Luna's POV

I step out of the coach's office, the door closing shut behind me. I feel empty inside. My chest aches. I don't know why my life keeps unraveling like this. I've done everything right. I've worked hard, harder than anyone else I know. Everywhere I go, rejection just seems to cling to me.

It was supposed to be different here. I believed that if I could just make it onto the most popular team, everything would change. That I'd finally matter, that I'd finally feel important. That ...