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Home | Score | Away |
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AS Saint-Étienne | 0-0 | Angers SCO |
Olympique de Marseille | 2-1 | AS Monaco |
Thauvin 5', Benedetto 13' | Ben Yedder (p) 79' | |
RC Lens | 2-3 | Montpellier Hérault SC |
Omlin (og) 36', Kakuta (p) 50' | Mavididi 16', Mendes 26', Laborde 69' | |
OGC Nice | 0-1 | Stade Rennais |
Niang 28' | ||
RC Strasbourg | 2-2 | FC Metz |
Simakan 66', Thomasson 78' | Bronn (p) 35', Nguette 70' | |
FC Lorient | 3-0 | Nîmes Olympique |
Boisgard 2', Hamel (p) 29', Wissa 90' | ||
FC Nantes | 1-1 | Dijon FCO |
Simon (p) 24' | Konaté 54' | |
Stade Brestois | 2-1 | Stade de Reims |
Honorat 30', Mounié 77' | Zeneli 65' | |
Lille OSC | 2-1 | Girondins de Bordeaux |
Bamba 17', Fonte 45' | Bašić 30' | |
Paris Saint-Germain | 0-1 | Olympique Lyonnais |
Kadewere 35' |
# | Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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1 | Lille OSC | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 10 | +16 | |
2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | |
3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 28 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 10 | +23 | |
4 | Olympique de Marseille | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | |
5 | Montpellier HSC | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 21 | +4 | |
6 | AS Monaco | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | |
7 | Angers SCO | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -2 | |
8 | Stade Rennais | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | |
9 | RC Lens | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | +0 | |
10 | Stade Brestois | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 25 | -2 | |
11 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | |
12 | OGC Nice | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | +0 | |
13 | FC Metz | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -1 | |
14 | FC Nantes | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | |
15 | AS Saint-Étienne | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | |
16 | RC Strasbourg | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 26 | -6 | |
17 | FC Lorient | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -9 | |
18 | Nîmes Olympique | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -16 | |
19 | Stade de Reims | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -7 | |
20 | Dijon FCO | 9 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -13 |
# | Player | Match |
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1 | Arbër Zeneli | Stade Brestois vs Stade de Reims |
2 | Franck Honorat | Stade Brestois vs Stade de Reims |
3 | Jonathan Bamba | Lille OSC vs Girondins de Bordeaux |
I am very, very happy. With our different systems, we have an element of surprise that we didn't have last year. It's harder for the opponents to prepare their match and it's interesting for us. Emotionally, it was very hard with the end of the european adventure. So to do a performance like that, I say bravo to the team.Morgan Schneiderlin, Nice midfielder :
We have to keep this collective spirit, we take fewer goals but we score less or not at all, it's hard to win matches. Believe me, the fans are disappointed but we, the players, are the first to be affected by this situation. We are keen to rectify all this before the break. We don't want to spend a season playing nothing, getting bored. We're going to do everything we can to win on Wednesday.Christophe Pelissier, Lorient coach :
It is a success both offensively and defensively. It's a perfect evening. It's a relief because it was a burden not to score, not to be rewarded. We must savour it and recover well. This victory allows us to be in the running, with 4-5 teams (Strasbourg, Nîmes, Reims, Dijon). We have a mini-Championship (for survival) where we have to perform well. We have to win that championship.Thomas Tuchel, Paris coach :
We saw a very mentally tired team. I had the impression that the last sequence (Manchester United - Montpellier - Basaksehir) was too much for us. We missed even some easy passes. It's the fault of all of us, me first, the team. It wasn't serious enough, we must have enough quality to win every match. That remains my responsibility, that's clear.Rerel, Paris supporter but football connoisseur first and foremost :
You give money to Arsenal, they turn it into shit.
