#Chapter 136: The Championship Game

Lucas POV

As distracting as Shana's kiss had been, I had to force myself to focus now.

The atmosphere in the locker room was charged with anticipation as my team huddled together. The championship game was just minutes away, and every player could feel the weight of what that meant.

I knew that all the training and practice had brought us here, but there was a part of me that felt as though it wasn't enough. My heart raced, and my palms were sweaty, the nervousness overtaking me.

While some of the other players were cracking jokes, I sat on one of the benches in the locker room with my head down. As I closed my eyes, I replayed all of our drills in my head.

I thought about who needed to be where and how we could best gain some kind of advantage.

We had a strong defense, which is why we had gotten so far. That was our biggest asset. I really needed to rely on our bigger guys to push the other team away from our goal.

If we all worked together, it should be fine. It should all be fine,