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Good.
That should not have felt like anything.
But it did.
I grabbed my jacket and headed outside into the night air, still thinking about Coach’s comments from earlier.
“Too safe.”
“Emotionally repressed.”
Yeah.
Great combo.
My phone buzzed again before I even reached the street.
Mason:
Don’t walk alone back.
I stopped.
Stared at the message.
Then typed:
Rowan:
I live like ten minutes away.
Almost instantly:
Mason:
Still.
I stood there for a second.
Then:
Rowan:
You’re being bossy again.
Mason:
Yeah.
I noticed.
That made something twist in my chest in a way I didn’t fully understand yet.
I started walking.
And somehow—
it didn’t feel like I was alone.
