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My head is too full of her to care about anything else

I HEAD TO Coach’s office without being asked this tiht with nerves Most of the other coaches have already left the office to get last-s ready, but Coach Cole is still in his office, on the phone

His back is to"We will soon, Annaiss I pro to where she talks to ood since she was a little kid, and I want to make sure we’re solid before I throw another curveball at her"

I feel like a dick for interrupting, but if I don’t, there won’t be time to talk to him before practice

I knock on the doorjamb, and his chair spins His face is unreadable as he sees o I’ll see you tonight"

Ru someone, a professor at the university, but Carson and Dallas have both been pretty tight-lipped about it, so I figured it wasn’t true

Guess I rong

"Morning, Silas Come in"

I close the door behind me and take a seat in the same chair where my world had been flipped upside down last week

"Brookes tells me you had a minor injury"

Da everything out That didn’t give hi I did

"Just a bit of a sprain, sir"

As I bounce my knee nervously, I don’t let hter than it used to be

He hurowing in

"He also tellsso like that"

Coach stands and takes a seat on the edge of his desk It puts hi down at me, which doesn’t help my nerves

"I’ll admit That’s not how I expected you to spend your suspension I think it shows a lot ofthat wasn’t irl And I don’t want to lie to hiht I’h the day without ruining his life

"It was a friend’s idea, really" I trip over the word friend because that word is too da to focus on, instead of sitting at hoood, son"