upon hearing what the coach just said Jay smiled, as he was still trying to catch his breath.
He walked towards Ethan with a smiling but Mockery face.
"Beat that, you bastard"
he said to Ethan knowing Ethan wouldn't ever come close to that.
In his head he started planning for the next so he could equal the point. He had underestimated Ethan in the first two so he wouldn't make a mistake again.
At that moment the rest of the team started singing praises of Jay.
"Dang, Jay!"
said the first one.
"I didn't even see you streak through the line! You were moving so fast, you were just a blur!"
"For real!"
the second one chimed in.
"The Flash got nothing on you, man! You should go and represent our country in the Olympic"
The third one nodded vigorously. "No kidding! With that kind of speed, no one's gonna catch you on the field tonight. You're gonna leave those losers chumps in the dust!"
They all laughed, slapping Jay on the back. Jay managed a weak smile, but inside he was seething.
"Shut up, you idiots"
He growled through his gritted teeth.
"Just...shut up, I want to disgrace the bastards first, he wouldn't know what hit him when I'm done with him"
On the sidelines, the Coach watched the whole scene unfold with a frown. He'd known Jay for years, coached him since he was a scrawny freshman. He could tell when the kid wasn't giving his all and he just showed it.
"He was holding back before"
the Coach muttered to himself. "Probably embarrassed about the last two, and he decided to take it upon himself to prove a point now"
But then Coach's frown turned thoughtful.
"Still...this might be just the thing to light a fire under him. Embarrassment can be one hell of a motivator and I'm glad he's providing it"
He nodded slowly, a smile creeping across his weathered face. "Yeah...yeah, this could work out. Jay would want to prove himself now more than ever. He just run like his life depends on it, and I doubt if Ethan would even come close"
However to fulfill all righteousness he then faces Ethan giving him a head nod to prepare himself.
Ethan stepped up to the line. He got into position and saw what Jay did but knew for him to win he had to beat his record.
The vein in his head started popping out as his focus was on the finish line.
Then the coach said.
"Go!"
yelled the coach.
Ethan exploded forward. His feet hardly seemed to touch the ground. He was a blur of speed.
Upon crossing the finish line the coach immediately stopped the stopwatch, and without even checking, he could tell Ethan was faster then Jay.
slowly he faced the stopwatch and Upon seeing 10 seconds his jaw dropped and with a low voice he uttered.
"10 seconds!"
said the coach.
"Ethan wins again!"
Jay at that moment couldn't believe his ears, 10 seconds, three wins in a row, how is that even possible, he tightened his fits as like he wanted to punch something, but he couldn't his entire body felt weak and defeated, he had already lost three out of four which means he had lost.
However, to his surprise the coach's voice was heard.
"One challenge left."
Said the coach.
"Field goal kicking. Jay, you're up."
the coach said to Jay with a disappointing look on his face.
he would have ended it already, but he doesn't want jay to have a breakdown at least he should just wins this.
Jay at that moment managed to set up the ball, he knew the coach is doing him a favor, by giving him another chance to prove a point, so he wouldn't look like a complete loser.
Then he backed up, giving it a few yards.
Then He ran forward and BAM! His foot smashed into the ball.
The ball sailed high. It flew right between the goalposts.
"Excellent kick."
said the coach.
Jay smirked at Ethan but he couldn't say anything anymore, he just wanted the bastard to lose, at least fail to target the goalposts.
Ethan then stepped forward with a smiling face and put his ball in position. He took a deep breath. Then he charged forward.
THWACK! Ethan's kick sent the ball flying even higher than Jay's. It soared right down the middle of the goalposts.
immediately the coach blinked and he couldn't hold it anymore.
"Wow. Okay. we have a winner now. Ethan, welcome to the team!"
Upon hearing what the coach just said Jay wouldn't help but say
"No!"
Jay stomped his foot.
"This is bogus! I took it as if I was just a practice, coach. I want to do it all over again!"
However the coach's eyes turned deadly upon hearing Jay words he was disappointed in him for a newbie to outplayed him in all of the four contests.
He doesn't want to chatter jay confidence so he decided to go it easy on him.
"Sorry, Jay."
said the coach.
"Ethan won fair and square and everyone saw it. He's on the team now"
Jay's face turned red immediately. He was so mad! But he couldn't say anything because he knows the coach was mad at him, so he decided to keep calm. He immediately walked over to the boy who recorded the video.
"Delete that video!"
Jay demanded.
"Now
The boy quickly deleted the video.
With a shaking voice he said.
"I have deleted it"
Jay nodded because he saw him deleted the video he he
shoved $100 at him.
"Here."
Jay growled.
"For your trouble. And you better not tell anyone about this, got it?"
The boy nodded, his eyes still widened .
"Got it. My lips are sealed."
"They better be"
Jay hit him on his chest and warned. Then he stormed off he needs to prepare for the game.
Not long after Ethan walked over to the boy.
"Hey man,"
he said.
"I saw Jay giving you some cash. What was that all about?"
The boy shifted nervously.
"Oh, uh, nothing. He just wanted me to delete a video, that's all."
"The video of our bet"
Ethan asked.
The boy nodded.
"Yeah. He didn't want anyone to see it."
Ethan smiled slowly, he knew Jay would request for the video to be deleted, that way he demanded the boy record the bet, because he saw the phone the boy was using earlier. It has a trash space for deleted video and pictures.
"And he paid you to get rid of it, huh? How much?"
"A hundred bucks"
The boy admitted.
Ethan whistled.
"Not bad. But listen I know the video is still in your trash space, I'll give you ten times that amount if you post the video instead."