The Knockout by Sajni Patel

Author:Sajni Patel [Patel, Sajni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: North Star Editions
Published: 2021-01-25T18:30:00+00:00

Sixteen

By the time Thursday lunch came around, I had cooled off. Yeah, I had it like that. It was pretty bad but thank the lord that Amit and I hadn’t seen one another since that smoking-hot Tuesday night. And also, thanks to Coach, my training session all day yesterday had been brutal. I could barely walk right, much less concentrate on Amit and his sexy-as-heck kiss.

Unfortunately, the principal waited at the entrance to the school and called me into her office. I nervously followed, although she’d greeted me in her usual warm way.

I sat in the small office, stiff and not knowing what I’d done.

Principal Sanchez sat on her side of the room in a big leather swivel chair, laced her fingers together on the desk, and smiled.

“So nice to see you, Kareena,” she started.

“What’s up Principal Sanchez?”

“I understand that you joined the online social group for Connally girl’s athletics.”

I nodded.

“And as you know, the page is monitored by the coaches.”

“Yes. Did I say or do something wrong?” I didn’t think I had.

“No, no, not at all. They did however bring to my attention the amazing opportunity that you have ahead of you. I am so thrilled and proud of you. I had no idea. And it seemed that most people didn’t. I’m now also aware of the roadblock with funds.”

“Oh. Were some of the suggestions too much?”

“No. The coaches called me yesterday morning. I chatted with them and some of the teachers. I later sent emails to the entire staff as well as the PTO.”

“Uh, huh . . .”

“And we’d be honored if we could raise some funds to help you get to USMTO . . . and quite possibly lead the way to the World Championships and the Olympics.” She squealed out the last word.

I laughed. A new burst of love and warmth for my school sent tingles all over my skin.

“We’ll get you there. Why didn’t you come to me before?”

“I didn’t even think about it, to be honest. And I didn’t want to be a charity case or make my parents feel bad that I went to other people. Some students are in worse situations than me with more important things. Why help me and not them?”

“We can only help if we know, and how we help is usually kept under wraps for student privacy.”

“Oh. Yeah, that makes sense.”

“You’re okay with this being public?”

Was I? I mean, it was already public in the forum. Half the school knew about it or would know about it soon enough. It was time to own up. I didn’t have anything to hide. I was a female fighter. A pretty freaking good one.

After a long pause, I exhaled a sharp breath and replied, “I guess so.”

“I think it’s important to make this a community effort. This would end up bringing a lot of publicity to the school, and it’s a wonderful way of getting people together to help. We do it for all of our sports and arts, so

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