Chapter 32: Celebrating Under the Stadium Lights

After the final game whistle blew and the glaring stadium floodlights began to click off one by one, leaving the damp grass in deep, mysterious shadow, James quickly found her waiting by the chain-link fence near the team bus. He was still clad in his heavy jersey, his face streaked with sweat and green turf paint, but his eyes shone with pure adrenaline. "Did you see that ridiculous run I pulled off?" he asked, panting slightly as he jogged over. "I saw," Lily laughed, handing him a cold-water bottle from her bag. "You almost tripped over your own feet around the thirty-yard line."