#thebeatedit

Parker adjusted her camera as she walked towards the football field and furrowed her eyebrows before she glanced into her bag. She let out a sigh of relief once she saw the two extra rolls of film, knowing that her advisor would've gotten her head if she had left them in her locker again. She closed her bag as she reached the football coach with a smile. "Hey coach, I'm here to take some pictures for the paper." She heard him grumble go ahead and make sure to get the best view of the team, including the wide receiver and the quarterback. She tried not to roll her eyes, knowing that she couldn't ask why she had to take separate pictures. She started taking pictures, moving out of the way once in a while, making sure she wasn't tackle. She happened to get a few shots of her sister before she noticed, not something but someone. She lowered her camera as she squinted before she glanced at the coach and headed towards it. She pulled out her camera, took a few pictures of what was happening and glad to be the one who develops the film. "Excuse me, I was wondering if you knew where the football field was at?" She asked loud enough for them to hear.

DJ couldn't resist when one of the cheerleaders was eyeing him at football practice. And he couldn't resist lying to coach that he'd be in the bathroom. And he couldn't resist when that girl followed him and pushed him behind the bleachers with lips like an angel. I mean if he had to chose between football and a girl it was a no brainer. Sure football was great and it had made him a lot more popular than being in book club did but it was the girls attention that he liked the most. He quickly became that hot nerdy football player. The cheerleader didn't waste anytime with smacking on him but it didn't last long when he heard a voice behind him. He pulled away from the girl's lips and turned around. "What?" He asked. The girl looked at him and walked away, quickly slipping a piece of paper in his hands, presumably her number. It was common nowadays for DJ to get those digits. "Did you just ask where the football field was...are blind?" He asked looking at the unfamiliar girl that just cockblocked him. "Also you owe me for that interruption" he said nodding towards the cheerleader who had left.

Parker took a picture of his confused face and smirked a bit. She waved goodbye to one of the cheerleaders as she leaned against the structure as she crossed her arms around her body. "It work, didn't it?" She asked and shook her head as she glanced at the pictures before she glanced up to see him. "Oh no, a make out session with one of the cheerleaders, how can I ever live." She placed her hand on her heart and then looked at him. "You owe me for taking pictures of you in action. Though, Im sure your coach would love to see these pictures of you two swapping spit. I think they would look beautiful in the newspaper." She knew that she wasn't going to put them in the newspaper or in the yearbook.

DJ raised an eyebrow at her and he clearly had an annoyed look on his face when she snapped a picture of him. "Hey what no!" he said realizing why she was taking pictures. He walked towards her to reach for the camera. "You cannot show anyone those. Pretty sure that girl has a boyfriend" he said looking out at the field between the bleachers. "Can...can you just delete them...please?" he asked arms open wide in defeat. "Why do you care anyways?" He asked. "I dont even know you and you're being rude."

Parker raised an eyebrow as she put the camera behind her back and raised an eyebrow. "Yet, you still decide to make out with her. Hm. Interesting." She replied as she placed her camera in her bag, crossed her arms across her chest and thinking a bit. "Maybe and I care because I was sent out to take pictures of the Quarterback and the wide receiver, which is you because we're doing a spotlight story on the football team in the newspaper and I can't do it with you making out underneath here." She slowly nodded as she pushed herself off of the bleacher. "Because I actually care about my football team and how great they'll do this season. No, what would be rude of me thing to do, is to publish those pictures. After you told me nicely. You're being rude for thinking with your head below the belt instead of thinking what scouts would be at the games and actually getting out of here." She turned on her heel and started leaving the bleachers.

DJ shrugged. "Not my problem." he said. "Yeah well Im pretty sure they wanted pictures of practice not here" he said raising his eyebrows back at her. "Oh really? You care about the football team?" he asked. "Besides...you know...kissing girls isn't gonna make me play worse..honestly it might make me play better." He chuckled to himself. DJ sighed. "Hey wait up" he said following after her. He walked out from the bleachers with her and he moved in front of her. "I'm DJ" He said with a nodding gesture. "I mean we might as well get to know each other if you're gonna get such intimate pics of me" he winked, flirting with her immediately.

