I miss them. I still can’t believe Aiden went to Coach about me. At this point, I’m trying my best to not be places by myself. But with Chase out of the picture and Tessa with her sorority stuff and a job, there really isn’t anyone else I can go to.“That’s it for today girls,” Coach Thompson says after blowing the whistle on today’s practice. It makes me smile to hear that whistle again. I sit on the bleachers and watched the girls do drills and set up formations. It made me realize where my heart truly is. I miss the high fives and the slaps on the butt from the girls. The camaraderie, the competitiveness. It’s what drives me. Before everyone arrived for practice, I took a stroll around the field. I stood on the restraining line, close my eyes and take everything in. I miss the smell of the turf. I miss the way the sun bounces off the blades of grass. I miss the sound of my cleats make swashing through the muddy puddles when it rains. When that helmet is on, the outside world shuts off.
