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“I thought we were,” I said hesitantly.
“I thought we were, too,” Cali replied.
“Shit, I gotta see this!” Nero said snapping out of his stupor.
“I think we all do,” Cage confirmed.
I turned to them. “I’ve had a challenge getting him to consider my offer.”
“What are you offering,” Nero asked.
“A workout for the Cougars.”
“What’s he saying?” Cali asked.
“He says he hasn’t touched a football since our last game two years ago.”
“That’s a real thing,” Cage pointed out. “What you don’t practice, you lose. Believe me, I know.”
“With all due respect, Cage, Claude’s talent might be on a different level.” I turned to Nero. “You said he played receiver in high school, right? Because that’s what he told me too. But he was such an amazing quarterback, there were times when I thought he was lying.
“If he could take a position he’s never played in his life and play at that level, I don’t think a two year break will make that much of a difference,” I concluded to everyone.
“Cage, I’ve got to see this,” Nero repeated.
“So do I,” Cage agreed.
“How do we make this happen?” Nero questioned the group.
After a second of thought, I said, “Could you arrange a scrimmage? I bet if you got him on a field, everything would come right back to him,” I told them thinking it might also help him remember the love he had for football… and me.
“I could probably do that,” Cage declared. “Would you be available to play?” He asked Cali.
“Yeah, sure.”
“So that’s me, Nero, Cali. We could probably get Titus involved.”
“You could ask a few of your players,” Nero suggested.
“Your players?” I asked Cage.
“I coach the high school team. I coached Cali,” Cage said with a smile.
“Oh. Cool,” I said suddenly feeling very at home.
“Yeah. I’m sure a few of the players would be up for this. They’ve been asking me for weeks when Nero was gonna come talk to them.”
“Well, now they have an assistant coach with the Cougars,” Nero said gesturing to me with a smile.
“I don’t know why they would want to hear from me. But if they did, I would, of course, be happy to say a few words.”
“Then it’s settled,” Cage said. “Tomorrow Claude is going to join us for a pick-up game.”
“If I know Claude, he’s not gonna go for that,” Cali responded. “But apparently, I don’t know Claude at all. So what do I know?”
“I don’t get it,” I said, still very confused. “Didn’t he talk about football at all when he came home for breaks?”
“They didn’t know they were brothers until a few months ago,” Cage explained.
