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With my wife’s hand in mine, we were led out onto the field seconds before the anthem was played.
“You can’t sing for shit,” I heard my wife whisper.
I shrugged.
Honestly, she was right.
I couldn’t sing for shit.
But they’d needed someone to sing it, and what better way to get out onto that field than by singing the anthem?
How hard could it be?
Well, according to my wife, it would be really damn hard.
“We won’t put you up on the jumbotron,” I heard the man who was accompanying us to the field say. “That way, you can surprise them if you want.”
I did.
“He does,” Perry echoed my thoughts. “He’d like to pretty much walk up and scare the shit out of them, if you’ll let him.”
“Unfortunately,” the man chuckled, looking a bit nervous, “I don’t have the authority to get them over to you. They’ll have to do the moving.”
I rolled my eyes.
Like he could stop me.
But I’d allow it.
I didn’t want to make waves on my first day back. I was lucky to even be getting what I was getting.
“Sounds good,” I said, squeezing Perry’s hand as I got my first good look at all the people in the stadium. Damn, there were a lot.
I pulled my phone out and texted the group chat that included my big brother, my sister, their significant others, Perry, and my parents.
Me: Yo, about to make a fool out of myself on national television in T-minus two minutes. Turn to the Longview game.
Mom: Oh, boy. I have the DVR ready.
Dad: Usually, you should avoid those kinds of things.
Me: I am. No actual coverage of my face. I made sure they knew that.
Dad: Good. Glad to know you’re not a complete dumbass.
Ford: Glad that I don’t have to give you directions in how to be a SEAL, bro. Glad you made it home. Now you can come to dinner and eat with us. Right?
Mom: He fucking better. I’m not eating without him.
Me: That’s sweet.
Ford: I just don’t want to have to help Mom clean. You’ll come early and help with that, right?
Me: No. Sorry. Pregnant wife.
Ford: Your wife is pregnant, not you, dumbass.
Me: Tell that to Perry. She hasn’t stopped crying since I got home. I don’t think she’d let me leave even if I tried.
