The Girl who changed the Game
I used the not yet to compose my face into something neutral, which should not have required composure and did anyway, which I noted privately and filed under things to examine later, specifically never.
My teammate Sofía glided up beside me during my cooldown lap, which she always did when she had something to say and wanted the moving conversation to provide plausible deniability. Sofía was my closest friend on the figure skating team, a pairs skater from Miami who had opinions about everything and delivered them with the warmth of someone who wanted you to take the opinion seriously but not personally.
"They're early again," she said.
"Ten minutes," I confirmed.
"Briggs is going to stand