Under Pressure by K.A. Linde

Author:K.A. Linde [Linde, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.A. Linde Inc.

18

As much as Stacia wanted to figure out what the hell had happened the night before, she was also terrified to acknowledge it. It was better to just admit that she had been weak after studying almost all night, and she had been so exhausted that release had come to her so easily. She couldn’t let it happen again.

It was relatively easy to let herself drown with all the work she needed to focus on. Plus, Pace really did need to focus on football. With Boomer gone, their first away game was nearly a disaster. They managed to win in overtime, which was a relief for Stacia, who had opted to stay home and watch it on TV. It was the first football game of her college career that she had not been on the sidelines. It was one hundred percent more nerve-racking.

But Boomer was back for the next three games, and they won them all. Everyone speculated on what rule he had violated, but the few who knew what had happened would never speak about it. Even Pace held his silence. But she didn’t know how long that would last with his temper.

“Come on,” Bryna pleaded the next week. “You cannot miss two away games in a row, S.”

“I have to. I have a paper due on Monday. I can’t leave,” Stacia told her. “You go with Trihn and let Maya take my spot. I’ll be fine.”

“No way. I can’t do that.” She sighed. “How are you doing in your classes anyway?”

Stacia cringed. “All right. I’ve been in tutoring all semester, so it’s going better. I got a B on my last test.”

“That’s excellent. I’m really proud of you for going through with this.”

“Yeah,” Stacia said with a smile. “I like it so far.”

“And I can’t change your mind?”

Stacia shook her head. “I’m sorry. You know I want to be there with you. Football is my life.”

“I know, I know. This just sucks. It’s our last football season here, and you won’t be at all the games.”

“Um…about that,” Stacia said. “I’m not graduating in the spring.”

“What? Why not?”

“I don’t have enough credits for the major, so I’ll be staying an extra year.”

“That’s ridiculous! They’re making you stay another year? Didn’t you have enough classes to transfer into the major?”

“No, actually, I didn’t,” Stacia told her. “I was kind of slacking off because I didn’t think that I would be coming back. But, now, I’m here.”

“Have you talked to your advisor to see if you can fix it?”

“Bri, no,” Stacia said. “It’s just a fact. I’m not graduating with you and Trihn.”

Bryna deflated. “That’s seriously depressing.”

Stacia chewed on her lip and then pushed forward with something that she had been thinking about since being admitted. “You didn’t…talk to the journalism program about me to help me get in, did you?”

“Did I do what?” Bryna asked. “You think I had something to do with you getting in?”

“It’s crazy, I know,” Stacia said straightaway. “I just feel…a bit out of place. And Whitney said that everyone got into the major in the spring and that the wait list was long.

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