Politicians! None of them havethe first idea. Ought to leave foreign policy to the military. Then you?d seewhat Britain can do in the world. Least thi... Blair chap has let us get on withthings. Never thought I?d hear myself approving of one of his sort. But, thereyou are??? The Colonel?s rant continued. He didn?tseem to mind if I grunted in agreement or not so, for the most part, I stood,listening and appearing, in as much as you can in an all enclosing robe, toshow interest. Eventually the. "Thank you, Coach."Monica and I had tipped off the coaches that something might be happening with Jack. It wasn't an accident that we chose the entry to the gym where there were video cameras, put there in the years following Columbine. Most kids hadn't noticed the cameras, and those who did notice, like Monica and me, didn't care. We liked being watched and liked the idea that maybe the school staff got off on playing the tapes. Not that any school staff member would do something like that, of. Or worse, a pedophile. I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t do it to you. Then as you got older, and made it to eighteen then nineteen, I couldn’t take the chance that you might suffer by my telling you how I really felt. Plus,” tears broke free now, and made their way down his handsome, anguished face, “I never wanted to lose your friendship, Cory. You mean more to me than anyone I have ever known. I can’t lose that. I can’t lose this with you! I don’t know what I would do without you! And if I hurt. .I was hot, damn sure hot for her....It was Friday night, Mom closed the shop and came home early, Cody she said, how about you and I going out to eat tonight, and catch a movie. Or we could go bowling if you'd like, she added. What ever you want to do Mom is ok with me I replied. Well honey we haven't done anything together in a while, I've been so busy with the shop. I thought it would be good for the both of us to do something a little different tonight.. I said fine with me, should.