American Christmas (Dreamers) by Adriana Herrera

Author:Adriana Herrera [Herrera, Adriana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2020-11-01T18:30:00+00:00

Ari

“You did what? Ari!” Yin’s face was mottled with red, which usually meant he was seconds from crying. I could not fucking believe we’d managed to ruin our presents for each other this bad. I felt the excitement from just seconds before turn to lead in my belly. I thought I’d gotten things perfect, but the way Yin was looking at me told a different story.

“It took you weeks to get those tryout videos ready. You literally danced around the house for an hour when you got the email saying you got into the camp.”

I stared at Yin, not sure what to say, watching him get more upset with every passing second. “Ari, one of Mbappé’s coaches is going to be there.”

Every word from Yin was like a needle prick. Because of course he was right, I’d talked about applying for that clinic for almost a year. He and I had spent hours and hours at Cass Park getting footage of my plays. Because I’d told him it was my dream and he wanted to help me get there.

“I don’t need to go to that clinic, and I wanted to do this for you,” I said weakly, gesturing to the envelope and papers in his hand.

Yin’s face was always like an open book. I could see what he was feeling easily. But this expression he had now, this was shuttered and closed. Like he didn’t want me to see what was going on inside. That was something that had never happened between us. Not even when we were only friends, and there had been too much we were trying to hide from each other. He would always let me see him.

I held the box containing the cleats I’d been hoping to get for almost a year limply in my hands, afraid to say anything else. Knowing every word would sink us further down into a fight that would ruin the day. But Yin was always a lot bolder than I was when it came to these things. He had no patience for brooding, and he refused to let stuff fester. If there was an issue it had to be hashed out in the moment. So he looked me right in the eyes and spoke.

“If we’re going by need, then I definitely don’t need to go see Hamilton, Ari.” I kept my mouth closed, because what would be the point of arguing that? With every word he said Yin looked closer to tears and when he opened his mouth again, he could barely get the words out. “Ari, why didn’t you tell me?”

I sighed, turning my head up to the ceiling, trying to figure out how I would say this without digging myself further into a hole. “If I’d told you, then you wouldn’t have let me do it. You would’ve gotten all bent out of shape about how I needed to go to the clinic and I—”

I could’ve said that I’d decided the clinic wasn’t worth the money or that in the end I didn’t feel like going.

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