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Relaxing Bedtime Story for Deep Sleep _ Dreams of Basketball _ Basketball Sleepy Story · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy. As always, I'm your host, Thomas. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: so much for joining us tonight. Marcellus will be reading
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  Speaker 1: this evening's story, where we'll witness the magic of sport.
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  Speaker 1: a spontaneous decision to play a game of basketball will
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  Speaker 1: bring two new friends together who otherwise might never have met.
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  Speaker 1: You don't need to be a lover of basketball or
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  Speaker 1: sports in general to appreciate this story and get a
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  Speaker 1: good night's rest from listening. Now then, the day is
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  Speaker 1: done and with it, So too are any and all
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  Speaker 1: responsibilities you have to the outside world. This is your
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  Speaker 1: time to rest and recharge. So let go of any
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  Speaker 1: resistance to do just that. If it helps, Then just
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  Speaker 1: bring your awareness to your breathing, feeling the air coming
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  Speaker 1: in and going out. Sense the areas of your body
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  Speaker 1: that are in contact with the mattress below. Feel where
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  Speaker 1: the body moves with the breath and where it remains still.
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  Speaker 1: As the air continues to flow gently in and smoothly
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  Speaker 1: back out, notice your body Relaxing more and more with
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  Speaker 1: each exhale. If thoughts continue to pop up in the mind,
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  Speaker 1: don't stress it. That is completely normal and it's not
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  Speaker 1: something you need to resist. Just simply acknowledge the thought,
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  Speaker 1: but don't feel like you need to take any action
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  Speaker 1: whatsoever in dealing with it right now. Allow it to
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  Speaker 1: just fade away into the background. And if it's of importance,
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  Speaker 1: It will come back to you another time when you're
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  Speaker 1: better equipped to take care of it. Let this be
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  Speaker 1: your time completely and fully to take care of yourself
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  Speaker 1: and to simply relax. As you continue sinking into bed,
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  Speaker 1: let's turn to our story. We begin in a high
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  Speaker 1: school gym with a young man named Jaron.
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  Speaker 2: Jaron Coles was standing inside a gymnasium. But it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: just any gym. It was his gym. The floor was
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  Speaker 2: wooden and springy, with a few cracks here and there.
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  Speaker 2: Everything was just as he remembered it from his middle
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  Speaker 2: and high school days. Jaron hadn't been back here since
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  Speaker 2: the last week before his high school graduation. He'd moved
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  Speaker 2: away for college and had almost forgotten this place that
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  Speaker 2: used to be his home away from home. Now, he
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  Speaker 2: was a college sophomore. He'd gotten a rare three-day weekend
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  Speaker 2: and decided to visit his hometown his parents had gone
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  Speaker 2: out for the evening, and he was on the verge
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  Speaker 2: of taking a nap while the house was quiet. But then,
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  Speaker 2: he got the urge to visit the old court. He
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  Speaker 2: was pleased to find the doors unlocked as he suspected
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  Speaker 2: they would be. Back in the day, His hunger to
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  Speaker 2: spend every free moment he could on the basketball court
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  Speaker 2: inspired him to learn the weekly gym schedule. It hadn't
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  Speaker 2: changed once in four years. There was a Saturday night
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  Speaker 2: pickleball session slated for two hours later that day. And
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  Speaker 2: Coach Larrington, the P.E. instructor, tended to come unlock the
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  Speaker 2: doors a few hours ahead of game time. That was
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  Speaker 2: so he wouldn't have to leave his weekend band practice
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  Speaker 2: to let the eager seniors inside. Basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls,
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  Speaker 2: jump ropes, and all manner of equipment littered the ground.
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  Speaker 2: It was a floor prepared for the kids who would
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  Speaker 2: need a variety of activities. to use up their energy.
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  Speaker 2: Larrington must not have bothered to clean up the chaos
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  Speaker 2: left behind by those who were in here the previous afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Jaren picked up a jump rope. He nudged a soccer
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  Speaker 2: ball and a couple of bright orange plastic cones out
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  Speaker 2: of his way and stood still holding the rope. He
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  Speaker 2: explored the handles gingerly, feeling a sense of anticipation. It
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  Speaker 2: had been a while since he'd jumped rope, but he
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  Speaker 2: had to give it a try. He gently swung the
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  Speaker 2: rope high over his head and felt the cable come
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  Speaker 2: to rest on the back of his ankles. Adjusting his grip,
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  Speaker 2: he swung the cable up and over. And jumped. And jumped.
