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Half the line chuckled, the other growled Practice was different than usual There was an unspoken tension running through the team like a current

My hands tingled My feet danced I had to get ready to run fifty yards to catch the ball I didn’t want fake wedding plans in uys were dicks now In the end they would thank e things for the teaement did for the to bring stability and reassurance to this team It would

bring us better draft picks Better trades

And fuck it, better contracts for the guys ere already here Isaac and I had Vanessa’s undivided attention We could es everyone wanted

Right noere divided No one gave a shit what happened this season The old man’s death had made everyone restless I hoped like hell, this Hail Mary we planned could bring us back together Because it didn’t matter how much money we made, or how a waste of time

I had to put it all on the field I always had

Isaac ran down the other side of the field as I took off sprinting He was fast I didn’t like to admit sometime he could outrun me

We had always pushed the other to be a better coet open and dodge the defender, I was trying to be Luke’s et I wanted that ball

I switched and dodged The sweat ran intoward ames, I had to put it o the line at practice

I hurledthe ball to my chest I cradled it next to my ribs as I landed hard My helmet bounced as I rolled onI held the ball in the air

“Got it”

I laughed I could hear the all around me It was a hell of an athletic catch The best play we’d run all week

“Good one,” Luke called “Let’s do it again”

I hopped up frorass from my practice jersey

“Nice” Isaac threw ain I’d run it over and over if it meant that play turned into points on the scoreboard