Kyle
I decided to go to the football practice at the training center. Jacob had said I was welcome anytime. I hadn’t told Maya or Jacob I was coming; I wanted it to be a surprise to both of them.
For some reason— and I had no idea what it was— it was as if after my conversation with Maya, everything looked different. Maybe all I had needed was to talk to someone about it, to say what bothered me out loud. When I looked back, I knew that I’d felt horrible, but it didn’t make sense anymore. I couldn’t find it in myself to feel that way any longer.
Parking, I walked to the training grounds where the girls were already warming up. When Maya spotted me, her face split into a grin. Some of the others noticed me, too, and whispered. They asked Maya questions, and she was nodding and smiling. I
