It’s entirely possible that I’m just being dramatic, but when I glance at Clara, she has this look like she feels bad for him, and it just pisses me off more. Like, yeah, I cry when I watch those sad puppy videos too, but Gabriel’s not actually a puppy abandoned by his owner. He’s an upper-middle-class Vermont kid whose parents’ business beats ours like ten months out of twelve. It’s not my fault that emotionally, he’s about as stable as a cheap Styrofoam cup. Yet, looking at him, I almost feel bad, like I always do on the field, like I’m somehow responsible for his inability to control his
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