Parker "It'll be your problem once her boyfriend finds out and gives you a black eye." Parker pointed out and rolled her eyes as he talked. "I do, actually." She shook her head. "We'll see about that, since if I recall, it might distract you." She started to walk towards the practice field and shield her eyes from the sun. "I know. Im Parker." She stopped walking and raised an eyebrow. "Uh-huh, sure. Believe me, Im not going to get anymore intimate pics of you. Im here to take pictures, not to flirt with the wide receiver. Nice try though." She patted him on his chest and pulled out her camera once more.

DJ shrugged. "Well the only people that know are you...me and her. So how about we spare my eye today huh?" he asked her. DJ raised his eyebrows at her and he laughed. She was definitely something else. He's never met a girl like her and immediately he was drawn to the girl. "It was worth a try." He said. DJ looked at her one last time before running off towards the field again finishing practice. The next day in English class they were working on a project for their Romeo and Juliet unit. You could work in pairs and DJ didn't really have anyone in that class. That's when he saw her across the room. Parker he remembered her name. When everyone was shuffling off and pairing up DJ moved across the room and sat next to her. "Hey, be my partner?" He asked.

Parker nodded. "Yeah, we can." She replied and "Maybe next time." She shouted as he ran off towards the field again. Parker wasn't looking forward towards the Romeo and Juliet unit, since she knew about the play and had done research over the summer. She had friends sure, but she knew that they would work together and leave her be the third wheel. She glanced up from her book and glanced over at him. "Sure." She gave him a small smile and gotten the papers together for them.

DJ smirked and he got out the book and the worksheet they were supposed to be working on. "Plus you know you still owe me" he nodded speaking about the other day at practice. He looked down at the sheet of paper and then back up at her. "Do people ever tell you that you have the same name as Peter Parker?" He asked. "I mean obviously your names not Peter but...you know what I mean" He laughed.

Parker raised an eyebrow. "It depends on what you mean that I owe you." She replied as she wrote her name on the worksheet and flipped her book up to the page that the worksheet had said. She smiled, she didn't know why but it just made her smile. She mentally slapped herself. "You know, you have to be first person outside of my family to get that." She answered as she glanced at him. "I do, and it gets better. My middle name is Gwen, so its almost a would've been a dream come true if Gwen didn't die and she could've been Gwen Stacy Parker. We will never know."

DJ laughed. "Really?" he asked. "I thought it was obvious. Wait your name is Parker Gwen..." he glanced at her paper to see her last name. "Fabray?" he asked. "Kind disappointed that your last name isn't stacy or Peter." he teased her. "Thats cool though. I'm not named after anyone. Well..James is my grandpa's name" he nodded. "That's my middle name and the J in DJ" he nodded. "It's Dominic" He said before she could ask. He looked down at his paper and smiled back at her. They talked all class about Spiderman and other super heros. She was a big nerd as much as he was...maybe even more. But she was cute and DJ didn't feel like he had to hit on her though. It was easy to talk to her. When class ended he packed up his backpack. "Wanna sit with me at lunch?" He asked.

Parker nodded. "Really." She replied and shook her head. "Yeah, Fabray." She let out a sigh and nodded once more. "Same, honestly. I might end up changing my last name when Im old enough." She smiled, as she crossed her leg over her other leg, thankful she was wearing a dress. "Thank you and that's awesome." She made an oh face and gave him a smile. "Dominic is a nice name." She piped up and returned the smile as well. She felt even more relaxed around him. She packed up her bag and looked at him. "Sure, yeah." She led them out of the classroom and towards the lunch room. "So,do you like being called DJ or Dominic?"

DJ "Yeah that would be cool" he shrugged. DJ nodded. "Thanks" He did a little victory dance in her head. He realized he didn't have to hit on her to get her to like him. They walked together towards the lunch room and he adjusted the backpack on one shoulder and pushed some of his braids out of his face. "Most people call me DJ." he nodded. "Mom called me Dominic but I like either of them. I will answer to both" he said as they got in line. DJ said hi to some guys from the team as they walked by, giving them that typical bro handshake and pat on the back. He caught back up with Parker and smiled. "Football" he explained. "So you take pictures for the newspaper do you take pictures of anything else?" He asked.

