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"Thanks for that But I was rude, especially to h, didn’t you?"

"Yes"

"Okay, then Nothing ht we ht with you"

He nodded "Sure"

She grabbed her zip-up hoodie and he pulled on his sweatshirt before they stepped outside

Trevor felt the chill in the air, even through his sweatshirt It made him think of football Crave it He wanted to be in Ta to Atlanta, to be shut out of postseason baseball, he had to switch his aear and his body ready for football He was already in shape, but football was a different ga about football"

Her lips curved "Alreadythe switch mentally?"

"Yeah"

"And you’re ready to play"

He shifted his focus to her Her eyes were red rihts of hiame "I’m ready to play How about you?"

"What about me?"

"How do you feel?"

They’d arrived at a public park just outside campus, so he took her hand and led her to one of the picnic benches They sat on top of the bench

"I feel fine noent to the cemetery I talked to my mom, and I know this sounds silly, but I also talked to uess I was stuck in the past and I didn’t want anything to change I didn’t want my dad to have died" She looked over at hi to face a life without him"

He swept her hair away from her face "It’s been hard for you"