He made it to the thirty-five yard line before DeShawn wrapped his arms around him and pulled him to the grass, landing on top of Patton with their facemasks nearly touching.
“You should be careful, Patton. Don’t want to get injured, do you?”
“You wouldn’t hurt me.”
“Not on purpose. But I’m not going to take it easy on you, either.”
“I’d never expect you to.”
One of DeShawn’s teammates chose that moment to help lift him off Patton, and then Bryce was there to pull Patton to his feet.
“How goes the big reunion?”
“What?” Patton asked sharply.
“You two were friends, right?”
“Yeah, we were friendly. That doesn’t mean he’s not going to hit as hard as he can, though.”
“He’s kind of scary out there.”
He was kind of scary, Patton agreed. Scary enough that Patton decided it best to avoid
