1091 V3 ch325

"You don't look so good." Kaylee told me in the morning as we sat down for class. 

"He's just tired." Noah patted my shoulder, trying to comfort me. 

Kaylee smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Has nothing to do with Dave striking him out?"

I rested my forehead on my desk. This wasn't the first time I would hear of it and it certainly wouldn't be the last. Dave got me good yesterday at the end of practice. Too bad I had to hear about it all night and even this morning at breakfast, and now even at school. 

"Don't worry, from what I heard, Marie said that Kyle claimed that Dave cheated." Kaylee said. 

"Well...not in the normal sense." Noah shrugged. "Technically it was completely fair. But also...not...because it's Jake."

Kaylee laughed. "How vague. Tell me exactly what happened."

I closed my eyes and sighed, recalling late yesterday afternoon. "Dave was last up..."

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