Dan also went to all of his high school games. In his Junior year Tommy sat down with Dan and they talked about Tommy’s appointment to the Naval Aca...emy, it had been settled for years that Tommy would go but he was asking his Dad if he could get an appointment for his best friend Pete. They had grown up together been on all the ball teams together, Pete had trained beside Tommy as Dan trained him for the Academy. Dan was always a hard charger, through his many deployments and several wounds,. I was on the bench for quite awhile. I spent a lot of the time looking atthe different girls. These were definitely the coolest girls in the tenthgrade that was for sure. This was the elite clique that probably all theother girls wished they were part of. One of these girls would be promqueen probably and date the quarterback on the football team.Among all the girls Tracy stood out. She had charisma. An indefinablegrace and sexiness in the way she moved that stood out from the othergirls,. I never saw her with make-up, only in spa bathrobe, but I’m sure she was a stunningly beautiful woman when she dressed up. I met Sweta at the back entrance to the ladies spa and escorted her to my massage room down the hall. We entered the darkened room, her first and I asked her to disrobe, place her robe on the hook behind the door and place herself face down on the massage table. I stepped out of the room to give her some privacy, then knocked lightly and entered the room.Sweta had followed. ”He smirked at me. “Don’t fink I’ve ever been called a fearsome warrior before. Been called most uva names, but not that.”“So, how do you feel about standing between me and a bullet?”He shrugged. “People have always said I’m a bit nuts.”“Yeah? Why?”His face fell. “Never really fitted in.”“And why’s that?”, I nudged.He snapped back, “Because I ain’t average. I’m smart, I work hard, and every other fucker don’t.”I smiled. “And me?”“Remains to be seen.”“And do you take that chip on your shoulder.