Secrets & Surrender: Part One
“The rest of the team stood behind me, guys I’d only met a few weeks ago. Some of them thought I didn’t deserve to be the one to lead them out on the field. I could hear them grumbling under their breath, wishing that they had Dillon Baker instead of me. They didn’t trust me. Even after I gave it my all in practice and they saw what I could do, they thought I’d break under pressure.
Maybe they were right.
They were saying the same things that I’ve heard a thousand times from my father. I wasn’t good enough. I didn’t have what it took to be a leader. I was going to screw up this season worse than last season. At least with Dillon they were able to win some games. With me, they had no clue what to expect.
And on the other side of the banner, Father was sitting on the bleachers, probably thinking the same thing.
The band started to play the Koppe High fight song, and my heart went into overdrive pounding against my chest.
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