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  Speaker 2: And jumped again. Four. Five. Six. Seven. He counted. He
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  Speaker 2: missed number eight. He'd try again. He readjusted and swung.
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  Speaker 2: He jumped and jumped, getting into a good rhythm as
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  Speaker 2: his feet tapped the floor. Jaren stopped and smiled in triumph.
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  Speaker 2: He'd gotten ten in a row. Now it was time
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  Speaker 2: for another ten. This time, he passed ten And kept going.
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  Speaker 2: He made it to 15. And then 20. On and on.
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  Speaker 2: The rhythmic jumping continued. All the way to 24. He
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  Speaker 2: was on a roll. Soon. He was creeping up on 33.
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  Speaker 2: He hit 40. and decided that that was enough with
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  Speaker 2: the jump rope. Jaren set the rope down, bent over,
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  Speaker 2: and let his hands find his knees as he breathed
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  Speaker 2: in deeply. Then he remembered that holding them up high
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  Speaker 2: was the proper way to help his lungs draw in
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  Speaker 2: more air. So, He straightened and stretched, resting his hands
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  Speaker 2: on the back. of his head after a few minutes
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  Speaker 2: of deep breathing he looked around the gym again he
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  Speaker 2: remembered the nights he would watch his sister play volleyball
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  Speaker 2: from the cold bleachers and how he would use the
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  Speaker 2: penny to scratch at the faded gray paint at his
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  Speaker 2: side His eyes traced the rows of seats up to
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  Speaker 2: the black wall at the highest level. He focused on
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  Speaker 2: the painting of the Red Wolverine, the school's mascot in
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  Speaker 2: the center of the wall. It was a good mascot.
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  Speaker 2: His friend Ray had been the one to dress up
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  Speaker 2: in the rubber suit and jump around in a frenzy
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  Speaker 2: to stir up the crowd His habit of brandishing the
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  Speaker 2: fake claws at the opposing team during halftime shows had
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  Speaker 2: almost cost him the job, but it was all in
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  Speaker 2: good fun. Jaren stretched and bent sideways, slightly curving his
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  Speaker 2: arms and spine. It felt good to use these muscles again. Then,
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  Speaker 2: He walked calmly over to a free throw line. A
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  Speaker 2: leather basketball was waiting. It was a good ball. Not
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  Speaker 2: one of the lumpy rubber ones the little kids would
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  Speaker 2: kick across the court. It wasn't even one of the faded,
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  Speaker 2: peeling leather ones that looked like it had been a
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  Speaker 2: team favorite ten years prior. This was game ball quality.
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  Speaker 2: Jaron picked it up, then dropped it, and grinned with
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  Speaker 2: pleasure as the ball sprung easily off the wooden floor
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  Speaker 2: and back up into his hands. He bounced it a
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  Speaker 2: couple more times, shuffled his feet, and twisted his body slightly.
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  Speaker 2: He caught the ball one last time and held it.
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  Speaker 2: squared his feet with his shoulders, checked his hand placement,
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  Speaker 2: and then looked up to the goal. He shot in
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  Speaker 2: one smooth motion. He bent his knees and sprang upward
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  Speaker 2: without letting his feet leave the floor. Standing on the
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  Speaker 2: balls of his feet, With his legs locked in tight
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  Speaker 2: perpendicular form, he brought his bent elbow up to chest level.
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  Speaker 2: His right hand was in front, and a bit to
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  Speaker 2: the left of his face. The ball was inside his palm.
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  Speaker 2: He raised them both up, just slightly above his head,
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  Speaker 2: and released before his arm was fully extended. The ball
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  Speaker 2: launched into the air in a perfect arc. Then, it
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  Speaker 2: plummeted down to the earth below. Swish. Nothing but net.
