Chapter 10-2

"We're not in a fight or anything," Marley curled her legs up to her chest with a conflicted sigh, "He's been having trouble with his team. He's had to dedicate more of his personal time to football because of it, but he's been lying to me the whole time. In his mind it's protecting me but in reality, it just puts a divide between us if he can't confide in his own girlfriend about a big part of his life." "What did he tell you?" Ellie questioned carefully. "About the team's problem with him." "He told me that the hazing towards freshman is toxic. That they pretend to be friends with the freshman, invite them to parties and throw girls at them just to collect leverage they can use for blackmail because the juniors and seniors only care about getting field time. Aiden told me that he doesn't pretend to like the seniors, he doesn't pretend he can't play football for their gain and he doesn't participate in the parties or...girls, which results in him having to do