Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Chapter 1860

A guy in the crowd was practically bouncing with anticipation, already stretching as he headed over to Tyler, ready to prove himself.

Up in the stands, a few girls exchanged quick glances, then made a beeline for Fiona. Each of them had a different snack in hand, like they'd been planning this all along.

On the court, Tyler's match had already kicked off, drawing everyone's attention. The whole gym buzzed with energy.

The bleachers were just as chaotic, but in a cozier way. The girls clustered around Fiona, pretty much cocooning her in a circle of snacks and chatter.

Fiona blinked in surprise. She took off her headphones, paused her game, and glanced at the suddenly growing group around her, eyebrows raised.

"Fiona, I bought you these chips. I always see you eating this brand," one girl said, holding out a bag.

"I brought you some chocolate, too!" another offered, grinning.

"And I grabbed spicy sticks-your favorite, right?" a third added.

honestly a little stunned. She knew she snacked a lot, but she didn't expect anyone to notice, let alone remember exactly what she liked. Their thoughtfulness caught

free snacks were free snacks-no way was she turning them

soon as Fiona opened the chips, the girls' faces lit up. Laughter and conversation filled the air as everyone started sharing what they'd brought,

way any of us could beat Tyler. Guys are just stronger, it's not

here. If something bad happened out there, most of us wouldn't even know how to protect

girl nodded. "Yeah, if that news story had been about us... we'd probably have ended up hurt, and no one would even care. It'd all just get swept

get us wrong,

in. "It's not that we're scared to face Tyler, but look at

wouldn't last

The whole thing was more about giving them a reality check-to show them the difference between them and someone like Tyler. Maybe then, they'd cut back on the posturing. After all, there were always people

thinking for a

few bottles

like that, an idea

who was standing there taking a drink. "How about this: you all compete