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  Speaker 2: It was a perfect shot. A wave of pleasure warmed
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  Speaker 2: Jaren's chest. It was an inexplicable feeling like the one
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  Speaker 2: he got when he was outside his parents' house, and
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  Speaker 2: the breeze hit at just the right temperature. The ball
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  Speaker 2: fell and bounced back toward him, almost like it was
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  Speaker 2: returning itself to him. Jaron didn't move. He caught it
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  Speaker 2: and repeated his formula. He let the ball drop and
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  Speaker 2: bounced back into his hands. He shuffled his feet, squared
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  Speaker 2: them with his shoulders, checked his grip, bent his knees,
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  Speaker 2: and fired. This time, what he heard was more of
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  Speaker 2: a hollow boinging sound. It was a mess. the ball
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  Speaker 2: bounced off the rim. That was to be expected, since
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  Speaker 2: he hadn't taken time to practice for a couple of weeks. Mrs.
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  Speaker 2: brought a completely different feeling, kind of like when he
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  Speaker 2: was eating his uncle's mouth-watering black cobbler last Thanksgiving, and
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  Speaker 2: a juicy portion fell from his fork to the floor
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  Speaker 2: beneath the table. This time, Jaren had to leave the
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  Speaker 2: line and catch the ball before it traveled too far.
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  Speaker 2: He returned and set himself up again. Then, he repeated
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  Speaker 2: the formula. Swish. Ball. Swish. Swish. Swish. There it is,
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  Speaker 2: he said, sighing with pleasure. Basketball had been his sport.
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  Speaker 2: He was almost as good at it as his sister
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  Speaker 2: was at volleyball. She helped carry her team to two
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  Speaker 2: state championships, her junior and senior years.
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  Speaker 3: The payoff?
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  Speaker 2: The payoff? was a choice scholarship. Coach Witt was always
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  Speaker 2: so hard on him when it came to making free throws. Often,
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  Speaker 2: they were the difference between winning and losing, he'd say.
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  Speaker 2: Coach would be laughing at my percentage now, Jaron chuckled
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  Speaker 2: to himself. He returned to the formula. Swish. Boom. Swish.
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  Speaker 2: It was a relaxing pattern, something he could lose himself
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  Speaker 2: in without thinking. It was just muscle memory and repetition,
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  Speaker 2: like washing dishes. Jaron was about to launch a final
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  Speaker 2: round of free throws when he heard a heavy metal
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  Speaker 2: door close at the far end of the gym. A
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  Speaker 2: newcomer had arrived. A lanky guy, dressed in shorts and
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  Speaker 2: a tank top, ambled onto the court. He paused at
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  Speaker 2: the baseline, to change out of his street shoes into
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  Speaker 2: a pair of crisp basketball shoes. Jaren thought he wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: mind owning a pair of his own. The stranger walked
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  Speaker 2: past all the balls and toys on the ground without
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  Speaker 2: even sparing them a glance. His eyes were locked on Jaren,
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  Speaker 2: He was comfortable on a basketball court. Jaron could tell
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  Speaker 2: by the way he moved. Jaron returned to his free throws.
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  Speaker 2: He wasn't sure what this guy wanted, but he knew
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  Speaker 2: he'd find out soon enough. One-on-one, the newcomer said, as
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  Speaker 2: he approached half court. Jaren caught his rebound and turned
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  Speaker 2: back to face him. He shrugged and gave him a
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  Speaker 2: nonchalant expression. Sure, he said. The newcomer smiled and introduced
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  Speaker 2: himself as Jax. Jaren gave his name as well. Jax
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  Speaker 2: nodded and walked to the sideline, where he slipped out
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  Speaker 2: of his backpack and placed it on the bleachers, not
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  Speaker 2: far from Jaren's bag. Jax walked back onto the court
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  Speaker 2: and picked up a ball lying just outside the three-point line.
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  Speaker 2: Let me warm up a bit, Jack said. Jaron nodded
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  Speaker 2: and told him it wasn't a problem. He hadn't finished
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  Speaker 2: warming up himself. He moved off the free throw line
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  Speaker 2: and began practicing his jump shot, layups, And fadeaways. He
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  Speaker 2: and Jax were about to compete for real. There was
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  Speaker 2: nothing on the line. But Jaren still wanted to be
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  Speaker 2: as ready as possible. To put his best foot forward.
