Epilogue
Alex
The distant hum of the crowd barely penetrated my focus as I leapt and swatted the blur of black and white flying into the corner of the net. My deflection landed the ball near Ethan’s feet where he was in the thick of the opposing team. His reflexes lightning quick, he expertly nicked it out of reach from another player and passed it to Liam who set off a series of passes that ended with the ball in the goal on the far end of the pitch. Our offense was crazy-good at moving fast on the heels of a block on our end. Liam enjoyed capitalizing on changing the momentum rapidly. The ref’s whistle blew minutes later. Another game, another win.
I snagged the towel tossed my way as I approached the bench and wiped my face with it before guzzling a bottle of water. The cacophony of
