All the Noise at Once: Chapters 21–26

by DeAndra Davis
Aiden finally makes the football team like his beloved older brother Brandon, but when Brandon is unjustly arrested, Aiden is desperate to clear his brother's name.

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  1. misguided
    poorly conceived or thought out
    “Brandon Wright’s lawyers will have you believe that he is innocent. They will have you believe that this lawsuit is an effort to frame a promising young star and rob him of a future. That is not the case. Brandon Wright is guilty of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest in a misguided effort to help that boy.”
  2. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
    I look to Mom, and she is stoic and unsurprised.
  3. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
    Around us, people yell and whoop, some playing basketball, some off to the side finding other activities to avoid the raucous undertakings happening in the middle of the gym.
  4. unprovoked
    occurring without motivation or incitement
    She knew he had this video; she knew that he had video proof that a cop attacked me unprovoked and then accused me wrongfully.
  5. kudos
    an expression of approval and commendation
    “Then kudos to her. She helped get me arrested, now she’s helping fix it.”
  6. jostle
    come into rough contact with while moving
    Someone grabs my shoulders and jostles me.
  7. inherently
    in an essential manner
    A vote for Brandon is inherently a vote against Reg, and Bernard is not wrong for wanting to defend his boyfriend.
  8. abrasive
    sharply disagreeable, unpleasant, or harsh
    His voice is like a pumice stone. Abrasive.
  9. dejection
    a state of melancholy depression
    Sadness spreads out like fog, filling all the spaces between us, connecting us in collected dejection.
  10. buoyant
    characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
    I wonder what things were like last year, with Brandon at the helm, buoyant after the win, hopeful for playoffs and the end of the season.
  11. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
    “Guilty, by definition, means culpable or responsible for a specified wrongdoing,” I say now.
  12. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
    Brandon was not quite treated like a pariah, but everything did fall apart around him.
  13. waft
    be driven or carried along, as by the air
    Isabella flips her hair and her scent—cranberries and lemons—wafts over to me.
  14. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
    Even though I am totally inept with longer catches, Brandon knows how to throw, and it sails right into my outstretched hands.
  15. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
    His face is incredulous.
Created on Mon Feb 02 09:25:55 EST 2026 (updated Fri Feb 20 19:33:08 EST 2026)

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