CHAPTER 19
HANNAH~
I cough once, hard enough that it sounds real, and force my face into something sheepish before Coach can keep looking at me like I just opened a second conversation in his office.
“Sorry. I zoned out for a second. That was on me. I’m not used to people actually thinking about the pads and the hair, it caught me off guard in a good way.”
I add a small, awkward smile that I hope reads cute instead of guilty. It feels cheap even while I’m doing it but I need him to buy it.
Coach watches me for another beat, then the suspicion eases off his face just enough. He exhales and taps the flyer with two fingers.
“That’s all. Get the cut. Wear the new pads. Be on time for Colton. You can go.”
“Thank you. I will. I mean it.”
I pick up the flyer and the box, mutter another th
