”“Ever give any thought to the military?”“Not really, no.”“Well, I know it sounds crazy with this war in Vietnam, but you might want to gi...e it some thought. It was a pretty good career for me. I got to travel a lot and meet a lot of interesting people. I think you have the brains to be on the intelligence side of things, Jim, like I was.”“Really? What was that like? I know you can’t tell me what you did, because then you’d have to kill me,” Jim laughed and so did Dawn, “but can you tell me. Kellisen were sitting on the row in front of them next to Ben’s parents. We waved and they stood and cheered when they saw us.During the National Anthem, I felt a calm come over me like I had never felt before. I had always been nervous, with my belly doing flip-flops before a game.When the band stopped playing, the referees walked to midfield and I trotted out with Ben and the other three co-captains.The lump in my throat had yet to pop up and I still felt like I was calmer than ever.We won. Mai aunty k sath rahane laga hum normally bate karte the mai rat ko aur kamare me sota tha kyu ki muze gf se bate karni hoti thi call pe rat ko ye aunty ko pata ni tha. Mai phone sex bhi karta tha gf se jab hum dono akele hote the. Us rat mai wahi kar raha tha gf se aur musterbrate kar rha tha tab shayad aunty ne dekha muze mera to aas pass dhyan nhi tha mai call pe aur musterbrate me busy tha. Uske next day se aunty thoda freely baat karne lagi muze thoda ajib laga but jyada socha nhi kyu ki. Some time before the end of school, I phoned her to discuss our plans. Do we live with her parents or mine while we look for our own place? If one of us lines up a plum job, maybe we would live together in our own place right away. She finally had to come clean. ‘Maybe we shouldn’t rush into anything. In fact, some time apart might do us some good.’ Time apart? I was confused by her suggestion. ‘We’ve already been apart since September. Being together is what might do us some good.’ She didn’t.