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  Speaker 2: It was a matter of pride. He watched Jax as
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  Speaker 2: he practiced. This guy was good. He started by draining
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  Speaker 2: jumper after jumper, going around the world, or around the
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  Speaker 2: perimeter of the three-point line. Then he switched to driving
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  Speaker 2: and shooting off his dribble, practicing crossovers, post-up fadeaways. Jaren
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  Speaker 2: couldn't see any flaws in his form. or shot choices,
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  Speaker 2: and he handled the ball well. No carries or double dribbles.
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  Speaker 2: He never even walked or even lost the ball on
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  Speaker 2: tricky crossovers. This was going to be a game. After
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  Speaker 2: he'd worked up a light sweat, Jaron felt ready, Let's
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  Speaker 2: check up, he said. Jax nodded. Jaren gave him the
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  Speaker 2: game-quality ball and told him to shoot to see who
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  Speaker 2: would get the ball first. If Jax made it and
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  Speaker 2: Jaren didn't, he would start the game with the first possession.
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  Speaker 2: Jax squared up on the three-point line and shot. He
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  Speaker 2: made it. Jaren took a turn. He made it too.
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  Speaker 2: Jax smiled. Let's go again, I guess, he said. They
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  Speaker 2: both made their shots again. Go further out, Jaren suggested.
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  Speaker 2: Jax missed. Jaren didn't. It was his ball. Make it,
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  Speaker 2: take it? Jaren asked. Jax nodded. This meant Jaren would
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  Speaker 2: keep possession of the ball each time he scored. Possession
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't go to Jax until he stopped Jaren and took
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  Speaker 2: the ball or Jaren made a mistake and turned the
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  Speaker 2: ball over. Ones and twos? Jax asked. Jaren agreed. Every
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  Speaker 2: shot below the three-point line would count as one point.
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  Speaker 2: Everything outside the line would count as two points. This
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  Speaker 2: was the best way to play. It made the game
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  Speaker 2: more interesting. Jaren passed the ball to Jax. And he
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  Speaker 2: returned it. In the ritual checkup. And now the ball
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  Speaker 2: was live. Jaren lunged to his right. And Jax followed him.
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  Speaker 2: He shifted his defensive stance to Jaren's right. But not
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  Speaker 2: too much just in case it was a feint. It was.
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  Speaker 2: Jaren dribbled the ball between his legs. to switch to
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  Speaker 2: his left hand and charge left. Jax followed. Just as
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  Speaker 2: Jax began to cut off Jaren's leftward drive, Jaren switched
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  Speaker 2: hands again, this time dribbling the ball behind his back
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  Speaker 2: to his right. He dribbled sideways and stepped right one
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  Speaker 2: more time to create a bit more space and jump
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  Speaker 2: for a mid-range shot. Jax was just a little too
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  Speaker 2: late to block. The shot was good. Jax caught the rebound,
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  Speaker 2: passed the ball back, and complimented Jaron on his shot.
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  Speaker 2: Jaron nodded and checked up again. This time he dribbled forward,
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  Speaker 2: rocking left, and then right, and then left again. He
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  Speaker 2: wanted to keep Jax guessing. The movement wasn't enough to
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  Speaker 2: trick Jax, but Jaren hoped it would keep him too
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  Speaker 2: preoccupied to catch his real motive. Then Jaren launched his
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  Speaker 2: whole body to the left, Only he didn't move away
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  Speaker 2: from Jax. He came towards them. He was careful to
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  Speaker 2: keep the ball out of his opponent's reach. Jax didn't
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  Speaker 2: see it coming. But he was a good defender. He
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  Speaker 2: lined his body up with Jaren's at a sharp angle.
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  Speaker 2: He placed a hand on Jaren's hip to brace himself
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  Speaker 2: for the impact. and made it harder for Jaren to
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  Speaker 2: move away. Jax knew the ball was out of reach,
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  Speaker 2: so he didn't waste his time or balance lunging for it.
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  Speaker 2: He kept his feet planted and waited for Jaren's next move.
