IN BED WITH HER
But five days after, he was still calling.
The pattern’s the same every day. Wake up before dawn, run the route I mapped out around the motel to stay sharp. Shower with that cheap bar of soap. Then I catch the early bus back toward school, get off a stop early, and jog the rest of the way so nobody sees me arriving from the wrong direction. Basketball practice is the only reason I risk coming back. Coach would bench me for missing too many, and I just recently got unsuspended, and right now, the court is the one place I still feel like myself. Dre and basketball, but we aren’t speaking, so it’s just basketball.
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