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"Ice cream after the game?" Jared shouts as he runs and swipes past me.

"Always!" I shout back as he makes his way out to the field.

Jared and I have an after game ritual of ice cream. It all started after he lost his 1st match in 10th grade and was really bummed about it so I took him for ice cream to cheer him up. The team then went through a bad batch and lost every game of the season so I took him for ice cream after every game. The next year, however, the won every game. After his 1st win, Jared took me out for ice cream to celebrate. This then became the tradition. If he lost, I would take him for ice cream and if he won, he would take me for ice cream.

I was getting free ice cream tonight. The guys played so well. I was appointed manager because Ben couldn't handle that side of being captain. I love all the guys so I didn't mind much.

All the guys left for the party Ben’s throwing and I couldn’t help taking a mo