uld never make a dish that smelled this good. I jumped out of bed, hit the shower immediately, br

d morning," m

ready set. I glanced around for Uncle, but then I spotted him in the living room,

od, still dreami

ins!" My dad's voice pu

ir!" I

wn. You haven't even eaten much, which is surprising.

ing a girlfriend would

"You don't know what women are capable of making you

mitted, Dad. I got i

ell me earlier? I would have gotten somethi

ld wait until you got back from work, but I fell asl

I get you? I think I'll come home

something I wanted, but nothing came to

I have an important client coming in today, so I

ed the dining table-it was time for house chores. My dad refused to hire a maid, saying h

shot him a piercing look. He laughed-he knew I hat

I went to the school's Instagram page, checking out the buildings, reading comments, and doing r

cked up a controller. He exited his game, and we got ready to face off. I pi

again," he

2-1-I sti

my team to All-Stars, and by h

you this bad at FIFA?" I teased. "I'll beat

pitch? Let's see if you can do it

n leg?" I chuckl

htly. I might have touched a nerve,

tire league. Even when he wasn't fully match-fit, his coach still started him-he trusted no one else in that position. Uncle wa

er. No more profe

k to his normal self, but his dream of playing for Liverpool-the team our f

t ter

nc," I sa

know you did

ce hung between u

u, Unc," I

ith a straight fa

hing. Seconds la

Time for our local match:

in time for warm-ups. The match kicked off at 5 PM. I was on

one of our play

rm up," the

ss. Without hesitation, I faked a shot, sending the defe

rcilessly. BOOM! It

r didn't

toward me, pattin

chanted my name. I felt on top of the world.

on his face. He hugge

ch made some adjustments

rough slide tackl

veryone on our team rushed to

mmates held me back before I could do more. I turned

's anoth

hing w

ost

m, landed a pun

he staggered. When he reg

shots, then a heavy one to hi

in from both sides. The refer

otion, things f

. I was

y who injured Uncle

out. His injury

down to 10 me

the ga