Showdown by K. R. Coleman

Author:K. R. Coleman [Coleman, K.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Athlete, Athletes, Darby Creek, Football, Football Game, Football player, Football Players, Football Team, Football Teams, Gridiron, Hi/Lo, High Interest, High School, High School Athlete, High School Athletes, High School Football, High School Football Player, High School Football Players, High School Life, High School Sports, High School Struggles, High School Student, High School Students, High/Low, low reading level, Reluctant Reader, School, Sport, Sports, Struggling Reader, Teens, Touchdown, Sports & Recreation, Sports, Football, General Fiction, Coming of age, Growing up, Athletics, Family & Relationships, Fiction, Football State Tournament, Friends, K. R. Coleman, Prank, Pranks, Pranks and Attacks, Quarterback, Quarterbacks, Second-String Athlete, Second-String Athletes, Showdown, Sports Fiction, Sports Stories, Sports Story, Starting Athlete, Starting Athletes, Starting Sports, State Tournament, Students, Teenagers, The Showdown, Young Adult Readers
ISBN: 9781512482232
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I try to do my homework, but I fall asleep at my desk. At 11:30, I wake up to tapping at my window.

“Shhh.” I hush Walter as I open the window.

I hear Gram shuffle down the hall.

“Toby, what’s that sound?” she asks from just outside my door.

“I’m, umm, just studying,” I tell Gram. “It was just me tapping my pencil. Sorry for waking you up. I’m going to bed now.”

“Good night,” she says, and I hear her go back to her room.

“Hurry up!” Walter hisses. “Neko is getting antsy.”

“I don’t think I should leave,” I whisper. “Gram is up. She might check on me again.”

“Shove a pillow and some clothes under your covers. She’ll never know you’re gone,” Walter says.

I roll my eyes and sigh. “Fine.” Once I’ve done what he’s suggested, I pull on a jacket, hat, and gloves. I’m not going to freeze again this time.

I slide out the window, grab a shovel from the tool shed, and run to the truck. I look back at Gram’s window and I can’t believe I’m doing this again. I’m so tired. I just want to crawl into my bed and pull the covers up, but Walter will never forgive me if I don’t go, and he’s always had my back.

When I get to the truck, I see Walter is sitting up front, between Neko and Cam. Jason is sitting in the back this time. I guess he’s gotten on Neko’s bad side.

I climb in beside Jason and pull my hat down over my ears as we head out of town.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.