammed his right cleats
into Stefon‟s butt.
Stefon fell flat on his face spilling the rest of the
bottles on the ground.
The surrounding football players laughed, and
Rocky stood up and raised his arms in victory.
Coach Harry Kennedy was a 55-year-old with a
huge pot belly, a USMC emblem tattoo on his
forearm and a terrible comb over. He was a retired
Marine Gunny sergeant who was once a drill
instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was
11
300 pounds of intimidation. He saw Rocky‟s childish
act towards Stefon and ignored it, as he also wasn‟t
fond of gays. In fact a long time ago, he once beat a
recruit for sneaking into another recruits bunk late
one night during basic training.
It was now time for the offense to get on the
field.
Rocky placed his helmet on his head and got up.
He ran onto the field with the rest of his teammates.
Stefon stood up and picked up the bottles off the
ground and placed them back in the holder. He
walked away embarrassed and hated those
moments when Rocky would pick on him. But he
knew he was powerless and took it like a man and a
better man than Rocky.
On the field, the Panthers formed a huddle.
“Okay. We have two minutes left,” Rocky said
while he looked at all his teammates. “Let's go for
the long pass again. Split right double twist,” he
added.
The Panthers placed their right hands together
in the center of he huddle.
“Panthers!” the all same in unison then left the
huddle and got in position.
Both teams lined up on the 40 yard line. Rocky
got in position behind Jake, and he looked down
both sides of the line.
“Green thirteen. Hike,” Rocky called out while
he scanned the area over.
Jake snapped the ball to Rocky. He stepped
backward and ran to the right, looking for his man.
He saw Red in position with a man coming his way.
He threw the long pass at Red.
Red caught the pass and made a run to the goal
line and dodged numerous Tiger players. A Tiger
player lunged at Red and grabbed his ankles. Red
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