"By the time one of our regional scouts told us about him, Kai was already playing for a good academy, Alemannia Aachen (Editor's note: The main club in Aachen, the player's hometown). The first time I saw him play with them, he was ten years old. At that time we were already in contact with the family. We had introduced them to the club's facilities and philosophy. But if we stick to the field, the first match I saw him play was... against us. Our youngsters had won by a large margin but Kai had scored all three of his team's goals. But I can't take any credit for detecting great qualities in him that day. In the end, if I played a role, it was afterwards: when we presented our project and then to accompany him throughout his training. What were his main qualities before he joined us? I would say his speed, but also and above all his ability to make everything simple, even under pressure. He was never scared of the other side's dry cleaners. The funny thing is that he wasn't big at all at that time. Until the U15s he was even one of the smallest of our groups. It's interesting because it means that he had to be at full strength all those years."
"I don't know if we can say that it was already sold out at the time, but in any case it had something special. He had everything that cannot be acquired, a kind of gift from heaven. He then worked hard, of course, but some things can't be learned... He was usually on the axis, in 8, 10 and 9. He was played here because that's where you have to be the most demanding. That's what we had to develop in him: that requirement. Once again, spotting a player like him is not very difficult. What you have to do, after you've identified a great potential, is to make the boy understand that he can become a top (he insists) player. Repeat it to him too, even when he's not as good a player. That's what we did with Kai. So you can imagine what kind of moment it was when, six years after his arrival, his mother and I attended his first training session with the big boys...".
"Both (Ansu Fati and Riqui Puig) are great players and have a bright future ahead of them. I am delighted to have found these two gems but I am also happy to have discovered other players, less exposed to the media but whose potential was more difficult to detect when they were young. Riqui (Puig) was obviously very talented but the question of recruiting him arose because it was clear that his physique was not going to be of much help in the short term and that could be a hindrance. With him, we had to look further...
"For Ansu (Fati), it's different. He was a pure talent. There was no discussion about him. But as some of my colleagues have had to tell you, the essential thing is not so much to discover and then recruit but to train, educate and thus guide these promising people. The road to success is long and difficult and many external factors come into play. But yes, of course, raw talent is at the root of everything. It's a must and they had it back then. I'm talking about when Ansu was 9 years old. He had just left Africa, but it was a rough diamond that brought a lot of joy to the game."
"Riqui was 11 years old the first time I saw him play. I watched him evolve from year to year and it was felt that he should be brought in at the age of 14. Again, his physique was a big handicap but I think that somehow it made him stronger mentally and made him want to do everything he could to improve tactically."
"The case of Takefusa (Kubo) is even different. We signed him thanks to Oscar Hernandez, who is currently my assistant at Albirex. He was coordinating one of our campuses in Japan. He is the one who discovered Take. He told me that there was this young Japanese talent whose family was about to move to Barcelona. I trusted him and agreed to let him come and try out with us for a week. From his first balls, I understood how huge the talent of this child was. We then recruited him. He was a very mentally strong boy who didn't hesitate to take risks in the game. He had a great personality and, of course, a great technique. But when you have the talent, that competitive mindset, and that mental strength, you can only succeed, or almost succeed...."
"I don't forget boys like Lee (Kang-in), Brahim Diaz, Sergi Roberto, Munir (El Haddadi), Thiago Alcantara, Oriol Romeu, Iñaki Peña, Adama (Traoré), (Jon) Toral, Miranda, Pablo Moreno... All of these boys have their own stories and I keep in mind memories about each one of them. But without going into details I think it is important to underline one thing about our job: stay on your first impression! It is the fruit of all your experience. Don't look for flaws. Try to find out if what you perceive to be different comes from the player's head. If so, sign it!"
"I was introduced to Raheem when he was about eight years old. I watched him play in the middle of a playground and I thought, either this kid is incredibly good, or the people he plays with are incredibly bad (laughs). He had a technique and moves that you only see in professionals. So I asked him what he was doing on the weekend. He told me he wasn't doing anything special. I then asked him what team he played with. He told me that he didn't play for anyone. (Editor's note: Clive Ellington is an educator with Alpha & Omega FC). And that's when the magic started to happen. We watched him play and wondered how he could achieve what he was doing in front of players who were bigger than he was. It's a natural, pure talent. It wasn't the first time we'd heard about a talented kid, but he had, and still has, the humility to do it. That's what we noticed very quickly and one of the things I like most about him. He realized very quickly that he had great potential, the potential to make a career, but he never showed it. When he was 12 or 13 years old it was particularly visible: it was not the desire to be above the pack that motivated him. On the contrary, he wanted the whole team to be at his level, if not at an even higher level. He was anything but selfish. That doesn't mean he wasn't more determined than average. His teammates saw this as a recreation, not him."
