A high schooler is dumped by his cheerleader girlfriend, so he walks away and reinvents himself as the star quarterback she never saw coming. As his status rises on the field, their tangled past and lingering feelings collide, forcing both to reckon with who they've become.
Before I could refuse, she slid into the passenger seat. At the airport, she hugged me hard. Logan, stop being mad. Wait for me. I'll come see you in a few days. I said nothing.
After security, I did not walk towards the gate she expected. I turned towards the California flight. My phone buzzed. Text me when you get there. Wait for me. Then I blocked her.
Harper Lane, I am done waiting. When fall came, I walked into Ridgewater's final preseason quarterback evaluation. Everyone expected Jace Carter to keep the starting job. They were wrong.
And Harper Lane was about to learn what it felt like invisible. At the gate, I held my boarding pass to California and the acceptance letter for the West Coast Elite Quarterback Intensive. I had almost been too scared to go.
go. Harper's voice kept echoing in my head. Logan! That camp is brutal! You're not ready! I don't want you embarrassing But I was going anyway. Not to become athletic enough for her, not to make her regret anything. I was going because I had wanted to play quarterback since I was 12, and I was tired of
out of my own dream. Before boarding, my phone lit up with a livestream notification. Jace's birthday bash. Would Harper make it official? I should not have clicked.