Full Impact by Suzanne Weyn

Author:Suzanne Weyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

I

nside the locker room, Norval asked the other players if they had heard from Arnie. None of them had. It wasn’t like Arnie not to text or call.

Norval was about to leave the mostly empty locker room when Coach Green tapped him on the shoulder. “I noticed Arnie wasn’t here today,” he said. “Anything you want to tell me?”

“Nothing I could really say for sure,” Norval replied.

“He took some bad hits last game,” Coach Green reminded him. “And Jerome told me about the scuffle in the locker room. I think he was worried someone else would tell me first.”

The coach fixed his hard, meaningful stare on Norval.

“What?” Norval asked, his resentment rising. Why was watching Arnie his job? “Do you mean I should have told you?”

“He got clocked again, Norval,” Coach Green said, frowning. “Didn’t you think I should know that after everything we talked about?”

Norval didn’t want to be sanctioned for disrespect, so he tried to control himself. “I told you I wouldn’t spy on Arnie. Don’t you remember?”

“He lost consciousness,” Coach Green said. He seemed to be fighting his own temper. “Someone should have told me sooner. I wouldn’t have let him play the rest of the game if I’d known.”

“He was only out for a second.”

“A person doesn’t need to lose consciousness to suffer a concussion. The fact that he actually passed out makes things that much more serious, though. I called his house to speak to his parents, but they weren’t in. I left a message. So far they haven’t returned my call. You or Kadeem should have told me what happened. Why can’t you guys get that through your heads?”

“It just seems wrong,” Norval said. “We’re teammates!”

“That’s exactly why you guys should be looking out for one another!” Coach Green cried.

“I’ll stop over there on my way home,” Norval said.

“Great,” the coach said, his voice calm again. “Please talk to me when you find out how he’s doing. At the very least, promise me you’ll talk sense to Arnie if you think he’s got problems related to a concussion.”

Without waiting for Norval’s reply, Coach Green walked out.

Norval snapped up his jacket. The coach’s anxiety might have been contagious. What if something bad had happened to Arnie because Norval didn’t want the responsibility of reporting on him? He needed to assure himself that Arnie really was all right.

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