Love's Interception

By N Kuhn

Brianna Woods spent her high school years getting picked on for being different. After being the butt of a joke from her crush and the mean girl in school, she graduates then moves cross country to reinvent herself. She spends years in LA modeling before moving home for a chance to be on the cheerleading squad for NFL team Buffalo Bucks.

Brent Coleson was the star quarterback in high school, college and now for the Buffalo Bucks. When the one that got away falls back into his life, he'll stop at nothing to keep her there this time. He's had eyes only for Bree since high school.

Can these two fix years of misunderstandings and damage without losing their NFL careers?

• Language: English
• Publisher: N Kuhn
• Release date: Dec 1, 2005
• ISBN: 9781498912938

N Kuhn

N Kuhn grew up in a small town in Western New York. Having spent her afternoons outside or with a book, she grew up with a love of reading and writing. Her mother and grandmother fully encouraged this in her. Many years later, after a husband and children, she made a promise to her dying grandmother to fulfill her dream of being an author. Her grandmother lived to see N's name in print. This was a turning moment for her. Driven by ambition and a promise made, she has since published several titles including the Mohawk Trilogy, Tucked In, Buffalo Rocker and the Tricks series. N Kuhn has several other books that will be out later this year. When she's not writing, she is in college for a Business degree, runs her blog, bartends and promotes for other authors. Family and coffee are her two staples in life.

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Chapter 1 - Brianna

Chapter 2 – Brent

Chapter 3- Bree

Chapter 4- Brent

Chapter 5 – Bree

Chapter 6- Brent

Chapter 7 – Bree

Epilogue-Brent

I would like to dedicate this book to my husband. I love football as much as you do, and you inspired me to start this story. You are my center!

Chapter 1 - Brianna

Climbing out of my car, I stare up at the stadium looming above me. It's almost intimidating. No, scratch that, it is. I've never been the cheerleader type. In school, I was the quiet bookworm no one paid any attention to. Covering my tall willowy frame with baggy clothes, pinning my long red hair up in buns or ponytails, I made sure attention was off of me. In eighth grade, when I sprung up to 5'7, I towered over all the girls and most of the boys. They called me giraffe and made jokes about how the leaves I ate tasted or, How's the air up there?" It didn’t help matters that I was very clumsy. I went home crying almost every day. They called me Bree the Tree. Who would have thought that Brianna Woods would be such an easy name to pick on? Finding it easier to hide than bring notice to my height made it easier to get through high school.

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The one time I was noticed had been by Brent Coleson. Our senior year. He was the captain of the football team. Of course I had a crush on him, what red-blooded high school girl didn’t? He was handsome, nice and popular. I had been assigned to tutor him in History. If he failed, he couldn't play. After four weeks of studying together, his grades were finally where they needed to be. Our last study session together he asked me out. I said no, knowing full well that I would never be accepted by his friends and that it would end with me being picked on again. I had made it through two years unnoticed, but he kept pushing me. After hours of him calling my house and annoying the hell out of my mother, I finally gave in. That Saturday, he had picked me up at my house. Dressed in nice jeans and a polo shirt, he charmed my mother with his playboy smile. His blonde hair was neatly trimmed, showing off his bright green eyes. While tutoring him, I always tried to look at them without him noticing. His body looked more like a well-built man instead of the boy he was. He had a strong muscle build that could be seen through his very tight shirts. He was mature, unlike most of the guys our age. I knew he had it rough at home. His father pushed him to play football and didn’t care about grades. He wasn’t happy. But I wasn’t trying to be friends, so when he talked about personal things, I pretended to ignore him and get back to work. It was safer for me that way.

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Having settled on my nicest pair of jeans and a tee that wasn’t baggy, I rushed down stairs to rescue him from the inquisition my parents were most likely giving him. My dad wanted to talk football, my mom wanted to know his plans. When I heard him say the zoo, I thought it was sweet; not your typical date. He held my hand as we walked around, looking at the animals. He kept asking about things I was into as we found out we had a lot in common. As we stopped by the giraffes, I felt uncomfortable. After all, I had spent years being compared to one and harassed at school. It was like having to face it again after all this time. He never did pick on me like the rest of our classmates, but it still made me uneasy. He must have sensed that I felt awkward and said we could go see the elephants. As we turned to walk away, laughter from behind us caught our attention. Jamie and Marnie Brooks. The head cheerleader and her sister, who happened to be the ones that started the nickname giraffe, were standing there pointing and laughing.

Come to see your family Bree the Tree? Jamie had said. You’re a little out of your league here. But Brent always did like charity cases, right baby? Brent had let go of my hand and stepped away from me. Jamie walks over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. As she leans in to kiss him, I turn away. I can hear her telling him that she missed him. I know that dated a year ago, but I thought they had broken up. My chest had felt heavy, constricting and I couldn’t breathe. Marnie came over and told me that I was a charity date and a joke that Jamie and Brent had decided to play on me. I should have known it was all a joke. Why would the hottest guy in school want to take me out? A joke, charity. A way to spend their time, some entertainment. I ran from him, from the laughter of the girls as tears clouded my sight. Calling my mom to pick me up, I never told her what happened. Crying myself to sleep I vowed to never feel that hopeless again. The next day and for several after that, Brent called and tried to talk to me. Most likely to rub in how great their joke on me was. I ignored the calls, my mother sent him away and if I saw him in school, I would turn and head the other way, ducking into the nearest girl’s room just to get away from him.

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College was a completely different matter. I was average height at UCLA. Having chosen a college on the complete opposite coast from New York, I tried to change. It was after all the Land of the blonde amazons. I started dressing more for my body type. Wore my hair down, got contacts. I still got scared when men asked me out. I always felt I was the butt of a joke. So I had yet to lose my virginity. I may have looked different, but I was the same old loser inside. My junior year of getting my arts degree, a woman had approached me asking if I modeled. I spent all my time writing or painting, so I thought she had been trying to prank me. To me, everything good that came my way had to be a joke. I didn’t trust anyone. The girl friends I had made in classes insisted I try it out, apparently having heard of the firm this woman represented. So I did. Now three years later, I'm standing in front of the Buffalo Bucks football stadium trying to gather enough courage to go inside. My agent said he was contacted by them to try out for the cheerleading team. I still can't believe people think I'm pretty, but since my modeling jobs have dried up and the market is veering back towards blondes and away from tall awkward girls like me, I was going to need a new job and this one paid good.

Reviews for Love's Interception

[Alicia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Cute romantic short story. Worth the read.