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  Speaker 2: Jaren was already in motion, keeping the ball in his
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  Speaker 2: left hand. He half spun back towards his right but
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  Speaker 2: it was another feint. He felt Jax moving with him
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  Speaker 2: and sharply cut off the spin. He brought the ball
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  Speaker 2: back to the left and drove. Jax was cut off guard,
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  Speaker 2: but he was fast. He recovered almost in time to
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  Speaker 2: cut off the drive, but Jaron wasn't finished. He bounced
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  Speaker 2: the ball behind his back and switched to his right hand,
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  Speaker 2: shuffled his feet right, and then drove hard for the basket.
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  Speaker 2: Jax couldn't recover. It was an easy layup. Jaren returned
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  Speaker 2: to the top of the key. Nice point, Jax said.
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  Speaker 2: The words sounded mechanical. Jax was complimenting him, but his
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  Speaker 2: mind was on the game. He hadn't given up. Jaren
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  Speaker 2: checked the ball and started again. He scored two more
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  Speaker 2: times before Jax stopped him on the fifth possession with
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  Speaker 2: a strong block. Jax took possession. dribbled the ball behind
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  Speaker 2: the three-point line, and fired. Swish. What are we going to?
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  Speaker 2: He asked calmly, as if he weren't losing. Fifteen, Jaren suggested.
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  Speaker 2: Jax agreed. He checked the ball, and immediately drove. Jaren followed,
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  Speaker 2: but Jack stopped on a dime and hopped backwards, keeping
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  Speaker 2: his dribble live. He created at least two feet of
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  Speaker 2: space between them and was behind the three-point line again.
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  Speaker 2: He fired. The ball went in. They were tied. The
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  Speaker 2: game continued. Both players were good in their own ways.
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  Speaker 2: Jax was a stronger shooter, and he handled the ball
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  Speaker 2: well enough to consistently catch his defender off guard and
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  Speaker 2: take open shots. Jaron was a shifty ball handler. He
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  Speaker 2: created perfect angles to drive the ball in for layup
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  Speaker 2: or jump shot. they both made their shots almost every
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  Speaker 2: time they got a decent opening so they quickly realized
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  Speaker 2: putting up a strong defense was the key for either
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  Speaker 2: player to win it was game point Jaren and Jax
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  Speaker 2: were tied. It was Jaren's ball. At this point, both
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  Speaker 2: players were tired. They'd shown each other their best moves,
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  Speaker 2: and they'd been running hard for 15 minutes. Jaren was right-handed.
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  Speaker 2: Jax had figured that out early in the game and
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  Speaker 2: generally expected him to go right. But he also knew
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  Speaker 2: by now that Jaren wasn't afraid to go left, and
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  Speaker 2: he could finish a point with his left hand almost
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  Speaker 2: as easily as he could with his right. Which way
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  Speaker 2: would Jaren go? He dribbled right. Jack stayed with him.
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  Speaker 2: Jaren dribbled backward. He crossed left. Right. Right. between his legs,
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  Speaker 2: shifted left, and then back right. He was trying to
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  Speaker 2: knock Jax off balance. It wasn't working. Jax was staying
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  Speaker 2: with him, maintaining a near-perfect separation of space, almost as
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  Speaker 2: if they are connected by an invisible thread. Neither player
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  Speaker 2: was giving in. Trickery wasn't going to work. Jaren committed.
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  Speaker 2: He dribbled right. Jax was right there. Jaren lifted his
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  Speaker 2: upper body mid-dribble, as if he were going to shoot.
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  Speaker 2: But Jax didn't fall for the feint. Jaren pulled backward.
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  Speaker 2: He was on the right-hand side of the goal now.
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  Speaker 2: He reset, tested the waters with a few more crossovers,
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  Speaker 2: and then tried left. Jax followed. Jaren went for it.
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  Speaker 2: He picked up his dribble, shifted his feet back to
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  Speaker 2: the right, and passed the ball behind his back to
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  Speaker 2: his right hand. Jax was prepared.
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  Speaker 3: He jumped.
