Sanctuary: Among Monsters (The Outlaw Book 3) by Alan Janney

Author:Alan Janney [Janney, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Sparkle Press
Published: 2015-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Wednesday, September 30. 2018

“Jackson!” Coach Garrett called as I was trudging out the locker room, toting a laundry bag over my shoulder. Practice was over, and all I could think about was driving to Katie’s apartment. “Stick around for a minute, champ.”

I walked into the conference room with him. Coach Todd Keith was sitting at the glossy table, flipping through paraphernalia. The table was covered. The rest of the team was in the adjacent room, still showering and changing into clean clothes. I was first to leave because my tutor was the cutest.

“Yes sir?”

Garrett clapped me on the shoulder, and he grinned. “Time we start talking about this. Don’t you think?”

“Talking about what?”

Coach Keith, our offensive coordinator and my intermittent spiritual advisor, held up a college brochure. “Your future.”

“College,” I realized.

“College.”

Garrett sat down and indicated I should too. Instead I let my eyes wander the names of colleges. Every big program I’d ever heard of had a pamphlet on the table. I placed my knuckles on the surface and stared. College.

“I field about three calls a week from college coaches,” Garrett raved. He was chomping gum and wearing sunglasses, even indoors. “And they all want to talk about you.”

“And that’s just the big-time universities,” Coach Keith said. “USC. UNLV. San Diego State. Oregon. Arizona.”

“What do they want to know?”

“Everything,” Garrett grinned. “Everything about you. Most importantly, how soon can you visit their campus.”

I heard Croc in the other room, joking with the guys. He’d quickly become a crowd favorite, and not just because he was good.

“These colleges want me to play ball for them?”

“They do.”

“On a scholarship?” I asked.

“Everyone is offering you a full ride,” Coach Keith said. “Though not every school can guarantee you playing time as a freshman. You’d be redshirted at programs with established quarterbacks.”

“Never had this many calls before,” said Garrett. “Our P.R. department has requests from over a hundred schools.”

“A hundred,” I echoed.

“Which is why,” Garrett said, banging his hand on the table, “it’s about dang time we figure this out. Tell us your favorites and we’ll schedule visits.”

“My favorites,” I said. I was repeating a lot. I couldn’t stop.

“Yep.”

“I haven’t even thought about college,” I admitted, sheepishly. My face was hot. “I don’t…I don’t know a thing about any of them.”

Their expressions were incredulous. I didn’t blame them. This was every football player’s dream, and I hadn’t thought about it?

I continued, “You know, it’s just…with all the, ah, the war in Los Angeles and…you know, college hasn’t been on my mind.” I paced and rubbed my eyes, talking into my palms. “That’s…a little embarrassing, I know.”

“Well hell, son. All right. Talk to your dad about this? He and I’ve spoke a few times.”

“Um. No. No, I guess I haven’t.”

Coach Keith asked, “Everything okay at home?”

“Yeah, sure. No problems.” I picked up a football pamphlet for the University of Southern California, and I tried to be interested in it. But I wasn’t. Couldn’t even fake it. Like chasing after wind. All was vanity.

Croc stuck his head in the door.

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