Sidelined- The Qb And Me [patched] -

They cheered for the arm. They cheered for the win. But when the whistle blew and the crowd went home, The silence was the loudest thing in the locker room.

He just knocked on my car window. He’s still in his jersey. It’s raining now (because of course it is). And he’s holding a boom box over his head. Sidelined- The QB and Me

The protagonist of this story (often the "Me" in the title) is usually not a player. She is the dancer, the academic, the girl whose mother is battling a long-term illness, or the newcomer who refuses to be impressed by varsity jackets. She is sidelined from the school's social hierarchy by choice or by circumstance. They cheered for the arm