She kept stealing glances toward dad.Finally, dad said this couldn't go on any longer, and I began crying, as did Glen.Quick to understand our misplac...d grief, dad quickly clarified, "No girls, not your relationship has to stop, but the idea that you might be pregnant!"What? "What are you talking about?" I spoke up on a reflex.Dad went on to explain, while mom sat on his lap, hugging him, "I hate to say that I saw this possible outcome, so I had some lengthy discussions with our doctor. You. ." I made you something!" Jane was at the stove, busy finishing dinner. Ted was in the kitchen too, enjoying a glass of wine."Oh?" Ted asked."Yup! It's on the countertop over there." What's this?" Ted picked up a large three ring binder, "should I open it?" Yes," Jane said, looking away and trembling slightly. Would she be able to go through with this? She wondered.Ted's eyes bugged out as he flipped through the pages in the binder. It was a photo album of pictures of Jane!"Why thank you!" Ted. Our Junior Varsity team would play their scrubs. Col. Travis went on to say that, since our J.V. squad only had forty-one players, four freshmen would be chosen to round out the squad at forty-five, the same number that dressed for varsity games.I had a hard time suppressing my excitement on the way back to the room. I suppose every freshman kid expected to be picked, but I was confident that I would be one of the four. I couldn't wait until practice the following day when the coaches would. He had just been sweeping up when he noticed her. "I just wanted to warn you. You really shouldn't take this train wearing that. You'll be throwing yourself into the lion's den."Maria simply smiled. A smile that any other woman in this situation simply wouldn't have. A confident one."Maybe I want to throw myself in there." She simply said to her just as the clanking of the train started drawing closer. When the doors opened, she grinned at the sight. A train car full of the meanest, nastiest.