His and Manny’s announcements had started a domino effect with Zack and Teddy admitting they didn’t like living in Shelby. Now they were saying they were thinking about moving, too. We were eating and discussing what everyone would do and where they’d live if they moved to the coast, when the awards ceremony was announced.
We moved our chairs around a little and stopped talking, more to be nice to the people at the tables around us than because we were interested in who won what. The trophies were being awarded from least interesting contest to most important. Trivia ironically was the first trophy to be announced
When Team Six was named the winner, Manny whispered, “Do I accept? Or can I tell them what I really think about trophies in high school?”
“Go for it,” a few of us whispered, t
