Chills race down my body at his proximity, I shrug. “I’m so sorry for keeping you all waiting,” she starts, “but there will be no practice today.” A gasp echoes through the room, Ben frowns at me and I realise I was the one who made the sound. She forces a smile to her face, waving her phone in the air. “I have received some... devastating news and I need to attend to it immediately. Practice will resume next week.” My chest sags, I slump on my seat. I love her but come on, that’s a week from today. “Keep practising.”
The hall is silent after Miss Jota leaves, none of us expected today to turn out this way. Students begin to trickle out, I pry my note from Ben’s hand. He doesn’t give me issues, I shove it into my backpack.
“You registered for the All-Rounder yet?”
I freeze. My ears must