"Where he was stronger? Speed, of course, but also balance, the ability to stand. What did he need to learn? Accepting defeat or at least learning how to live it better. Passing more assists, too. He was also asked to pay attention to how he was getting his messages across. I remember telling him, "If you can't find the words to get your teammate to lift his head, it's better not to say anything at all." We also prepared him a little bit for whatever was going to happen to him by faking interviews. We did that in the car on the way to the game or training (laughs). And when I would ask him if he was aware that he had become one of the best players in the country, he would answer me with a look that would say, "What are you talking about?" (laughter). But we knew we had a phenomenon in our hands, a future superstar. And since his passion for the sport was equal to all that... He wanted to play soccer all the time, all the time (he insists)! He is also very grateful to the educators who made him do some extra work after training, which says a lot about his education. In this regard, we also have a lot of esteem for his mother, who worked very hard to provide for him. Are we still in contact with Raheem? Of course we are! And we don't just talk about soccer. What I can tell you is that we haven't seen everything yet. I'm convinced that the best is yet to come... In conclusion, you should know that the fact that he has been able to face judgments that have not always been made in the past is a great advantage for him."
"I'm very proud to be the man he is now."
"A few months before we moved, we had been given the information that there was a very promising young dribbler playing for ASVD Dronten. So we logically moved. Our scout could notice how Hakim was the best player on the field. When the difference is so big, it's not so difficult to notice it. Anyone with a pair of eyes could have seen that talent. To tell the truth (he's looking for his words)... you don't really get to know this kind of player. The boy is there, right in front of you, and you just have to do everything you can as a club to bring a player of that caliber back to Heerenveen. And that's what we did!
"His father had just passed away. So he needed a structure that could accommodate him, that would allow him to go back and forth between his home in Dronten and the training center. With him, we knew that the main thing was not the recruitment of the player but the accompaniment that would have to follow. The gambler had to feel that he was going to join a family. The rest, and especially the determination, we soon saw that he had it. We also quickly realized that this boy hated mediocrity."
"The first time I saw Fede, he must have been nine or ten years old. His name had been slipped to me, so I went to see him play and talk to him. They hadn't told me he was extraordinary, no. It's hard to use that term at that age. I was told there was a player who was doing well, that's all. The first thing that caught my attention was how smart he was playing. The way he read the game was, for his age (he's looking for his words)... surprising. At that level, he was already quite different from the people he was playing with. I don't know how to say it precisely, but let's say that he managed to solve the situations that were submitted to him. He didn't hesitate to get out of the frame, out of the organization, if that was what the team needed. All of this was done very quickly. Again, these are things you don't often see in children that age.SOURCE
There was something else, too: his obsession with the goals he wanted to achieve and the progress he wanted to make. I'm talking about obsession in the positive sense of the word. On top of that, he was always listening to his educators. At that time, Fede was also very small and thin. But this was not a problem because with the chief doctor of the Peñarol and thanks to science, we knew approximately how big he was going to get. It's quite funny because Fede is now measuring exactly the size that we had determined. Was it easy to predict his success? When he was ten years old, I told the then president of Peñarol that this player embodied the future of the club and the future of the selection, I have documents that prove it. You know (he is looking for his words)... there are many factors, many aspects of the game that can be analyzed, but there is also something else: intuition."
