The next week and a half went by painfully slow. I still saw glimpsesof Amanda, but due to this distraction I was able to cope. The smallamount of A...anda I saw showed that she was getting better, and I wasglad for that. I called my parents and told them I was not coming homefor spring break. It really upset my mother, but my father was proudthat I was going out on my own. He did not like how much time I spentin front of my holocomputer. The second Friday arrived and I packed the night. ‘I wasn’t sure what you ate so I got a little variety,’ she says looking up at him. ‘That’s fine,’ Spencer answer shortly. ‘I meant to ask you about what you said yesterday about being ready for anything.’ Angela pauses halfway with putting a bagel to her mouth and looks hard at Spencer. They lock eyes and she stares hard for a moment before saying, ‘Are you sure you want to really know what is going on here?’ ‘I was sent here to investigate and it is my job Angela,’ he says with sternness in. My shorts were slightly too big in the waist, even though they came up above my mid thigh, so I had to keep pulling them up slightly. I finally made it to the truckstop, plopped myself down on a picnic table, took a sip of water, and lit a smoke. Crossing my legs like the fag I am, I smoked, watching trucks pour in and out. I watched these big meaty truckers head in and out of the restrooms, with a few keeping a few keen eye on me. I waved, sometimes pulled my glasses down and winked, but. ” He shook himself, realizing he was only talking to a kid, he moved off before he let any more secrets out.Watching the game was also fun, we snacked on junk food, seeing the game played by the college students, showed how far we had to improve to only get to this level; it was a step down from professional players who were a lot better than even these players were.I enjoyed the game, but the time spent with Dad was more important to me, we hadn’t spent as much time hanging out together this.