Racquel Marie

may be fuckups right now, late and smelly and in trouble, but we’re transitioning into who we are on the field: a force to be reckoned with.

Figure out whether you’re willing to keep losing yourself in the pursuit of winning.

My dad once told me hope is for people who aren’t prepared enough to guarantee their successes.

prove you don’t have to win by margins but by miles.

“Something can be everything to you and still not make you happy.”

There’s her smile again. I feel warmer, like the rain is miles away. “But I don’t think making a shitty mistake makes you a bad person.”

But instead, as the adrenaline of our goal dissipates, I’m left terrified. Because starting to win means you finally have something to lose.

She’s not an asshole like that.”

“I’m not here to deny anyone’s realities.” Kiko purses her lips. “But even if she isn’t, the people she chooses to hang out with are, so is there really a difference?”

“It scared me, that because of her I felt my heartbeat for the first time.”

but she knows what it feels like to look at someone you love and see a clock ticking down, and that’s more than most people understand.