I felt really good as I headed back to class. I wondered if Tobi felt the same way. I didn’t have to wonder long. When I went out to my bus that afternoon, Tobi was waiting on the sidewalk. We sat together on the bus, chatted incessantly, and made up for lost time.
Winter came and went. Tobi and I hung out with our new friends and with each other. Things were getting back to normal again when soccer season rolled around. Just like last year, Tobi was on the varsity team, and I wasn’t.