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Totally Opposed by Becca Jackson
Love In Play Series, Book 3
Alan
When you’re crushing on a guy, the last thing you want is to get caught singing their name while naked in the locker room showers. Thankfully, Ryan pretended not to notice. I can play the denial game with the best of them, but I can’t ignore the growing feelings I have for him. We’ve been rivals on the field for two years, but lately, my eyes keep finding him off the field as well, drawn to his piercing blue stare and brilliant smile.
As fate would have it, we’re paired together for a sequence of Star-Crossed Lovers skits, and while I’m excited at the prospect of spending more time with him, with rumors of team cuts at the end of the season, it makes me wonder if there is any point in starting anything at all. Maybe we’re just destined to stay on opposing sides.
Ryan
Being on the other side of the world from your entire family is hard, especially when you see everyone else going home to theirs every night. So, when I moved in with Duckie and Ian, I was excited to at least have people to come home to.
But they aren’t the only ones I see every day. Across the alley lives an old man and his cat who greet me with a demonic howl and a gruff reminder that my favorite game isn’t “real” baseball.
Good thing I’m not easily offended, and while I might be still on the fence about the cat, imagine my surprise when I discover the old man is Alan Beaker’s grandfather. Suddenly, my days aren’t just filled with on-field practice and rehearsals with the guy I’ve been crushing on hard, they’re also filled with time spent with him off the field too.
It isn’t long until I notice just how devoted to his family Alan is, and the more time I spend with them, the more they make me feel like I belong. Now if only I can get Alan to take a chance on us, then I can make this feeling last forever.
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When I spotted Alan in the corner grocer, I thought this was my chance to chat in a totally neutral setting. I mean, it has the potential for a really adorable meet cute. Except my life rarely goes the way of romance movies, no matter how much I wish it would, and instead of the sweetest interaction in the world that makes him fall in love with me instantly, I bag out his grandfather in the first minute of conversation.
Alan grabs another couple of packs of chocolate biscuits and puts them in his cart. “Gramps gave Harry a hard time, too. Sorry,” he says moving slowly down the aisle.
“I didn’t mean to—”
“It’s fine. Has he asked you to buy curtains yet?”
“The first day I moved in, and every day since.”
“Yeah, he tries to convince me to break in and install them whenever I’m at his place, too.”
“I was going to get some, but there is so little light that comes in as it is, and I like having the window open to catch the breeze.”
“Harry told him the same thing. It won’t stop him from asking, though. Just like nothing will convince him what we do is real baseball.”
His sad voice sends a pang to my chest.
“It is, though,” I say, and he gives me a half smile and nods, but it’s almost like he maybe doesn’t believe it either. I grab his arm to stop him from pushing the cart further and turn him to face me. “We are real baseball players, Alan. Don’t let what anyone thinks affect how you see yourself.”
“I try not to, but it’s just so hard. Gramps used to love watching me play ball growing up. He taught me the game on the family ranch, and when I was old enough to play, he took me to every training and was at every game.”
We continue up the aisle, Alan grabbing things from the shelf as we go.
“Has he seen you play Banana Ball?”
“Ha, no. He just sits in his apartment watching the street with those binoculars of his griping about how I’ve ruined the sport he loves.”
“That’s rough.”
“Yeah, but he’s old, so…”
“So what?”
He turns to face me, a frown etched on his forehead.
“Well, there is no point trying to convince an old person they’re wrong, you know, they are so set in their ways and all that.”
“That’s bullshit,” I reply, and he laughs. The way his eyes sparkle when he smiles for real sends a swirl of warmth through my gut.
“He’s just the way he is. I tried way too many times to talk him into coming to a game, to see me play. He won’t budge, so I gave up hoping he’ll change his mind.”
“But you haven’t.”
“I have. I don’t ask anymore.”
“Yeah, but you still want him to come, so really, you gave up trying, not hoping.”
“I guess.”
I can’t imagine not having my family’s support. I’ve always had it. When I was swimming in college, playing cricket, even when I decided to up and leave for a job on the other side of the world, they’ve always been in my corner cheering me on. If Don isn’t going to support him and make him see what he’s doing is amazing, then maybe I can. We’re friends, after all. Sort of. Teammates, or fellow players, at least.
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