It was the weekend after Faith's birthday. The boys and girls soccer teams played a local public high school. No surprise, we lost and the girls won. It was the end of the season anyway, and our playoff hopes were dashed months ago. The plan post game was to celebrate Faith's birthday at Karen's house because the fridge and pantry were always full and she had a hot tub. Mitzy and her family were still out of town, so it was just going to be three of us to watch TV and Hugh Grant movies (so sue me, it was the 90s and I kind of liked "Four Weddings and Funeral"), order pizza, and eat cake.After the game, I was throwing my gym bag into the back of my dad's minivan when Faith came up behind me, poked my ribs, startling me."Yeeaa!" I jumped and yelled."Rough loss, Tiger," Faith said in her husky Mae West voice."Yeah, well, did you see that guy from South? He was at least 7' tall!""Mmm more like 6'4", I wouldn't mind if you wrapped him up in a box for my birthday." Faith bit her lip, r
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