First play, Monty looked nervous. Killian blocked his blindside, and he threw a pass. Daniel caught it. First and ten. Good. We can go yard by yard. In the first quarter, we were ahead by 7 points. Our defense was carrying us. The other team was good, but they were blocking everything. If our offense was weaker because I was not on the field, our defense was holding our rivals. That was what teamwork meant. In the second quarter, they scored. It was a bucket of ice for the team. I stood up and patted our defense line’s back. “You’ve got this… Focus.” I said, and they nodded. “We need you in there, Varnat.” One of them grumbled. “Next time, not today. Today you are on your own, and you’ve got this.” I answered. I turned to the stand. Isla was biting her nails.