Home | Score | Away |
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RC Strasbourg | 0-1 | Olympique de Marseille |
Sanson 72' | ||
Girondins de Bordeaux | 0-2 | Montpellier HSC |
Mollet 49', Delort 66' | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | 3-0 | Stade Rennais |
Kean 11', Di María 21', Da Silva (og) 73' | ||
Stade Brestois | 3-2 | Lille OSC |
Pierre-Gabriel 15', Perraud 19', Cardona 41' | Yılmaz (p) 45'+3, Yılmaz 57' | |
RC Lens | 4-4 | Stade de Reims |
Banza 21', Foket (og) 77', Sotoca 90', Sotoca 90'+1 | Cafaro 47', Dia 54', Medina (og) 79', Dia 81' | |
FC Lorient | 0-2 | FC Nantes |
Bamba 80', Blas 83' | ||
FC Metz | 1-1 | Dijon FCO |
Yade 21' | Baldé 13' | |
Nîmes Olympique | 1-5 | Angers SCO |
Koné 90'+1 | Pereira Lage 1', Bahoken 23', Bahoken 56', Diony (p) 82', Cabot 90'+4 | |
OGC Nice | 1-2 | AS Monaco |
Lees Melou 69' | Disasi 23', Diop 53' | |
Olympique Lyonnais | 2-1 | AS Saint-Étienne |
Kadewere 65', Kadewere 74' | Lopes (og) 40' |
# | Team | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | +23 | |
2 | Lille OSC | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | |
3 | Stade Rennais | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | |
4 | Olympique de Marseille | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | |
5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | |
6 | AS Monaco | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | |
7 | Montpellier HSC | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | |
8 | OGC Nice | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | |
9 | Angers SCO | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -5 | |
10 | FC Metz | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | |
11 | RC Lens | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | +0 | |
12 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | |
13 | Stade Brestois | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -7 | |
14 | FC Nantes | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | |
15 | AS Saint-Étienne | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | |
16 | Stade de Reims | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -2 | |
17 | FC Lorient | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | |
18 | Nîmes Olympique | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -9 | |
19 | RC Strasbourg | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -9 | |
20 | Dijon FCO | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 |
# | Player | Match |
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1 | Morgan Sanson | RC Strasbourg vs Olympique de Marseille |
2 | Boulaye Dia | RC Lens vs Stade de Reims |
3 | Florian Sotoca | RC Lens vs Stade de Reims |
You are not allowed to make efforts to win a match and when you win a match with your efforts the match is saved by others! What are you saying! But what are you saying sincerely! You have to stop sometimes! Make concrete analyses! If you look at other clubs, you will see this kind of things. You think that winning in Strasbourg away from home is easy! Extraordinary guys make the difference in all the clubs, it's always like that. It's a victory on a difficult pitch that takes us very high in the rankings. I know you're upset but that's how it is, that's life.Thomas Tuchel, Paris coach, also angry at journalists :
For me you are disrespecting the players who are there and you are disrespecting the team's performance by asking five questions about Marquinhos, two about Florenzi and none about the game, none about the opponent or what is needed today. It shows that you have no respect at all for what we are doing and what the team needs to do here, and that is very sad for me.Julien Stéphan, Rennes coach :
There was more realism, more efficiency, I also found more cunning in them, more intensity. We have a lot of progress to make to be able to fight against these teams. We saw it this week in wednesday's match (3-0 defeat against Chelsea in the Champions League) or today's match: even if they are two different match contents, at the end of the match, that makes two heavy defeats and there are a lot of things to correct.Christophe Galtier, Lille coach :
We thought the kick-off was going to be at 2 p.m., we were an hour wrong. We found an opponent that we knew was determined, we didn't know how to respond to their commitment, especially in their offensive races. We didn't exist, it was difficult for us to make the counter-efforts, just like the first two goals. When it is the full-backs who score, it is because there is a real problem of balance. [...] When there is such a contrast between two matches, the explanation is mental, and the only person responsible is me. My starting eleven didn't work at all. We couldn't get back into Sunday's match. I should have injected more freshness.ThePr1d3, Rennes supporter and #FrenchTech enthusiast :
Truffert is such a cone he could be a VLC ambassador.
