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I was careful not to drink too much now That was another vow I ned to play for the Wildcats Don’t getwith the best of theet stupid, and usually Noles is there to keep oing to bethe assle was the easy way out And I was fine with things not being easy Jason was quickly becoood at business, sales and working a roo exactly what he wanted People alanted Jason to like theh his bullshit, but I guess, deep down, uy at the head of the table was a massive dick

Now that Nolan and I were juniors, it was harder to sync our schedules Nolan’s schedule was pretty full She was taking 21 hours to raduate in four years with her specialty And I was seriously considering entering the draft after this season Our Rose Boin, and nuood position to be a top pick, and ere already ranked pretty high heading into this season I didn’t want to lose ame, almost as much as I loved Nolan But that’s what made it all so damned hard I knew I could end up on the other end of the country, and the thought of spending a year away from her tore up my insides

We talked about it a few times, but Nolan always shut down She was a planner, and when I brought up the possibility of her transferring, or doing her student teaching somewhere else, she just nodded and said she’d think about it But it was the kind of nod that I knewthe possibility would just go away

I didn’t have to make my decision yet But coood idea of where I was headed I had fourin h the roof

I wasn’t going to ask her today I probably wouldn’t ask her this year But I knew I’d ask her, and I just wanted to be ready I had most of the day off and stopped by the house to talk to dad on hter already, and when I brought up the idea of one day ed round I didn’t expect hi so out So when he disappeared upstairs, and caht decision

I shoved the stress back down in my body and reirl round the corner of her building--just like she did every Thursday afternoon She was looking fordown her shoulder and her hair knotted up on top of her head Daeous," I s on and reaching for her bag to throw it over my shoulder so I could take her hand She stood on her tiptoes and kissed et tired of this

"Hey, I’m so happy to see you I’ve had the crappiest day," she sounded exhausted

"Let uess, you just found out you have to take a test for a class you’ve never been to," I was teasing her She’d had this dreah I’d never had it She sht her ar her for real this ti Telland to the elevator A few of the freshuys questioning who I was We got this a lot Both because it was strange for et a bit of a celebrity following--at least, as far as the college sports world was concerned

Noles had taken a job as a hall monitor this year when her best friend Sienna decided to move in with her boyfriend, Micah She had to be available to students hts, which made it even harder for us to find times to see each other, but it meant her room and board were covered, so it was a trade-off we both illing to work around

When we got to her door, she unlocked it and iht forward on her face, slowly sliding it sideways to look at h her tired eyes