One Last Call Before Goodbye novel · Chapter 9 of 16
Chapter 9: The Bleachers
I didn't turn around.
He sat down next to me on the cold metal.
Not touching.
Close enough that I could feel him there.
He was wearing jeans and an old navy peacoat.
He looked like he hadn't slept at all.
"You took the train," I said.
"The six a.m. I got off at Penn Station." He looked out at the field. "First time I've been back in there in five years."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry yet. I haven't asked you anything."
We watched a plastic bag blow across the fifty-yard line.
"Remember when the coach caught us up here during fourth period?" he said.
"He gave you detention for a week."
"He gave you nothing. He said you were a good influence who'd been led astray."
I laughed.
It hurt my ribs, and I did it anyway.
Clifford turned his head and watched me do it.
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