Captain Clutch

I was sitting at a small table with James in a nice Italian restaurant. We won the game and James had scored the winning goal. I was excited that we had been won the game so James and I could celebrate a little bit.
"I'm happy we came out tonight." James said taking my hand in his. I froze.
"Yeah." I said slowly.
"What's wrong?" He asked cocking his head to the side.
"James." I said smiling. "I like you, but only as a friend."
"Oh." James said taking his hand back. I sighed.
"I'm sorry." I said leaning back in my chair. A look of confusion came over his face.
"Why did you agree to come out with me?" James asked a little hurt.
"I wanted to get to know you better James." I said honestly.
"But I asked you out, like on a date." James said looking extremely confused. I sighed and took a sip of my beer.
"Can I tell you something honestly and you promise not to tell anyone? Including the guys on the team?" I asked knowing I could trust James with anything.
"Sure." He said still looking confused.
"I was dating this guy." I said trying to explain my past. "He wasn't good to me at all and I got very sick."
James didn't say a word and I bit the inside of my mouth.
"We've known each other for around nine years. We grew up together in the club we went to a couple months ago. We were together since I was fourteen. He was my first kiss and everything else." I said taking a deep breath. Finally James spoke.
"How old is he?" James asked.
"He's twenty six now." I said. Same age as Sidney I thought.
"So what happened between you guys?" James asked.
"Well he isn't such a good person. He was twenty when we started dating." I said.
"Thats illegal." James said shocked.
"I know. I knew, but he was my best friend." I said. "We didn't care."
"He took advantage of you." James said taking my hand.
"I guess. I never looked at it that way, even now. He taught me a lot, but he also gave me so many problems." I said.
"In what way?" James asked.
"He got me addicted to drugs. He was selling them and doing them himself, but got me into them." I said looking down.
"What?" James said looking shocked.
"Yeah. Fourteen years old addicted to pills." I said feeling a tear fall down my cheek. James took my hand into his.
"It's okay." He said leaning over with his other hand and wiping the tear off my cheek.
"That's not all." I said taking a deep breath before I continued.
"Go on." He said.
"He cheated on me, constantly." I said. "I was to stupid to realize he was doing it though. I trusted him with my life and he just abused it. He would go on dates with girls and say it was just as friends. I grew up thinking dating other girls while being in a relationship with someone was okay. That was the normal."
A look of understanding came over his face.
"That's not normal, but I understand." He said.
"I guess I was so messed up all the time, I never really noticed how he was hurting me." I said.
"How did you end up getting clean?" He paused. "Are you clean?"
I smiled.
"Yes. I am." I said. "I have been for just over a year."
"Well congratulations." He said. "I don't know much about addiction, but I'm sure it can't be easy."
"No it isn't, but I've changed my life around and I have great support from my brother." I said.
"That's really good." He said smiling. A couple seconds later both James' phone and mine went off. We looked at each other. I pulled out my phone and saw it was a text from Jordan.
JStaal: Come back to the hotel. We need you. It's Sid.
I felt my stomach drop. Sidney. My Sidney. I was so nervous and couldn't help but feel freaked out. James had got the same text and quickly paid the bill before we left in a rush. My mind was rushing as we went back to the hotel. I hoped everything was okay, but I couldn't get over that nervous feeling on the way back. I couldn't deal with anything happening to him. I cared about him so much.

Notes

A little background:
Brandon is actually based on a real person. Part of Kayla is based on a girl I used to be good friends with who was actually dating the real person Brandon. This is how their relationship was. So I hope you guys aren't hating on Kayla to much still. There is more to her life that I want to explain but I want to do it with Sidney. Nobody else. That is to come though.