~Samantha Lee~

I let out a long slow breath as I watched how messy my room is, I was trying to prepare for the competition, the Inter-University Athletics Championship was tomorrow.

A knot of conflicting emotions twisted in my gut. Part of it was the standard pre-race jitters, I was scared my team would lose, scared I wouldn't hit my personal best, scared I'd let everyone down but a much larger part of that fear was for Tyler.

I kept replaying the moment in Mr. Jordan's office when the ...