Fumbled Hearts

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's the persistent playboy who refuses to walk away.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm the impassive new girl with nothing left to give.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Things are about to get complicated...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After months of refusing I finally agreed to make the move to Alrick Falls.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My family thought it was best - that a new scene would be good for me - and I was sick of having the same conversation.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So here I am and the plan is simple.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Smile through each day and avoid </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>her</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> at all costs. It's perfect.</span></p><p>Until the cocky quarterback comes into play.</p><p><br></p><p>The last thing I want is his crooked grin and dark brown eyes focused on me. Yet here he is constantly in my space pushing me daring me to care. Telling me what I think and feel as if he knows.</p><p><br></p><p>He doesn't know anything.</p><p>And I plan to keep it that way.</p>