Chapter 21. I Feel Like My Age

ASHER

The past few weeks had been the most memorable for me as a kid in this lifetime. Ever since Lee started joining Tate and me more often, our friendship deepened significantly. It even reached the point where Lee herself told Auntie and Uncle that she would be picked up late to stay with us, and she even said that if it wasn’t okay with them, she would just go home with my Mommy and Daddy. But Auntie and Uncle allowed it, so there wasn’t any problem.

Furthermore, after a few more days, even Paige and Sarah started joining us. At first, Paige’s mom was just late to pick her up, then Sarah’s aunt got stuck in traffic, so they ended up with us, but because they enjoyed being with us and Tate, that became their routine after classes too.

In those previous weeks, I really got to know the five of them. Tate and I became even closer, and I also became somewhat close to Kade (because their coach wasn’t available for tryouts several times and he was able to join