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She’s sitting in the bleachers in the football stadiu the roars of the crowd

She glances at the people sitting in the bleachers around her--fellow class to spot the dreamer She can tell this dreamer is afraid, but where is he? Then she looks to the football field Finds him Rolls her eyes

It’s Luke Drake No question about it He is, after all, the only naked player on the field for the hoame

Nobody seems to notice or care Except him The ball is snapped and the lines collide, but Luke is covering hi fro Janie’s fingers tingle and go nu, as the football moves toward him, a bullet in slowhie the course of Luke’s dream She even considers that a boost of confidence to the star receiver the day before the big gaional Class A Championship But Luke’s really a jerk He won’t appreciate it So she resigns herself to watching the debacle She wonders if he’ll choose pride or glory

He’s not as big as he thinks he is

That’s for damn sure

The football nearly reaches Luke when the dreaet ON with it already, Janie thinks She concentrates in her seat on the bleachers and slowly es to stand She tries to walk back under the bleachers for the rest of the drealy, this time, she is able

That’s a bonus

1:01 pm

Janie’sat her usual reers painfully, lifts her head and, when her sight returns, she scours the library She spies the culprit at a table about fifteen feet away He’s awake now Rubbing his eyes and grinning sheepishly at the two other football players who stand around hi him on the head

Janie shakes her head to clear it and she lifts up her math book, which sits open and facedown on the table where she dropped it Under it, she finds a fun-size Snickers bar She smiles to herself and peers to the left, between rows of bookshelves

But no one is there for her to thank

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