Page 130 of Game Changer
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“Hey, what’s up?” Scott asked. It sounded to Kip like he had caught Scott at a bad time. But he had waited until the morning after game five in Boston (which the Admirals had won) to call.
“Sorry. Are you... I can call later?”
“It’s fine. What is it?”
Kip was a little taken aback. Scott never asked him why he was calling. They just...called each other.
“Just...had kind of a shitty day yesterday.”
“Oh. Okay. What happened?”
“Elena is moving to California. She got a promotion and Equinox is opening a new division there.”
“Good for her!”
“Yeah. It is. But...sucks for me.”
“Right. Yeah.”
“Yeah.”
“Sorry,” Scott said. “I guess I’m used to my friends moving. Being traded and stuff.”
“Oh.”
Their conversation was so stiff. Kip hated it.
“Is that it?” Scott asked.
“Is what it?”
“Elena moving. Is that the only reason your day sucked?”
Now Kip was getting angry. “It’s a pretty good reason.”
“I know... Just... I have to go. We’re heading to the airport...”
“Sure. Yeah. Sorry.”
“Don’t be—” Scott sighed. “I’ll talk to you later, all right?”
“Okay.”
They ended the call and Kip walked miserably out of the break room at work. He immediately checked the fridges to see what needed to be restocked. He didn’t feel like dealing with customers right now.
What the fuck was he even mad about? That his shitty life was changing? That the people around him were bettering themselves? It wasn’t like he wanted everything to stay the same forever. He’d had his heart secretly set on that museum job until recently. Even now he was waiting to hear back from grad schools. He couldn’t possibly be mad at his friends for moving on.
He wasn’t mad. He was just frustrated and feeling sorry for himself. And mentally preparing himself to be rejected from the schools he’d applied to at the same time as his friends announced new, better jobs.
Maybe having to keep quiet about his relationship with Scott was making him long for some news that hecouldtalk about.
Maybe if he didn’t have to keep quiet about his relationship with Scott...
Fuck. At this rate there probably wouldn’tbea relationship with Scott to keep quiet about.
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