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“I don’t know.”
“C’mon, who else are you gonna trust but your quarterback?”
“I don’t have much experience.”
“With women? How much is not much?”
“Yes. And let’s just say I’m playing in a scoreless game.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Scoreless?”
“Zero-zero.”
I’m silent at first, unsure of what to say. Most of the players I know, especially the rookies, are complete hounds with plenty of experience.
“I know it’s not the norm.”
“How does that happen? Your college is one of the best-known party schools.”
“I didn’t really plan it this way. I guess it just kinda happened. Football has always been the most important thing in my life. All I’ve ever wanted for as long as I can remember, is to be here in the league. In the end, I always chose training over everything else.”
“You know what, Cooper? I understand. In fact, I know exactly how you feel. Football has always been the top priority in my life too. For as long as I can remember, all I’ve ever wantedwas to be the starting quarterback for a professional football team.”
“This team?”
“What’s that?”
“You saidstarting quarterback.”
“I did.”
“So you’re gunning for Brett’s job?”
“I didn’t say that.”
“Yes you did. You said all you’ve ever dreamed of was to be a starting quarterback. Unless you meant to say backup, but that would kinda be a sad dream. So I’ll ask again, are you gunning for Brett’s job?”
I refuse to say anything that will divide the team.
“The only thing I’m gunning for is opportunity.”
“Well, that’s vague. Who are you the Riddler?”
Thor overhears part of our conversation and immediately rejoins us. “Are you guys talking about Batman?”
“No, not exactly,” I reply.
“Are you guys talking about superheroes?” Nathan shouts over from the deadlift platform.
“Come here.” Thor waves him over. “Nathan loves to talk about superheroes.”
“Let me guess, y’all are talking about Batman?” Nathan doesn’t waste any time jumping into the conversation.
“We weren’t talking about superheroes. Cooper just called me?—”
