Grant
Did Coach text you yet?
Me
He did.
Grant
Thank god. He created a group chat with all of us and seemed pretty panicked about finding someone to help his daughter.
Glad he finally reached out. Do you think you’re going to take the coaching gig?
Me
TBD. I don’t know shit about children and even less about coaching them. Remember that summer I was a camp counselor and the girls in my cabin bullied me? Traumatizing.
Grant
Weren’t they 8? And spoiled brats?
Me
Traumatizing!
Grant
No way Coach’s kid is like that. Dude probably runs a tight ship haha.
Saw your post about withdrawing from Skate America.
Me
Did you see some of the comments asking if I was pregnant and that’s why I was dropping out? Or if I failed a drug test?
Grant
Oof. Sorry, Han. People suck. Everyone wants to have an opinion, but not everyone with a platform deserves a microphone.
Want to meet up this week so you can tell me about your decision? I’m in town until Thursday, then it’s off to Canada, eh!!!!
Me
Sounds great, G.
Grant
I’m here for you, sis.
Me
I know you are, and I appreciate you.
I haveto give Brody credit for being so ballsy.
Sixteen months without any communication—just like he wanted—and he pops up out of the blue, asking if I’ll coach his daughter. Grant gave me a heads up the text was coming, but it still caught me completely off guard.
It’s been forty-eight hours since his bombardment of messages—three of them, which is hysterical to me—and I haven’t answered him. It’s kind of fun picturing him walking around his living room and wondering if he’ll ever get a response.