Parker nodded. "You're welcome." She replied as she watched him pushed some of his brads out of his face. "Ah, okay. Well, how about for now. I'll call you DJ until we get to know each other better?" She questioned as they gotten in line. She pulled out her phone, not seeing anything from her sister and put her phone back into her backpack when she heard DJ come back. "I had a feeling, but wasn't for sure." She matched his smile and nodded before she hummed a bit. "Yeah, I do actually. Im trying to build up my portfolio, that way once I have enough pictures, i can send it off to colleges. That way my name would be out there." She moved with the line as she continued to look at him. "Do you pull your braids back in a ponytail to make sure they don't get in the way of you seeing?"

DJ nodded as he listened to her talk about her future plans. It was nice to see a girl that knew what she wanted. DJ was still figuring it out but he knew he wanted to do something with kids. "That's really cool. You'll have to show me some pictures sometime...just you know preferably not me kissing some other girls." DJ chuckled. He got the food in line and sat down with her at an empty table. He raised his eyebrows at her question, something he'd never been asked before. "Yeah sometimes" he said with a smirk on his face and a fork in his hands. "Do you put your hair up when you can't see?" he asked.

Parker smiled as she laughed and nodded. "Good because those are kind of gone anyway." She replied and thanked the lunch ladies as she grabbed her food. She took off her bag once she sat down and hoped that her question was okay. She didn't want to ruin anything between them, even thought they met the other day. She felt her cheeks redden and realized how she formed the question before she heard him ask the same question. "Yeah, sometimes." She repeated with a smirk and took a drink of her water. "So, how come football?"

DJ looked at her and smirked. He started to eat his food when she asked another question. "I like it." he said. "I mean I've always liked football and I wanted something to fall back on in the future possibly." DJ shrugged. "Mostly its just fun. I don't care that much about if we win or lose...unlike you though who's super school spirit" he joked. "Did you ever think about becoming a cheerleader?" he laughed, teasing her a bit but all in good fun. He hoped that she didn't get mad at him for joking with her. "Plus the ladies love the uniform" He winked at her playfully.

Parker took a bite out of her food and chewed as he talked then nodded, knowing what he had meant. She smiled after she swallowed her food and took a quick sip. "Im sorry, but I want our football team to actually win some games." She replied and shook her head. "Nooo, that's my twin sister's area. She's the cheerleader in the family, Im comfortable on the sidelines." She laughed and knew that she couldnt pull of the cheerleading look like Quinn did. She saw his wink and shrugged. "Well you do have a receiver's ass."

DJ raised his eyebrows. "You have a twin sister?" he asked. "There's two of you babes walking around here?" He laughed. "No but I wanna win too it's just not as important. I rather be in class. I really like English" he nodded. DJ took a bite. "You should come to a game sometime" he said with a mouthful. He almost choked when he took a drink of water. "I'm assuming that's a good thing?" he asked. DJ smirked at her. She was fun and he already knew they were going to be good friends.

Parker "Yeah, same features except her hair is in a high pony while my hair is down and she's in a Cheerios uniform and Im in street clothes." Parker replied as she popped a chip into her mouth before she offered him some. "That's good because you picked the right partner for the unit." She shrugged a bit as she took a drink and swallowed her water. "Yeah, its a good thing. That means you have a great ass." She smirked. It felt natural to have fun with him, which was something that she always struggled with.

DJ nodded. "I see" He reached into the bag of chips she had and took one. "Oh really? Are you really into Shakespeare? Pretty sure we are reading A Midsummer Nights Dream next." He licked his lips at her comment and shook his head. He wasn't even gonna go there with her right now because he wanted so say so many things but held his tongue. "Thanks" he said simply. DJ offered her some of his oreo cookies that he had grabbed. "So what other classes are you taking?" he asked.