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  Speaker 2: He jumped. ready to block. Jaren jumped and then leaned forward,
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  Speaker 2: almost as if he intended to lie down on a
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  Speaker 2: soft bed. He extended his arm and flipped the ball
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  Speaker 2: up towards the basket with a near-perfect finger roll. Jack's
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  Speaker 2: blocking hand barely missed. The ball went in. Jaren won.
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  Speaker 2: The ball fell from the net and bounced harmlessly away
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  Speaker 2: from the duo. Good game, Jack said first, with his
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  Speaker 2: hand extended. Jaren shook his hand. You too. You're good.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't had to go that hard against anyone in
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  Speaker 2: a while. Same, Jax replied. The two laughed like old friends.
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  Speaker 2: It reminded Jaren of the times. He used to laugh
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  Speaker 2: with kids he'd known back when he played in this gym.
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  Speaker 2: All the time. I'd say run it back, Jaren said.
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  Speaker 2: But I feel like I'm done. to be honest. Jack
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  Speaker 2: suggested they meet for another game sometime. He was from
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  Speaker 2: a nearby town and was just visiting his grandmother, but
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  Speaker 2: he'd be back periodically throughout the year. As they walked
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  Speaker 2: to the sideline to grab their belongings, Jaron explained that
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  Speaker 2: he was visiting too and was just home from college
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  Speaker 2: for the weekend Jax asked where he went and smiled
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  Speaker 2: when Jaren gave him the name of his school. Jax
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  Speaker 2: went to the same college. Wow, Jaren said, we definitely
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  Speaker 2: need to meet for another game. The two new friends
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  Speaker 2: exchanged phone numbers and started changing into their street shoes.
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: While they gathered their things, they talked about their hometowns
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  Speaker 2: and their amateur baseball career highlights. Jax and Jaron would
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  Speaker 2: probably have played against each other in high school, except
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  Speaker 2: Jax' school was bigger and sorted in a different division.
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  Speaker 2: They were walking to the parking lot now, Basketball shoes
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  Speaker 2: in hand and backpacks slung across their shoulders. Jaron promised
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  Speaker 2: to text when he got back to school. Jack said
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  Speaker 2: he'd reply and they could meet up. Jaron was happy
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  Speaker 2: about how today had gone. He made plenty of friends
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  Speaker 2: since adjusting to his new school. But the excitement of
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  Speaker 2: meeting someone new, who he genuinely liked, never got old.
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  Speaker 2: Jax pulled a keychain from his pocket. From this way,
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  Speaker 2: he gestured with his free hand. He was pointing in
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  Speaker 2: the opposite direction of Jaren's car. Jaren nodded and extended
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  Speaker 2: his hand. It was cool playing with you, he said.
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  Speaker 2: Next time, you're going to lose again. Jax laughed, shook
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  Speaker 2: Jaren's hand, and said goodbye. Jaren drove back to his
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  Speaker 2: parents' house, feeling content and relaxed. When he got home,
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  Speaker 2: he went straight to the shower, His parents were still out.
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  Speaker 2: They'd probably be back in another couple of hours. Plenty
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  Speaker 2: of time to wash up and take a nap. The
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  Speaker 2: water was hot and refreshing. Nothing compared to a steamy
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  Speaker 2: shower with its favorite body wash and conditioner after a
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  Speaker 2: hard game. Twenty minutes later, he opened the foggy glass
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  Speaker 2: door and climbed out onto a soft bath mat. He
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  Speaker 2: dried himself off, massaged a leave-in conditioner through his hair,
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  Speaker 2: and put on a styling cap to protect his hair
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  Speaker 2: and make sure it wouldn't dry out while he slept.
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  Speaker 2: Then he pulled on his favorite t-shirt and hauled his
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  Speaker 2: laundry to his room. Five minutes later, his clothes were
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  Speaker 2: put away and Jaron was burrowed deep into his sheets
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  Speaker 2: and favorite comforter. He rested his head on his soft
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  Speaker 2: pillows And felt so relaxed. For a few blissful moments.
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  Speaker 2: Before he nodded off. Everything was just as it had been.
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  Speaker 2: When he was still a kid. Without a care in
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  Speaker 2: the world. And with that. he drifted peacefully off to sleep.
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