"They just laughed at me. She asked if I had ID or if I had any insurance information. I didn't. I was going to have her call Beth but then Beth would...be on the next plane to come and get me. I finally said, "Can't you just drop me off at the park and I can walk home? I'll get my wallet and come back to pay my bill."The woman laughed again, but the doctor said, "Sure we can do that for a Gator that's a local hero this morning."The ambulance had left and I realized that I didn't have a shirt. To. "Or I'll stop going out with you." Please," Rick said. "Don't do this to me." Don't do what?" Teasing me," Rick said. "And relating yourself to the game." I thought you like the teases." Nah." Then why have you been teasing me all the time?" Lauren said. "Forty shots, eighty shots." Okay," Rick said, laughing. "I like you teasing me. But I still don't like you relating yourself to the game." Why not?" Lauren said, giggling."I, well," Rick said. "I'll tell you when we get inside."Rick stopped. All the current gossip was dissected; rumors, breakups, movies, stupid reality TV, and all the other important topics of the hour took a turn. Even Allison, ten years older than the four, sixteen-year-old girls, got involved in the mix. Pete suspected she missed this unique brand of sisterhood when she was role-playing the mom thing.Eventually, growing girls get full. Pete had them clean up the kitchen and dining room, toss the paper plates, recycle the glass and plastic and put the leftovers. ..I entered the library with a full complement of coffees and chatted for a full half hour with the staff on the desk before heading for the stacks. I had no inkling as to what I wanted to read, my tastes are fairly eclectic ranging from thrillers to horror to comedy; pretty much all across the board. Gradually I worked deeper and deeper into the rows of shelves. I was very near the back of the library when I entered one of the last aisles. The books on the shelves were a haphazard of subjects..