False Start

We didn’t actually get the lock on the door until Friday afternoon. Dad wanted to wait until mom was out of the house to ‘not cause an argument,’ which I guess I could see the point of. But it also meant I put stuff I cared about in my backpack and hauled it with… [See […]

“Come on, I’m just trying to understand what happened,” I said as Eduardo and I walked into the cafeteria. I’d first asked about his cousins the previous night, after we all finished dinner just before I’d gone home, but he’d found a way to keep… [See More on Patreon]

We ended up staying until the diner kicked us all out around eleven-thirty. While that wasn’t all that late, we’d also played a full football game and two hours each way on a bus. I was about dead when one of the juniors dropped me off at home… [See More on Patreon]

Wednesday was the first chance I was going to have to practice with Li. She’d had tutoring until almost dinnertime both Monday and Tuesday, and I still had a lot of studying to do for the week, between school and watching video. As part of the extra work I’d asked Coach for to start making […]

The little bell over the pharmacy door clinked as I pushed it open. After Dad had gone to work, Mom never came out of her room. I thought she was working, until I heard a noise… [See More on Patreon]

Everyone was excited as the bus rolled into Trinity High’s parking lot next to their football field. After last week’s game, practice all week had felt different, like the team was starting to think they could win again after a long losing… [See More on Patreon]