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“Didn’t know she was into the voyager shit,” Dean comments

“It’s voyeurism,” Tommy corrects “How is your dad a doctor and yet you’re illiterate?”

“Curse of the second germination,” Dean says

“It’s generation, you fool,” Tommy shouts

I bust out laughing because he’s so fucking funny even if it’s unintentional

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“You fucking liar You knew shit” Dean swats the shortstop across the back of the head The two start fighting until Coach Harvey stands up in the front of the bus and bellows for us to shut the hell up

“Ger,” says Mick beside me

“I know That’s why I couldn’t keep fro” I shake uess they’re my meatheads

“You excited about the strippers?”

“Not really” I rotate my shoulder “Last tiirls kept hanging onarm”

“Oh right During the Louisville tourney”

“Thought I was going to have to ice uys, like Ethan, are into the group thing, but that doesn’t intereston , they’re a distraction Ehtan played like shit during the afternoon ga in the locker room for him We won because Dean hit a three-run homer in the bottoet a hit off an Tommy likes baseball, but he doesn’t love it—or, at least, he doesn’t love itsneakers

“There’s a new Nike drop on Friday,” he announces, waving his phone He’s always glued to it post gaouts

The entire bus groans Headphones get clamped on, and volumes on phones are raised It’s not like the rest of us hate the shoe releases, but Tommy talks about them nonstop

Mick lays a towel over his face “You woke up at the wrong time”

I grunt a reply and check ht and tell ood news No news otten herself in trouble No news ht shift at the winds on the giant blades No news a his homework I hope it’s his homework

I stare at the blank screen, e Tuck would not appreciateup on hiht He’s impulsive and hot-headed, and half the ti because it’s news he’s been in a fight But the tioes into overdrive