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Crossing the gyed takes an eternity, by the way And after that eternity, I finally push through its doors—which feel twenty ti hall

I stop in front of a water fountain, holding it for support

I try ain

Pain Throb

“Fuck you,” I yell down at it “Just fuck you, you whiny thing” I push away fro my way down the hall—which seems to stretch on forever now

When I reach the one lit-up office down the dark hall, I find e of his nose as he stares at a screen full of spreadsheets and nulances over at me, seems for a second to want to ? What happened?”

“Danced too hard,” I growl

“Jiets up from his desk and rushes toan arht drops into it, and he gently picks up my bad foot by the heel, then tries to remove my shoe for a closer inspection

I shout out when the pain hits me “Tanner, what the fuck?!”

He stops at once, flicks his wide-open eyes up to et you to the clinic if it hurts that bad”

“I’m fine It’s … fine I just need to—” I wince when he adjusts his hold on my ankle “Need to ice it and keep off of it for the rest of the day This happens all the ti”

Tanner twists up his face “Dancer thing? Really?”

“Yeah, sure Toe injuries Ankle rolling Whatever I’esture tiredly at his computer “I’ll just sit here while you finish up your stuff I’ll be fine”

“You realize I’m a coach and forht?”

“Nah, totally forgot” I wince again, all the nerves inchorus

Tanner sighs “Jie is just down the hall,” he points out, poking a big thumb over his shoulder “Just five seconds away”

“Nah, I’m fine”

“You sure?”

“Yeah, Tan, I’m fine”

“I’ll get you so through the door before I can protest

Typical Tanner

I bite the inside of ? I keep asking myself over and over I try to replayso fast, and going at it in such an out-of-body way, I can’t even deter twist or a foot jab that did the trick Or neither