UNEXPECTED
{Playlist suggestion: "If I" by Limi}
~KADE POV
I was halfway through replaying the same game highlight for the fifth time when my phone buzzed. I didn't even look at it at first. I was lying flat on my back, an ice pack balanced against my thigh, trying to convince myself I wasn't about to self-destruct before Coach Marshall could finish destroying me.
Then the phone buzzed again—persistent, sharp, cutting through the lazy hum of the ceiling fan. I reached for it, half-expecting another lecture from Denver or Knox, or worse, a voicemail from Coach himself telling me to hand over my badge and jersey.
But when I saw her name, everything in me froze.
Chelsea.
For a second, I just stared at the screen. My heartbeat did this weird, uneven jump that made my fingers shake.
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