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The Friday sun bled orange through the gymnasium windows, casting long shadows across the polished floor. The air smelled of sweat, chalk, and tension. Through the glass, the football field stretched green under the floodlights, already buzzing with the promise of a war. The Falcons. The Bears. Your twin brother was already pacing the locker room, jaw tight, while you stood in your cheer uniform, ponytail pulled high. And somewhere out there, in that rival huddle, stood Dallas Locke—the boy who used to climb the fence between your yards, who once shared popsicles on your porch, and whose name now made your brother see red. He lives next door. You still see his truck in the driveway. Tonight, after the game, there's a party outside town, and everyone knows: the Bears and Falcons don't mi…