The Patriot Way: Julian Edelman

Ch 1: Elle

Being an NFL sister is seriously a pain in my ass. Sure I get to go to games and go to wild after parties, supervised of course, but it's more than I ever thought it would be. Of course my brother is the one putting in the work, but I'm the organizer behind the scenes. I'm the one who books the flights, hotels, and game tickets for my whole family to come in from California all the way to Foxborough. All joking aside, I love having a brother who plays in the NFL. It's pretty awesome being a college student at Boston University and having a brother close by who is friends with famous people.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, my brother is this small unknown Quarterback who plays for the New England Patriots. What's his name again?.. hmm..oh ya—Tom MF Brady.

I am currently finishing up my Master's degree at Boston university in Exercise Science— I want to be an athletic trainer when I finish my degree. When someone gets hurt, I want to be the first one on the field to help. It always bothered me watching my brother get hurt, growing up, and not being able to help him in any way. That's why I made the decision to pursue athletic training.

It's been an interesting Senior year to say the least. First, I broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years back in April, turns out I'm not into men who cheat. Tyson was a dick, and I refused to stick around to see how many more times he could cheat on me before I found out again. I don't deserve that. I deserve someone who will be honest and faithful to me without having to be begged. And I've been single ever since then, well...kind of. Just because I've been single doesn't mean that I haven't been mingling. I've been with a couple of guys over the summer. One was a surfer in Jersey, another was an up and coming musician from Rhode Island—who I ended up weirdly becoming best friends with, and the other one was an NFL player. I kind of have to keep that last one on the down-low since my brother made me promise that I "will not fuck any of his teammates", but COME ON I'm around them all of the time at those off-season parties. Mix hot guys with me drowning away my ex boyfriend with a bottle of tequila, and you're naturally gonna have some accidental fucking along the way.

I roll out of bed to get ready before I head to class. Today I take my final exam to become an official Athletic trainer. Lucky for me, I know some athletes that can get me a sweet internship for this year. I interviewed for the internship a month ago and the patriots decided to add another Brady to their roster, at least just for this season. If I could get hired on for next season that would be amazing, but just like an NFL player...next season isn't promised. Instead of worrying I'm choosing to focus on the positive—I get to work for my brothers team, I get to continue living in Boston with all my friends, and I get to do what I love for the team that I love.

I quickly shower and change before making a cup of coffee and heading out the door. I drive the 30 minutes to campus and take a deep breath before walking in. This is the day that my life changes forever.

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I exit the exam room with a smile on my face. It's over...my college days are over. I already moved out of my dorm and into my current apartment in Foxborough. I decided to finish my degree in the summer semester so that I could intern in the fall. I'm still super close with my college roommates, aka my best friends for life. They still come over for sleepovers to catch up every once in a while. Ava is a Nurse and Delilah is a cosmetologist by day and a bartender by night.

I get in my car and text everyone I know that I passed my exam.

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Me: I passed!!

Ava: OMG congrats!!

Del: That's our girlll...are we celebrating tonight or what??

Ava: I'm in!