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- Author: Meg Reading
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LEA
“MORNING, BOYS.”
“Morning, Lea,” fifty-three half-naked men echo back in unison,
sending a jolt of warmth racing through my veins. I have yet to find a cup
of coffee strong enough that gives me a rush of energy the same way having
an entire professional football team wrapped around my finger does.
I say hello. They jump to respond.
I give a lecture. They sit attentively in their seats, nodding along while
taking notes.
I set ground rules. They follow them.
My chin tips up at the reminder, and the nagging smile that’s been
pulling at the corner of my lips breaks free. As I work my way through the
locker room, I catch players out of the corner of my eye scrambling to reach
for towels to cover themselves. All the while, I’m focused on pretending the
turned heads and whistles breaking out aren’t going straight to my head.
Morning workouts ended half an hour ago, which means my dad was
fifteen minutes late for our standing morning meeting. Most days, scouring
the Matrix practice facility to find him isn’t much of a hassle. Nine times
out of ten, he’s holding back a player to give them pointers. But on the rare
day that he is nowhere to be found, I’m left with no choice but to draw back
my shoulders and throw on an unaffected expression before checking his
office. Which just so happens to be located in the back of the player’s
locker room.
“Yo, watch it! Some of us are naked in here.”
“Cute of you to think I’d want to check you out, Gonzales. Glad to see
you aren’t letting the newfound ‘fame’ go to your head.” I throw up air
quotes as I pass the rookie’s locker, watching a bright pink stain rise to the
apples of his cheeks. A rumble of laughter erupts around the room, and a
couple of his buddies are quick to peel the towels off their shoulders to
smack him on the ass.
“She’ll come around, bro. Trust me,” he mutters to the second-year
defensive end who shares the locker next to him. “Next season, she’ll be
wearing my jersey on the sidelines. I’m sure of it.”
“I’d be careful who you share that with,” I call over my shoulder. “Or
my father will kick you off the team before I have the chance to reject you.”
A player’s first year in The League is hard enough between navigating a
new city, coaching staff, and teammates.
Yet, in my six years working for
the team, I could confidently say nothing makes players crumble faster than
realizing they’ve gone from college football’s prime-time player to a
League no-name overnight. Repeatedly, I’ve seen players who can’t cope
with giving up their relevance. Gonzales is a good kid, though. Young and
naïve, sure. But unlike some of his fellow newbies, he doesn’t have a chip
on his shoulder, which will get him further with his teammates than he
realizes.
We are a family team here at the Matrix, and if he plans to have a
lasting career with us, it’s only right he gets used to our playful antics early
on.
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