[Cover] [Bonus Chapter] [Table of Contents] submitted by AshleighBSB to redditserials [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/nvqm00zyu2f61.png?width=223&format=png&auto=webp&s=09692cb46ef39249e454b5d6cf322189aaeaff41 Melinda’s Story I had a lot of trouble sleeping Saturday night. My mind kept drifting to the pizza parlor. Had I seen Eliot? Why wasn’t he returning my text? Eventually, I decided to just ask my friends from home. Brittany and Casey would know what was happening. They usually knew all the latest gossip. Although I sent them a quick text in the morning, I didn’t expect to hear back from them for a few hours. While Sarah attempted to shove Crystal’s sleeping bag under her bed, I packed my bag for another Sunday in the library. After Crystal repacked her overnight bag, the three of us headed to the dining hall. I wasn’t surprised to see Larry and Walter already eating. Larry smiled as we sat down. “So, what are we doing today?” Sarah shrugged. “I had fun watching cartoons last weekend.” Crystal nodded as Sarah interpreted for us. “I want to join you. Will you turn on the closed captions?” Walter smiled in my direction. “You’re going to the library.” I could feel my face grow warm. My eggs seemed a lot more interesting than making eye contact at the moment. “Am I that predictable?” “Well, yeah. But, you have an overstuffed bag with you.” I had forgotten. I smiled at him. “What are you doing today?” “I felt like something was missing last weekend. So, I’m definitely going to try to catch the four o’clock games. But, I’ll work with you ‘til lunch.” How could he possibly want to watch more football after playing and watching the varsity game yesterday. I easily could go a week before ever seeing a football again. But, I didn’t need to know the answer badly enough to ask him. Eventually, Larry, Sarah, and Crystal wandered over to the MAC to commandeer one of the only two televisions allowed on campus. That was my cue to go to the library. I didn’t pass a single student on my way to the study room. I plugged in my nearly-dead phone before emptying my bag. What should I start with? Walter would be joining me shortly, so maybe math? Before I could decide, my phone signaled an incoming video chat request. I was surprised to hear from Brittany so early. I was more surprised to realize I was reluctant to answer the call. Casey squealed as her face popped onto the screen beside Brittany’s. “Where have you been?” “Melly!” shouted Brittany. I smiled at the girls I had known since the second grade, realizing I wasn’t at all envious they were having a sleepover without me. “Hey. How are you?” Casey didn’t seem to hear me. “I can’t believe you didn’t hear about Eliot. Brittany nodded. “He was expelled. Everyone else was suspended, but he’s completely disappeared.” “Everyone who? What are you talking about?” Casey shrugged. “Well, that’s just it. No one knows.” “No one’s talking,” added Brittany. “Kevin said the lawyers told them not to.” I could feel my jaw drop. “Lawyers? Wha—Who can't talk?” Brittany shook her head. “Eliot’s crew.” Casey rolled her eyes, but I wasn't quite sure what she was trying to tell me. “You know. Eliot, Nick, Greg.” “Brian. Kevin.” “George.” Brittany shook her head adamantly. “Not uh. George didn’t get caught.” I was beyond confused. There was only one middle school in my town. Everyone in the ninth grade should have been in school with me last year. But, I only recognized a few of the names my friends were spouting. Of course, I knew Eliot, and I remembered his best friend, Nick, who could get annoying after long periods of exposure. Greg was another friend of theirs, a quiet computer geek who liked to play video games. I had no idea who the rest of the boys were. But, I wasn’t too surprised to learn Eliot had been hanging out with new friends. It wouldn’t be the first time I was thrown by the change in social structure from middle school to high school. I had already realized that Brittany and Casey were friends with a whole new crowd now that I was gone. Even as I tried to process all this information, Casey kept explaining. “The lawyers told them not to say anything.” “They went to court and everything.” Brittany sounded almost impressed by this information. “And now Eliot’s missing.” “No one has seen him since that night.” “No one seems to know where he went.” “George says his parents took away his phone and sent him away.” “Kevin thinks he went to jail.” “George thinks reform school. Or military school.” “Or Oakville?” I thought about the boy I had seen in the pizza parlor the night before. If his parents took away his phone, maybe he never got my message. Could that be why he wasn’t returning my message? Brittany didn’t seem to hear me. She turned to Casey. “Hey. You wanna go to the mall?” Casey beamed. “Oh my god, yes!” I nodded. “I better go, too. I’ve got a ton of homework.” Again, Brittany didn’t seem to hear me. “I’ll go ask my mom if she could drive us.” She ended the call