Parker took another chip after he did and nodded. "Mhm." She replied before she ate her chip, thought about the question. "I like Shakespeare, I wouldn't say that Im /into/ like a lot of my other friends but I enjoy it. What about you?" She nodded as she confirmed the next play and swallowed hard, knowing that she pushed it to far and gave him a small smile. "You're welcome." She thanked him as she took an Oreo from him and chewed it as she thought about her classes. "Trig, European history, photography, French, art and of course English. What about you?"

DJ shrugged his shoulders. "I like his poems more than his plays." He nodded. "But I'm not super into him either. I much rather read something else for English. I love talking about the symbolism of stories. Great Gatsby is amazing and I've always loved that book. Also Harry Potter of course!" he laughed. "And Star Wars. I don't think people realize that those are also books." He paused for a moment. "I like reading" he nodded. DJ listened to her classes. "Oh dang Trig already? Are you with like a bunch of juniors and seniors?" he asked. "I'm just in Algebra right now." He shrugged. "Also taking Child Development, Spanish, Bio, African American History, and English of course." he smiled.

Parker nodded, knowing that she agreed with him, the poems were better in some aspect. "What's your favorite?" She asked as she carefully crossed her leg over the other one and made sure her dress stayed down before she glanced at him. "Its a great book, actually. I think I have at least two copies. One copy in my car and one copy that's on my bookshelf. I finished the series less than a week I swear. Have you sorted yourself into a Hogwarts house yet?" She asked as she pushed away her food a bit so she leaned forward some. "And they're really good. Have you read the one where Han and Leia has twins and they're going to this dark academy?" She smiled when he said that he liked reading. "Yeah, its kind of weird actually. I've been meaning to switch my math class." She listened and smiled. "Sounds like you have a full plate and I thought I did with my classes."

DJ looked at her and he recited his favorite Shakespeare poem by memory. "Love is not love which alters it when alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove: O no! It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken; it is the star to every wandering bark whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out, even to the edge of doom." He finished and smiled at her. "So yeah that one." He licked his lips. "Really? That's pretty intense. I don't know if I can read that fast. Those are big books!" he laughed. "I haven't. Have you?" He asked curiously. "Yeah I did read that! Star Wars changed my life I swear to god!" he said laughing. "Naw I mean if you like math just do it so you wont have to take any more math except like calc maybe?" he shrugged. "I'm an overachiever."

Parker felt herself grin from ear to ear, knowing that she was swooning but she couldnt help it and listened to him. "Im impressed, sonnet 116." She finally said once he was done and nodded."Oh yeah, they are, but they're totally worht it." She shook her head. "Nope, I haven't had the time, really to sit down and sort myself on Pottermore but if I would either sort myself into a house, it would be Ravenclaw." She laughed as she nodded. "Same! Maybe the original series, not the newest ones." She tucked a piece of her blond hair behind her ear and nodded. "True." She shrugged a bit. "I had a feeling."

DJ laughed. "I told you I liked to read. Helps that I have a really good memory too" he smiled at her. "I can see that. You'd be a great Ravenclaw. Personally I'd love to be Hufflepuff but I dont know" he shrugged. "We should totally do that because now I'm curious" He smiled. "Oh yeah definitely. No one likes the new ones" he said shaking his head. He watched her and smiled. For some reason DJ had this overwhelming need to protect her. Not in like a couple way but not really like in a family kind of way. More like in a way that this was his friend and he didn't want anyone to hurt her and he wanted to hype up how awesome she was. He smiled at her as he finished her food and the bell rang. "Text me or something" he said as he got a sharpie out from his backpack and wrote on a piece of paper for her. "We should hang out"

Parker laughed a bit. "I know and I would definiltey say so." She replied as she returned the smile and dipped her head a bit when she heard him agreeing. "Thank you and I would say Hufflepuff for sure." She looked up at him and nodded. "Sounds like a great plan, maybe we can use one of the school's computer's?" She shook her head, took a sip of her water and swallowed it. "No." She felt herself become somehow attached to him, not like in a couple's way but something else. She returned the smile after she glanced at her watch. "Okay." She watched him grab a sharpie and watched him wrote down his number. "I'd like that and here," She grabbed a pen from her bag and grabbed his hand, wrote down her number on it. 'That way you have my number too."