Foxes react: chapter4
The mood of the room didn't change much before the screen started again.
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He kept making snide remarks about Neil's inexperience and spinelessness. Neil wanted to shove Herrera to the floor and charge the goal to prove him wrong. If he missed, Herrera would remind him the rest of the game. If he scored, Kevin would take advantage of the reset to scold him. It was a lose-lose situation and the rest of the game wasn't going much better.
That lightened the mood it was kind of funny to see Neil from holding back because if he did anything he was going to get scolded by Kevin but still no one was laughing it was on the inside.
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Neil pushed free of Herrera's crumpling body and swore at the flare of heat in his shoulder. If it wasn't for his shoulder armor, Herrera's knee might have dislocated his arm on impact.
Someone pounded on the wall nearby. It might have been support from the subs for dropping his mark like that, but it was more likely Wymack or Kevin furious over such a risky move. Neil would worry
about them later.
"He should worry about that, getting hurt is not a joke if he was badly hurt he should have said so" said Kevin fuming "but you have to agree it was a great move" said Matt witch earned a glare from Kevin, Wymack and a slap on the hand by Dan witch he laughed at "sorry sorry".
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As he listened to them, Neil realized he was happy. It was such an unexpected and unfamiliar feeling he lost track of the conversation for a minute. He couldn't remember the last time he'd felt this included or safe. It was nice but dangerous. Someone with a past like his, whose very survival depended on secrecy and lies, couldn't afford to let his guard down. But as Nicky laughed and leaned closer to talk about one of Neil's goals, Neil thought maybe he'd be okay just for a night.
Neil's speech brought tears to some (Nicky, Matt, and Abby) and the other were smiling, they were happy to know that they had made Neil feel like that, moments like these caused them to think that they would be there for him when he needed them.