Chapter 86

ELLIE

“Troy? Are you being serious right now?” I was almost feeling like I was living in a blooper at that point. It seemed like that interruption wasn't meant to happen at all. There were just too many things that were off about it.

“What are you doing here?” Dylan asked as I was almost hiding behind him. The long awaited clash was finally happening right in front of me and I was simply getting ready to watch just what the extent of their rivalry had been.

“I should be asking you that..." Troy's gaze kept shifting continuously between Dylan and me. “What are you both doing here?”

"Well, it seems you didn't come here to practice, Maddox. You came here to look around for girls that could possibly have their eyes on you. That's not how you're going to bag a state championship for your school…" Dylan was pretty intentional with every single syllable that he spat at him.

"If this is your way of playing mind games, then you're going to try harder, Brooks..." Troy was livid at everything