" No not today," I said looking towards the distance house, "I may have a date tonight and I'll need to save my strength." How was your date?" asked B...tty the next day."Ok," I said no committal, in fact there had been no reply when I had rung her number, but I left a message."I bet you fucked the arse of the slut," she laughed."Yeah something like that," I lied."You going up to the house now?" she asked."Yeah, I thought I would," I smiled, "see how things are going." Tom's still away so I. " Iwent into the bathroom to change into some sleeping shorts. When I cameout, Shawn had produced a bottle of Jack Daniels and was pouring a secondglass."Tracey, I find this calms me down before a game, and makes me fall asleepeasier. Join me in a drink." Shawn said.We toasted the team, and I drank down the whiskey. It was smooth. I laiddown and fell asleep almost immediately.The next morning I woke up with an odd taste in my mouth, probably fromthe whiskey. I felt very relaxed. Shawn remarked. .Savannah was waiting for him by the store entrance, with a sly smile onher face."So have fun tonight?" she asked in a teasing tone; not exactly meanthough- more like her voice had a hint of genuine curiosity in it."Look," he began nervously. "I was just..." Evan," she said in a tone that had just the right amount of authorityin it to stop him in his tracks. "Are you still wearing them?"He nodded. "Well..yeah. You told me to." Good," she said with a smile as she unlocked the door to let them. "Ooh, that's pretty. We'll have to take it back and put it on thefridge at home!"I looked at her and rolled my eyes like she was nuts but didn't sayanything. Unlike the previous times I had been stuck coloring I didn'tpretend to be an idiot and stayed within the lines!A brand new high chair awaited me at a long table. Apparently, all ofthe 'grandchildren' got their own high chairs to use at Grandma'shouse. Mine was pink and purple, but somehow seemed slightly less girlythan the one that Julie.