" I've never bonded with anyone before. I didn't know that day on the field that standing up to him the way I did could earn his respect. He might have been an asshole homophobe but he was my asshole homophobe and probably the first real friend I ever had. I love him. Don't tell him. He wouldn't want to hear it. "

― Mercy Celeste , Bootleg Diva: Confessions of a Quarterback Princess by Levi Brody (Southern Scrimmage, #4)