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Game day

Yang was in Gabe's bed restfully asleep till she woke up. She looked to the other side of the bed and saw Gabe's face looking angry. "Aah!" Gabe said as he woke up in a cold sweat. "Shh shh. Calm down don't worry. I'm here." Yang said. Gabe hugged Yang and went back to sleep.

That morning when Yang woke up, she didn't see Gabe in the bed with her. She walked sown and seen all the girls wondering where the guys went. "Where did all the guys go?" Yang asked. Audrey, looking more awake than the others, answered. "Oh, they're out on the farm putting some work in since it been so long. They always get up this early." "But why?" Pyrrha asked. "Well they need to make money somehow. Taking care of 6 people all by yourself is hard. That's why when we were 12, me, Juane and Gabe got jobs. Took him a while for dad to trust them to work on that farm. They're not going to stop now." Audrey answered proudly.

After breakfast the girls went to go see the guys. The saw Ren with his shirt off, sort of a beekeeper's hat and shorts, Mike with no hat, in jeans and a small t-shirt. Gabe was in a farmers' button up shirt and a baseball cap with jeans on. Juane had baige shorts, a cowboy hat on, and a tank top. They saw the Truck and started walking towards it. "Wow, I think it's getting hotter than usual." Gabe exclaimed. "Yah, or we're just not used to work on the farm." Juane joked. They laughed at their fun as they walked to the truck. Immediately Nora ran to go hug a shirtless Ren. "Please tell me I'm dreaming." She mumbled. "Well you're not. This is all me." Ren said as he picked Nora up onto his shoulders. Audrey handed the guys some sweet tea. Mike gulped his down. "Aah. Nothing like Southern sweet tea." The guys went to go back to work. "Hold up," Weiss complained, "when are you guys getting out?" "Around three, why?" Gabe answered. "What?! It's barely nine o'clock. You've guys been out here for four hours. What are we supposed to do till you guys get off?" Weiss whined. Mike was mad. "Well sorry that not all of us have people to do whatever we want. That the lot of us have to work for what we want. Sorry that your damned family just takes what they want. They want these fields saying that there's Dust under them even though the only dust that'll ever be here is the dust that's kicked up from our boots. Well we're never going to hand 'em over. These fields have been in the family for generations before and to come." Mike fumed. Weiss just stood there shocked. Gabe looked at Mike with the stare. Mike looked down. "I'm sorry. It's just a touchy subject." The guys went back to work and the girls went to town.

While the girls drove to the town, a song came up at only Audrey and Neo knew.

When I feel that chill, smell that fresh cut grass
I'm back in my helmet, cleats, and shoulder pads
Standing in the huddle, listening to the call
Fans going crazy for the boys of fall

They didn't let just anybody in that club
Took every ounce of heart and sweat and blood
To get to wear those game-day jerseys down the hall
The kings of the school, man, we're the boys of fall

Well it's turn to face the stars and stripes
It's fighting back them butterflies
It's call it in the air, alright
Yes sir, we want the ball
And it's knocking heads and talking trash
It's slinging mud and dirt and grass
It's I got your number, I got your back
When your back's against the wall
You mess with one man, you got us all
The boys of fall

In little towns like mine, that's all they've got
Newspaper clippings fill the coffee shops
The old men will always think they know it all
Young girls will dream about the boys of fall

Well it's turn and face the stars and stripes
It's fighting back them butterflies
It's call it in the air, alright
Yes sir, we want the ball
And it's knocking heads and talking trash
It's slinging mud and dirt and grass
It's I got your number, I got your back
When your back's against the wall
You mess with one man, you got us all
The boys of fall