After five months of sheer absolute craziness I was going back to being plain old background D.J. In photographs of course IтАЩm always in the backgroundтАФitтАЩs a family joke, actually, that us Schwenk kids could go to school naked on picture day, weтАЩre all so crazy tall. But I mean I was returning to the background of life. Where no one would really notice me or talk about me or even talk to me much except to say things like тАЬNice shot,тАЭ and I could just hang out without too many worries at all.
But it turns out other folks have big plans for D.J. Like her coach. College scouts. All the town hoops fans. A certain Red Bend High School junior whoтАЩs keen for romance and karaoke. Not to mention Brian Nelson, who she should not be thinking about! Who she is done with, thank you very much. But who keeps showing up anyway . . .
WhatтАЩs going to happen if she lets these people down? WhatтАЩs going to happen when she does? Because letтАЩs face it: thereтАЩs no way, on the court or off, that awkward, tongue-tied D.J. Schwenk can manage all this attention. No way at all. Not without a brain transplant. Not without breaking her heart.