"I better go find a place to wash off. I'llcome back to check on her later."A short trip to the river later, and he was actually kind of enjoyinghimse...f swimming alone in the river. "This being active stuff isn't so bad.I'll tell Megan she was right when I get home. She always gets a kick outof that." he thought to himself, as he enjoyed the cool water. A fewminutes later he'd decided he was ready to head back, when on theriverbank, by his clothes, he saw a very angry lady hippo in a polka. Which I hadn't.But Alex was an OK guy, and I got along with him about as well as I did anybody else on the club except for my road roomy, Ollie Parker. Me and Ollie were especially tight. I wasn't exactly surprised when Alex invited me along for a double date one Sunday night, after our game with the Potomac Nationals.We were scheduled to return to Frederick after that afternoon's game, and the team bus would be heading up there an hour after the game ended. As usual, however, Alex had his. Then there was a light and the sound of crashing metal, and things got very dark.I came to with that sickening feeling of a bright light, and a smell you don’t get outside of a hospital. It took me a few seconds to realize what was happening, and then I tried to sit up, but I was strapped down and could only thrash around. I settled down and tried to figure out what was happening, and somebody in white came around. “Mister Buckman! Calm down, please. Calm down!”I lay back and nodded, and said,. I saw her blush before she answered me ‘Zaire Jensen’ ‘nice to meet you Zaire. Beautiful name for a beautiful woman’ I flirted with her. Something about her had my mind tied in knots and I wanted to know more about her ‘ Shouldn’t you be making that phone call to whatever doctor your calling so I can get out of here?’ she asked me in a sarcastic tone. I looked at her shocked because nobody had ever talked to me like that especially women. Falling at my feet, worshiping the ground I walk on.