Sidelined- The Qb | And Me

The coach called timeout. Marcus came to the sideline. He didn’t look at the coach first. He looked at me. In the stands. Row three. Seat 12.

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Marcus got a partial scholarship to a Division II school. Not the SEC. Not prime time. But he didn’t care. “I get to play,” he said. “That’s all I wanted.” The coach called timeout

But here is the secret they don’t tell you about dating a star: The star does not revolve around you. You revolve around the star. You are not the sun. You are a moon, tidally locked, always showing the same face to the giant. He looked at me