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Tutoring you was supposed to be a punishment from my dad, but I like it more than I should.”

I get up from my chair and crouch down in front of her. “Why shouldn’t you enjoy being with me?
Because… Because you’re a football player. I’m not your type. You’re not my type. This is going to end the moment you take your exam, and I know the more time I spend with you, the more I’ll feel your absence once you’re gone.

So, you don’t like real life football because your dad loved it too much.”

“No. Because my dad loves it more than he loves me.”

“I just told him he doesn’t spend enough time with you.”
“You moved out because of that?” Dad not spending time with me isn’t something new. It’s, something I’m used to.

“I wanted to prove a point.”

“And what point was that?”

“If he keeps pushing people away, he’s going to end up alone.”

“Is he pushing you away?”

“He’s pushing me away by pushing you away,”
my mother says, exasperated

Only a few people know I have a job. Only Colton and Mia know I come from nothing. I have to work for everything I have while pretending I’m just like everyone else—a trust fund baby. I’d rather they think of me as the carefree clown who refuses to take anything seriously; it gives me a break from the person I have to be for the sake of my family.