ANDRE'S POVTen minutes to kickoff and the locker room was loud.Cleats on concrete, tape guns, someone's playlist bleeding through a Bluetooth speaker in the corner. The usual pre-game chaos and I moved through it easy, bag on my shoulder, already dressed, already ready.Lexie was waiting by the door with Rose. I stopped when I saw my sister. She was in her coat with her headphones around her neck, holding something up between two fingers.Earplugs."What are you doing here?" I said. "Shouldn't you be heading to lessons?""Free day," Rose said.I looked at Lexie."She wanted to come," Lexie said.I exhaled and turned back to my sister. "Rose. The stadium is going to be loud."Rose held the earplugs up again, completely serious about it, like she had already handled every objection before I opened my mouth.I looked at her for a second. Then I almost smiled."Smart," I said.She pocketed them and then looked up at me with that particular expression she had, the one that meant she had
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