A few seconds later, Josh dropped his fork onto his plate, adding a “What the fuck...”, and headed to his room.Tim stood, looked around at the now...empty kitchen, and started cleaning up the mess.It would be three hours before Josh re-emerged from his bedroom. After tossing and turning on his bed, lack of sleep caught up to him and he fell asleep.Josh found his mom on the couch. She was reading a book, which was normal for a Saturday afternoon. If she noticed Josh, she didn’t let on. Josh’s. ''Well no one is going to tell anyone and no one is pressuring anyone to do anything. But equally why should we worry what anyone else thinks, this is our life and our choice, personally I intended to enjoy what I have now and I'm not going to wait until Mike is as old as their rules want, I would lose years of fun. And remember it was Mike who started this by stepping into my life to save me, and he wasn't doing that because he loved me then, we didn't know each other enough then to be in. “Least of all him.”Lana turned toward the other guy, snarling and spoiling for a fight and he backed up. “Hey! I’m cool. Mad respect to you bro,” he directed at me, still backing away from Lana. “Sorry for bothering you guys. I’m just gonna make sure he’s not dead and leave you alone.”Becky was still laughing at the guy on the ground who’d rolled over onto his side and puked on the sand. Her arm slipped from around me and I teetered for a moment before I put my other foot down gingerly to try. "I wish I could be like you, Ryan. I wish I knew for sure what I wanted, and that I could just ignore Dad and do it anyway." "I thought you wanted to play basketball." "It's fun. I just . . . I don't know. I'm glad it got me a scholarship, I just don't see myself playing in the pros. I know it's what Dad wants, but I don't know." He shrugged. "I don't want to disappoint him." "That's okay. I disappoint him enough for all of us." Ryan nudged him but he frowned at her dark humor. "Ryan, don't say.