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“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were in a hurry to lose, sweetheart,” my father hollered back

Sometimes, I could not believe they were my parents

Jeremy put the ball in the middle of the field

“I’o up front?” I asked them I saw them nod, as if to say “obviously” When I walked forward, so did Eli “I can’t go easy on you”

“I know, your mother told me”

I nodded

Jere “Now let us reame, and as such let it be played fair, and let it be…a little bloody”

“Jeremy…”

“1 2 3”

We both attacked the ball, but he pushedthe ball off the ground and throwing it over to Malik perfectly They charged both Roy andforward, I tried to reach for it when Malik threw, but Eli ju, spun around Roy so badly Roy went forward, and faced off one-on-one withfor it, he passed the ball right back to Malik, catching lided into the net

“What the hell?” Jere at his dirty blond hair

Eli and Malik high-fived, and then Eli looked toup, but that was only during the spring and suet bored, so I played lacrosse in the fall and basketball in the winter If you'd brought a football, I would have been screwed”

“How a noeetheart?” My htly at us When Eli got back to her, she just gave hih five

“Guinevere,” my father said to me

“Oh, I know,” I said to hi off now”