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"Bro, you look terrible." Dave told me at the end of practice as we packed up our bags. "What did they do to you? Make you roll in the dirt to make sure you weren't afraid of it?"

"That would have been better." I sighed, kicking my cleats off in exchange for my comfortable shoes. 

Noah laughed. "C'mon. It wasn't that bad. It was a great practice."

"Define 'great'." I mumbled under my breath. 

Noah picked up my bag. "Okay, you big baby. It was a tough workout, but you'll feel good about it soon enough."

"Not soon enough." I rebutted. I dragged my feet as the four of us walked back to the car. 

"Be careful. Coach might think you sound tired and out of shape. You wouldn't want to do a bunch of conditioning practice instead, would you?" Kyle nudged me. 

I looked up at him. "I would."