THE NEXT DAY
BETTER TOGETHER CHAT [the Battle Sibling chat]
LANDON: Connor. WTF.
LANDON: [sends screenshot of Princeton Star Tribune article]
CONNOR: Yeah. It’s true.
GRACE: WHAT? Why didn’t you tell us?
CONNOR: I didn’t know if anything would come of it, to be honest.
LANDON: Still? We don’t keep this shit from each other.
CONNOR: Rawley knew.
RAWLEY: [shrinking into bushes GIF]
CONNOR: I guess the truth is out now.
GRACE: Well, it sounds like you played a good game. So congrats :)
CONNOR: Thanks, Gracie.
LANDON: But back to soccer for this season? Like the article says?
CONNOR: Yeah. For now.
CONNOR: I might try out for the football team next year with the starter Stu graduating.
RAWLEY: Oh shit, you just made Landon’s day.
LANDON: Don’t love the secrecy, but fucking thrilled about this.
CONNOR: Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves, please.
RAWLEY: Meanwhile, Landon’s pulled up the Princeton football merch site and bought a bumper sticker.
LANDON: Shut up, I have not.
GRACE: Well, I just did
RAWLEY: Nice, get three