American winner takes all

Chapter 8
Due to the importance of the next game, Coach Thomas insisted that the team conduct closed training. Normally, there would actually be many people watching the team's training.

"You will see girls with red faces screaming for you. You can walk over and just say, can you have a drink tonight? It's all so simple."

"Oh, you are teaching the newcomers bad things again."

After Coach Thomas left, and at the end of training, everyone was changing clothes while talking about some of the "privileges" of the football team.

"My mom isn't at home these days, so why not do something big? I'll call a few girls from the club to come over and provide door-to-door service. It's getting hotter and hotter these days, so it's time to have a pool party." At this time, Rice, who was covered in acne, made a proposal to a few friends.

"By the way, I'll tell you something good. Is the guy I contacted last time still there?" Someone immediately agreed.

"Then you have to go to the prison to find him. And most importantly, we have to get the wine!" Rice shook his head.

"I heard that there is a party service provider that provides a full set of services. You only need to pay money. Even if you want to find an elephant to attend the party, you can do it." Someone else suggested.

"But that's for adults! Our driver's license can't be used!" Rice was a little disappointed. Los Angeles is still relatively strict in this regard. All nightclubs on the street will check IDs. In California, it is not allowed to provide alcoholic beverages to people under the age of 21. It's as simple as a fine.

Several people gathered around and discussed for a long time, but failed to come up with a reliable solution, so they had to leave first.

Ethan was sitting next to him, not eavesdropping on the chat, but paying attention to Adam.

When Adam changed his clothes and was about to leave, Ethan stood up immediately.

"You passed the ball really accurately today." Ethan said casually.

Uncharacteristically, Adam spoke directly: "You know, I can no longer teach you about passing. I have to obey the coach's arrangements. You are now a wide receiver."

Although he wouldn't be able to stay in this school for long, he didn't want to speculate on the coach's arrangements.

He felt that Ethan was a little impatient.

"Of course, I will keep in mind my mission, wide receiver, catch the ball, score points." Ethan patted him on the shoulder.

For Ethan, this choice is also about the future.

As the body develops in high school, each player's talent has begun to be realized, in other words, the position has been determined.

Ethan thinks that wide receivers are good, but their upper limit is definitely not as good as quarterbacks.

If the quarterback is the brain of a team, other positions can only be said to be the "limbs" of the quarterback.The quarterback is the heart and soul of the game of football.This is also reflected in salary and benefits.

The average salary for quarterbacks on offense in the NFL is several times that of other positions.

If you want to continue on this path, it would be best to become a quarterback.

So, it’s better to make plans early.

The two left the stadium together, and Ethan saw Catherine waiting for him outside as promised.

Ethan glanced at Adam beside him, his eyes widened, and his steps hesitated for a moment, which was completely different from the decisive and calm attitude he had in training just now.

Then I saw Catherine walking towards the two of them quickly.

Adam's footsteps stopped, and he swallowed involuntarily. He was happy at first, and then a little nervous. He tried to recall the "seven ways to say hello to Catherine" that he had written on the paper before, but at that time, he couldn't help but swallow. Under the influence of this inexplicable nervousness, he felt that his brain had turned into a ball of mush, so he could only put on a smiling expression...

"Kay..." Adam's greeting hand stayed stiff in mid-air.

He saw Catherine actually holding Ethan's arm. Only lovers would make such an intimate gesture, right?
And they are a very good couple!

In an instant, a chill swept over Adam from head to toe.

Adam's smile began to become sour as never before, and the world in his eyes seemed to begin to become dim, dark, and invisible.

"Let me introduce you, this is Catherine. You two are in the same grade, so you should know each other, right?" Ethan pretended not to know anything.

Adam started to say hello with a stiff expression. During the brief chat, when Adam learned about the identities of the two of them, he let out a long sigh of relief. He even felt lucky to have survived the disaster.

"You don't look right?" Ethan tried.

"I...I...it's nothing." Adam was just like Catherine said before, he couldn't even speak.

The three of them walked out of the campus together and when they came to the school gate, Ethan suddenly said to Catherine.

"Oops, buses may have stopped running at this time."

Compared with the cobweb-like subway lines in New York, which is also an international city, the Los Angeles subway is significantly weaker than New York in terms of the number of running lines, the number of passengers transported, and the operating hours.The large cities on the West Coast have vast urban circles, and people in Los Angeles are more accustomed to driving.

Adam was already preparing to leave, but when he heard this, he immediately suggested.

"I can drive you two back."

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Ethan sat in the passenger seat and Katherine sat in the back seat.

"Katherine, I remember you also drove to school..." Adam said thoughtfully, trying to strike up a conversation with Katherine.Ethan immediately took over the conversation and pretended to sigh: "God always likes to make fun of people..."

He began to talk about what happened to his family.

"This is a sin that greedy people should bear." Adam shook his head.

"But the mistakes your father committed alone also implicated innocent people."

Ethan finally knew why he disliked Catherine.

As a staunch pragmatist, Catherine did not have a good impression of people who opened their mouths to savior and kept silent to atone for their sins.

"Just park in front and let's go have a meal together." Ethan pointed to a 24-hour steakhouse in front.

Ethan wasn't prepared to let Adam know where the two were living now.

During the dinner, Ethan and Catherine talked about their future plans.

"I have established myself in the Norman team, and Adam has been good to me and taught me a lot." Ethan said.

"Thank you." Catherine nodded slightly to Adam.

This was the first thing she said to Adam tonight.

Adam quickly smiled back.

"In fact, Ethan does have a high talent in rugby, to be precise, all sports including rugby. He should not be buried." Adam said from his heart.

"It's a pity that you have to leave soon."

Ethan turned to look at Catherine: "I just thought Adam could teach me something else, such as quarterback's passing skills."

Catherine said very cooperatively: "Others are very busy and don't have much time to care about you."

"Uh...that's not the case!" Adam said immediately.

Ethan and Catherine's singing together gradually had an effect.

Facing Catherine's "expected" gaze, Adam chose to change his story.

"If...Ethan shows interest in a quarterback, I can help."

Being close to Ethan is equivalent to being close to Catherine.He is about to graduate, and it is unknown whether he will be able to see Catherine in the future.

He didn't want to give up this opportunity.

"I will train your quarterback's basic abilities in private these days." Adam said firmly.

"Oh, you have helped me so much." Ethan pretended to shirk.

"It doesn't matter, this is what I should do." Adam shook his head.

"Coach Thomas will be angry if he knows about this, right?" Ethan thought of something again.

"This is our secret. When you spend this summer vacation, you will give everyone a surprise." Adam thought for a while and said.

"But the training schedule for the past two days is already full..." Ethan put on a distressed look and directed the topic to a specific time point.

Under Ethan's conscious or unconscious guidance, he and Adam finalized the time, and most of the extra training was concentrated on weekends without competitions.

As for Catherine, she looked aloof throughout the whole process, which was exactly the same as her state in school. In fact, the smile on her face might only become bigger when she faced Ethan alone.

During this time she left the table, perhaps to go to the bathroom.

Seeing that the discussion was almost done, Ethan waved over the waiter and prepared to pay the bill.

"I've already paid the bill, Ethan," Catherine said.

Before leaving, Catherine packed away the steak she had not finished.

The three of them parted at the entrance of the restaurant. Ethan and Catherine watched Adam drive away, and then the two high-fived.

On the way back on foot, Catherine told Ethan that she had received admission notices from two more universities today. In addition to the previous ones, she had received offers from 13 universities so far.

However, Catherine's expression did not look too happy.

The reason is simple. The tuition for a good university in the United States is too expensive...

(End of this chapter)