Eight months later
During the off-season, I spent as much time at the gym as I could. I needed to stay in shape if I was going to go all-out for the team. As soon as the new season started, I would start as a full-fledged member of the Florida Sharks, playing as their wide receiver. All the hard work I had put in had paid off.
It had been after the Superbowl in February that Liam had taken me to see Coach Rudi. Coach Daniel had asked him to escort me. At first, I had been nervous that it meant something else. To finally get what I had been dreaming of my whole life had almost seemed too good to be true.
But it had been true. All of it. A spot on the team had opened up, and I would start playing for them as soon as the preseason kicked off.
“Two more,” Liam said. He was spotting me with
