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I sla pain that raced up my arm

Could this day get any worse?

Carter caught up withacross the football pitch “Kian? What the fuck’s going on with you?”

Sinking onto the bench at the side of the pitch, I put ht? What do you want me to say?”

Next to h as he took a seat “They’re not worth jeopardising your future for Noe’ve lost our star player What are we supposed to do?”

“I don’t know,” Imy head, I stared at my best friend “I’m sorry”

He studied aze, before he clapped ave me a heads-up, and he thinks he’s found a solution in the ood as they say, othere really will be screwed”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You know the new boy? Preston?”

“The Aoirls at school had been panting over him ever since the first day he’d shown up

He nodded “Yeah, that’s him He was on the football teae of hiaze turned to the pitch, looking towards the football goal “He’s a striker I’ve invited him to try out for the team Today”

“So I get suspended from school, kicked off the tea sucks”

“You’re not being replaced What else am I meant to do, Kian? There’s no one else that’s anywhere near your skill level” He cliure came into view at the far end of the pitch “Be nice,” he warned reet Preston I watched as they fell into discussion, Carter gesturing towards the goal and the pitch every now and then

The rest of the tea roo my way I deserved theh, one final chance to prove ourselves as football legends before we left for university Being kicked off the teaht have cost us our chance

“Before you all say it…” I got to my feet as the team neared me “Yes, I messed up, but you—we’re a team I’m only on

e player”

“Our best player” Chris, one of our defenders, gave me a pointed look

“Maybe some of you lazy bastards will actually put so hiaze