without saying goodbye. I was a little disappointed my friends didn’t seem to have heard me. But, it didn't bother me as much as I would have thought. They were no longer as large a part of life as they had been a few weeks ago. When I put down my phone, I realized Walter was sitting across from me. When did he get here? He nodded towards the phone. “Everything okay?” I shrugged. “Yeah.” “You look a little sad.” I sighed. “I’m just . . . confused. I thought I saw someone I knew in town and my friends were trying to tell me what happened to him, but it didn’t really make any sense.” Walter raised his eyebrows. “Those were friends?” “Yeah. Why?” He shrugged. “Nothing. It’s just, I never end a call without saying goodbye to my friends.” Walter opened his geometry book and placed it between us. We worked in silence for a while. I’m not sure what was running through Walter's mind. Mine kept wandering back to Eliot. What had happened back at home? Where did he go? Was he in Oakville after all? I made it to the fifth problem before Walter came to sit beside me. I found his presence even more distracting, but I said nothing. A moment later, I could feel him peering over my shoulder. Rolling my eyes, I moved my hand so he could see better. He pointed to my first answer. “Two times eight is sixteen, not ten. That changes your answer.” As he moved on to the next question, I corrected my mistake and began working on number six. I finished the assignment before Walter was halfway done, so I passed him my paper and pulled my physics workbook out of the tower of books beside me. I wanted to keep the page clean for when I had to study for my test, so I answered the questions on loose leaf instead. I got through three problems when Walter slammed the math book closed. He nodded towards my book as he returned to his side of the table. “We don’t use that book. But, I can still help you.” “My teacher didn’t assign it. I just wanted to try them. I’ll let you know if I get stuck. But, later.” I stuck the paper inside the book and placed it back on the pile. Before I could grab another book, my phone signaled an incoming text message. My immediate thought was that Eliot was finally texting me back. Instead, Crystal was informing me that Larry had his arm around Sarah. I glanced at Walter. “Do you think there’s something going on between Larry and Sarah?” “It’s obvious, isn’t it?” Walter opened his physics textbook without looking at me. “I don’t know. I mean, I thought there was something there, since they’re like, always hanging out and everything. But then I thought maybe they’re just friends, since it’s not like Sarah’s always talking about him when he’s not around.” When Walter smirked at me, I could feel my cheeks grow warm. “And I’m like, probably not supposed to be saying that. Roommate confidentiality or something.” Walter gave a small laugh. “No, but it’s funny to watch them. While we were walking to breakfast, Larry wouldn’t stop debating with himself whether or not Sarah would be there. And, he spent like, literally, half an hour in my room last night talking about Sarah and Crystal. I was on my computer, not paying him any attention, but he didn’t even notice.” “Well, I think they’re cute together.” I smiled to myself as I opened my physics book. *** We had just finished translating Latin passages to prepare for our upcoming test when my phone buzzed. After checking the readout, I glanced at Walter. “Sarah’s on her way to the dining hall.” “Great. I’m starving.” I wasn’t surprised. Walter had a tendency to become hungry within ten minutes of completing a meal. I just rolled my eyes and glanced at my assignment pad. “I’m think I’m done. I only have my art assignment left.” Walter nearly whined. “That’s not fair. I’m jealous.” Smiling, he continued in his regular voice as we packed our bags. “I’m not worried about English but computer science is gonna take most of study hours tonight.” “I thought you said it was easy for you.” I followed him into the hallway. “It’s not hard. I understand it. It’s just a lot of reading, plus the computer assignment. And I’m behind. Football is occupying a lot of my time.” “Would it be easier if we didn’t study together? I mean, I’m probably slowing you down.” Walter stopped dead in his tracks at the top of the stairs. I didn’t even notice until I had reached the bottom. I looked back at him. “You okay?” “You’re kidding, right?” He stood motionless, his eyes wide. “Huh?” Walter came down the stairs slowly, as if each step took great effort. “I like studying with you. Without you, I’d probably be playing video games and not getting anything accomplished. Besides, how else can I copy your geometry homework?” I punched him playfully, probably hurting my hand more than his muscular shoulder. “I knew it! I knew you weren’t checking your answers!” When he ran away, I chased him all the way to the dining hall. We dropped our bags at our usual table, where Sarah and Crystal were already sitting, then returned