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But I didn’t dwell on it Things ended up okay

My dad and me were close, ere all happy, and overall, there wasn’t a single thing I had to complain about

Conleigh, who hts, walked up toat me with concern in her eyes, she asked, “Are you okay?”

I nodded, pulling her into me “Fine”

“Are you sure? That was just supposed to be a joke,” she admitted “I would never want that to happen”

But it could happen, which hy it was a fairly big fear of mine

Football had always been there, even when my dad had not

I wasn’t bitter or anything, but the thought of not having it because I was injured scaredto admit

“Can you wait for about twenty more minutes?” I asked

She was seconds away fro when the door to the supply closet opened and Joe said, “Can we finish?”

Joe looked pissed, and I had a feeling that had more to do with the athletic trainer than because I’d asked for so the middle of a workout

“Yeah,” I agreed, placing a chaste kiss on Conleigh’s forehead before letting her go

When she went to pull away couided her into the hallway,that she’d used to clean up and drop it into the closest trashcan

Conleigh promptly blushed scarlet but didn’t say another word

Joe stalked in front of us, his hands clenched into fists, and I had no choice

I had to knohat had happened

“Joe?” I asked “What’s wrong?”

Joe sighed and loosened his fists, but the tension was still in every muscle of his body

“That goddamn woman drives me insane,” he admitted “It doesn’tthe shit out of her? None of it affects her It’s like she’s a cyborg or so”

“Who?” Conleigh whispered into my ear so that only I could hear

“Joe has a crush,” I whispered back “And she doesn’t reciprocate”

Conleigh made an ‘ah-ha’ ood, because Joe and his crush were not a good topic of conversation when he was acting like this