(S40) PT #4 - The Glory Days

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Carissa gets a reminder on the way to practice from her photos app. It's one of those throwback things that's usually a picture of a mountain or flower or a stupid locker room selfie before a game. But this one stops her in her tracks because it's from 10 years ago, and it's one of the incredibly pixelated photos she imported from the bedazzled flip phone she had all through high school. It's her and her softball team at one of the European tournaments she'd attended. She'd tried every single sport under the sun, and loved team sports. But she and softball hadn't quite worked out - she's smiling in the picture, that much you can see, but she remembers how she'd thrown the bat after being struck out twice by a smug pitcher. She'd almost punched a teammate for missing a catch and her dads had suggested she try football instead. She'd had one tackle and dropped every other sport.