to the servery to grab food. I asked the lady at the grill to make me a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich, then headed to the beverage island for a glass of water. Walter placed his tray beside mine. It was overburdened with a slice of cheese pizza, a bowl of pasta with meat sauce, and some of the chicken special. He glanced between our two trays as he filled some glasses of water. “Hey! Can I put something on your tray? I ran out of room.” He didn’t wait for an answer before placing his pizza and a glass of water on my tray. He knew I would say yes. He had been sharing my tray nearly every meal all week. Sarah and Larry had texted everyone on their way to the dining hall, so most of our friends had arrived by the time I got to the table. Larry placed an arm on the back of Sarah’s chair as he looked around the table. “So, what's everyone doing this afternoon?” Forrest shrugged. “I missed last period yesterday cuz of soccer. I’m gonna try to catch up a little.” “I was thinking of exploring some of the hiking trails,” Jade said. Leif pointed a fork in her direction. “I can go with you. I’ve been running through there for cross-country.” Walter took a large bite of his pizza. “I’m gonna watch football. Even if I have to read during the commercials.” Bella laughed. “Can I join you?” “Sure.” “Count me in,” added Andy. “Yeah, me, too,” agreed Larry. “Well, Crystal and I want to go to the mall,” said Sarah. “Melinda?” I shrugged. “Yeah, sure. Why not.” When we returned to the dorms after lunch, most of the girls stopped in front of Stanton to talk to the boys a little longer. I went straight to my room to unpack my bag. A few minutes later, Crystal returned alone, looking upset and somewhat annoyed. She climbed onto my bed, glaring angrily across the room as she kicked her dangling feet. I had no idea why she was so angry. I texted her as I sat beside her. What’s wrong? She sent me a half-hearted smile before furiously typing her response, her fingers flying across the digital keyboard at a rapid pace and my phone dinging every few second. Sarah had ignored her all morning. Whenever Sarah was talking to Larry, she would forget to sign. Crystal was feeling left out and wasn’t sure if Sarah even noticed her storming away. I wasn't quite sure how to make Crystal feel better, but I figured a hug couldn’t hurt. She immediately resumed her typing. I like you. You’re nice to me. As soon as Sarah returned to the room, Crystal started signing angrily at her sister. I tried not to stare, but watching them was mesmerizing. The two sisters stood in the middle of the room, simultaneously signing so quickly that I wondered whether they were even paying attention to what the other had to say. While they held their silent argument, I texted my mother a little about the first week of school. I told her about buying new clothes for dance class and going out with my friends last night. When my mom stopped responding, I glanced at my roommates. Although Sarah and Crystal were still talking to each other, they were communicating less furiously. I decided to break the silence. “Um, what time’s the shuttle?” The look Sarah sent me made me wonder if she had forgotten I was still in the room. She glanced at her alarm clock and swore under her breath before repsonding in an annoyed tone. “We missed the two o’clock. There’s another one at three.” “Well, why don’t we go hang out at the MAC until the shuttle returns? Play pool or something. Or, did you want to stay here and get some work done?” Sarah glared at her desk, indicating she had absolutely no desire to begin her homework, before asking Crystal her preference. When Crystal responded, Sarah jerked her head towards the door. “Let’s go!” --- Melinda’s Journal Sunday, September 17 This afternoon, I went to the mall with my roommate and her sister. We had a lot of fun together, even though we didn’t buy anything. Back home, I never really went shopping with my friends, just my mom. There is a small mall not too far away from us, but there isn’t all that much to do there. This mall, though, was massive. My friends and I made sure to walk every inch of it. I only recognized about half the stores. Even some of the department stores were new to me. If I wanted to, I could have bought exercise clothes, then gone for a run on a treadmill. Because there is a fitness center. Right there, IN THE MALL! And then afterwards, I could have had dinner in the food court before going to watch a movie. Because there is a multiplex. Right there, IN THE MALL! My mind is blown. --- Pat’s Story Pat’s story will begin in March --- Email Updates Want to receive an email when the next episode is released? Sign up for automatic updates and, as a thank you, you will receive access to An Innocent Bystander. This bonus chapter tells the story of an important event in the life of one of the characters you will meet in the Hartfield Chronicles. Episode 10 |
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