The Starter Boyfriend
“Or so people said.Standing with Randy’s friends outside the players’ locker room, shifting my weight and checking my phone every three seconds for the arrival of a phantom text message I was not expecting, I wondered if there was a saying for the opposite. More than just time standing still, maybe like an elephant-sized weight bearing down on your soul?When the moon completed a lunar orbit around our planet and Randy and the other players finally shuffled out of the locker room, I felt my muscles, limbs and over-active imagination begin to chill. At least now I’d have someone who’d acknowledge me.In fact, my face was probably birthday candle bright as Randy crossed the packed dirt path toward us. So much so that he shuffled right on into my body space and dropped an arm across my shoulder, my smile dropped like a pop fly into a softball glove.“Sorry to keep you waiting, babe.”Babe?When I could hear again over the rush of blood in my ears, I was pretty sure I’d registered a gasp.
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