Courtside Obsession

I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT-CHARM, TALENT, AND A REPUTATION THAT KEPT ME AT THE TOP. BUT MY LIFE'S NOT AS SMOOTH AS IT LOOKS, ESPECIALLY WITH SCANDALS NIPPING AT MY HEELS. THAT'S WHERE KAT KING COMES IN. SHE'S BRILLIANT, FIERCE, AND TOTALLY UNTOUCHABLE. OUR FAKE RELATIONSHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EASY FIX-A WAY TO KEEP THE RUMORS AT BAY AND OUR LIVES UNCOMPLICATED.

BUT NOTHING ABOUT KAT IS EASY. SHE'S GOT THIS WAY OF SEEING THROUGH ME, CUTTING PAST THE CRAP, AND GETTING UNDER MY SKIN. AT FIRST, IT WAS ALL PART OF THE GAME-PLAY ALONG, KEEP IT LIGHT, AND WALK AWAY WHEN IT'S DONE. BUT NOW? NOW I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HER, ABOUT THE WAY SHE SMILES WHEN SHE'S CAUGHT OFF GUARD OR HOW HER EYES DARKEN WHEN SOMETHING HITS TOO CLOSE TO HOME.

THIS ISN'T JUST A GAME ANYMORE. THE LINES BETWEEN WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S PRETEND ARE SO BLURRED, I CAN'T TELL WHERE ONE ENDS AND THE OTHER BEGINS. AND THE MORE I GET TO KNOW HER, THE MORE I REALIZE I WANT TO STAY.

I'M IN DEEP-OBSESSED, EVEN. AND I KNOW IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING BLOWS UP IN OUR FACES. BUT I CAN'T WALK AWAY NOW. NOT WHEN EVERYTHING IN ME IS TELLING ME THAT LOSING HER WOULD BE THE WORST KIND OF DEFEAT.