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"Jason, did you let me get sacked today on purpose?" Reggie asked the quarterback camly while looking into his mostly empty locker.Everyone else from practice had already cleared out of the locker room. The older boy at the end of the bench was tying his shoes, his bag ready to leave.
He was more inclined to stay."Why would you think that, Reginald? It's not like you - um let's see, stole my boyfriend from me?" Jason's response an omission of guilt that shown no remorse at all. The look on Jason's face is proof that he was proud of getting away with an illegal tackle on the other plus his own brutal tackle to add insult to injury. Coach hadn't bat an eye when Jason moved the offense to target only Reggie. "Dude, I didn't steal Jughead from you. We're not even dating, we just hang out and only a Blossom would be crazy enough to even figure out that Jug and I spend time together."Jason rises angrily punching his fist into a nearby locker causing the other boy to jump. Jason also seems taken back abit because that BANG! from the locker was obviously way too loud to just be from the punch alone.
The moment of confusion passes in an instance as the the pain reminds Jason of his anger."You don't get to call him that, Mantle! He's just using you to make me jealous!" Jason spits the words angrily in the other boys direction moving closer as he makes his accusations against the other teen known. The red head is imagining his fist connect with the other's jaw. A painful grunt confirms he more than just imagined the jab to his teammate.Reggie elbows Jason in the stomach, the other boy backs up, coughing but he quickly recovers to throw another punch. He misses. Reggie parries another obvious blow causing Jason to stumble over the bench then slam into the locker.They both are yelling curses at each other, neither pulling their punches but it would be clear to anyone watching that neither boy really knew how to fight. Reggie is on top of Jason landing blow after blow while the redhead curls in a fetal position.A yell of a "What the Hell!!" and a spilt of a second later one of their other teammates is knocking Reggie off of Jason.The intimidating figure of 6'2 280 pound linemen, Moose Mason, looms like a giant disappointed parent over the two boys as they catch their breath. He cocks his blond eyebrow in a questioning manner as he looks annoyed at his friends."Seriously guys what the fuck is going on between you two? you both are lucky I wasn't Coach." he says in a raised authoritative voice sounding much like the Coach mentioned.Both boys just stare each other down, fist itching to fight the other. Moose's loud whistle like a lighthouse beacon snaps both his teammates attention back to him."Hey fella Jughead is cute and all but I didn't think he would have you both caught up like a bunch of bickering school girls." Moose's deep voice jokes but his eyes switch between the two in a sympathizing way.Jason is the first to speak, not taken too well to hearing Moose call Jughead cute but understanding that Moose would crush him in an instant if Jason were to pick a fight with the larger teen. Jason bites his tongue and doesn't say more after admitting that Moose is right although begrudgingly. Reggie says nothing but he nods his head in respect to his teammate as he moves away from Jason.Under the amused blue eyes of Moose, the two teammates return to packing up their belongings into bags then lockers. Reggie is first to exit the locker room, Jason openly watches him like a predator stalking his prey as he leaves.Jason's little act of defiance doesn't go unnoticed by his large friend. Moose, unlike everyone else at school isn't afraid of Jason Blossom. He laughs in the face of his team captain without fear of retaliation. To Moose, Jason looked liked a kicked puppy who had just been denied his favor treat.Later on when Moose is back home, he pats himself on the back for a job well done and thinks that this is his year to be team captain as long as his two team mates keep at each other throats. And Moose slacks on the defensive leaving an opening for Jason to tackle Reggie.