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“Sure.”
And the last thing I remember was that I didn’t see a driver through the glass partition. It looked like the car was driving itself.God, I really am exhausted.
Homecoming - Chapter 23
Thursday
Matt
I blew my whistle. “Jefferson, get out there and show them how it’s done,” I said.
Jefferson looked up at Kennedy instead of at me.
She whispered something to him. And then he smiled and ran out onto the field.
“Thanks for coming to practice the last two days,” I said to her. “Everyone missed you. Including me.”
She didn’t look up at me, but her cheeks grew rosy. “No problem, Coach Caldwell. I can’t let the Empire High Eagles lose their homecoming match. That would be the end of your illustrious coaching career.”
I laughed.
“Go Henry!” Kennedy screamed at the top of her lungs.
I looked over to see Jefferson’s kick go perfectly between the uprights. “You are a freaking amazing assistant coach. The perfect number two.”
She didn’t respond to that at all.
We’d had a really fun date on Tuesday. We’d stayed up till 2 am at some random pizza place talking the night away with Tannerand Nigel. But ever since then, she’d been hot and cold. One minute we’d be laughing. And the next she’d wrap her arms around herself, totally closing off.
I watched her as she did exactly that. She folded her arms and stared at the field.
“Did I say something wrong?” I asked.
“No.”
“Kennedy…”
“You didn’t. I actually love everything you say.” She gave me a sad smile. “I’m just in a really bad headspace right now.”
“Okay. But I’m here to talk about it.”
“I know.”
“So…”
She laughed and looked up at me. “Coach Caldwell, get your head in the game. We have a game to win this weekend.” She grabbed my whistle from around my neck.
For a second I thought she was going to pull it down so that I’d kiss her.
Instead she leaned forward and blew into the whistle and turned to the field. “Enough chit chat, Smith! Let’s run the next play!”
“Yes, ma’am,” Smith said and gave her a little salute.
She smiled.
“You like bossing them around, don’t you?”
“I like making them win.”
