A Time of Innocence

The girl who had asked was he awake and called me out into the hall was tiny, maybe five foot and 90 pounds. In our brief conversation she explained that she felt it was all her fault, because she was supposed to be blocking. Rationally I knew she was not at fault, but for a split second I felt rage, but just for a split second. Over the next few hours, I put together what I believe happened from everyone's accounts. The band had an intramural football team. Before their game it had rained and the field was wet. He was QB, two coming at him, one from both sides. One of them fell under him. He went to jump over them and the other one hit him in the shoulders. He spun upside down and landed on his head. He got up with the football, looked dazed, dropped the football, said, "Oh shit." and fell to the ground unconscious. Ambulance called.