Blitz

<p>A coach. A student. The rules were concrete. We broke them anyway.</p><p>The night I met Toren Greely was the night I learned how to lie. He was a Treasure State football coach. I was the star of the volleyball team. Coaches and students were forbidden. My future was on the line so I told myself it was only one night.</p><p>That was the first lie. They got easier to tell after that. The lines blurred. The boundaries shifted. Our relationship became a game of its own.</p><p>A chaste smile. A knowing glance. A veiled touch or a hushed kiss. We hid in plain sight. We were invincible. Or so we thought. Neither of us saw the blitz coming until it was too late.</p><p>Game over. The night I left Toren Greely was the night I learned how to lose.</p>