Fun.
Now it is just the two of us.
And the question Maddie asked sitting right here between us.
Gabriel reaches for his glass again. I turn back to the counter because if I keep looking at him I might say something I can't take back.
The silence stretches.
Not empty.
Not awkward.
Charged.
It’s interesting… I realize silence can be its own kind of answer.
Chapter twenty
Gabriel
"Okay everyone, please sit down and stay in your seats," the teacher says.
No one sits.
Mostly because five professional hockey players just walked into an elementary school gym.
Dex looks around like he just arrived at a festival built specifically for him.
"Wow," he says. "These are my people."
"You are not their people," Coach says.
"Disagree," Dex replies.
Kids immediately swarm us.
Actual swarming.
Like pigeons attacking breadcrumbs.
"Are you famous?"
"How tall are you?"
"Did you ever punch somebody?"
"Why are your legs so big?"
"Can I hold your stick?"
"That sentence is dangerous," Bobby mutters.
The teacher claps loudly.
"Everyone! PLEASE sit down!"
Nobody listens.
