"Who's Barbara?" Cindy asked again. I think she could see where this was heading.I took a long lung-filling breath. "She's the shortstop. She wanted m... to help convince Karen that she should be batting third and she..." You didn't?" Cindy blurted out. "You sold out for a blowjob?" she asked, accusingly as she turned to the answering machine and pushed the play button again."You have four messages." Tuesday, eleven-eleven P.M." Three hits and two walks tonight, one was a double and I scored. Holy fucking shit, he thought. That is soooo fucking ridiculous. No fucking way and it was clear to his dad that he thought that way too as his mouth sat open wide for anyone to read it clearly. “So you have no girlfriends whatsoever?” his dad asked again. “No” Chad said as she shook his head and wore a blank face. “Okay, I’ll work on that.” He got up and said goodbye after hugging his dad. Okay yes, he loved his dad and he loved him with all his heart too, but this, this was fucking stupid. "The girl turned to him. "Listen, if it was an honest..." The girl's eyes closed and she shook her head as if having trouble thinking. When her eyes opened again, Dave couldn't help but notice they were a little glassy."All I wanna do is make it up to you," Dave said, hoping and praying that the pin had gotten through the girls jeans, through whatever underwear she had on and hit hard enough to puncture the skin. Hoping that her glassy eyes were a sign that the drug was starting to kick. So do I. But I think it’s important or I wouldn’t bother. Those who don’t pay attention to history are bound to repeat the mistakes:In 1838 four United States Navy Men-of-War sailed into Sydney Harbour overnight unannounced and unexpected. This alarmed Sydney Town greatly and alerted the Colonies to their defenselessness against invasion.The gold rushes saw massive increases in Australia’s population and wealth in the early 1850’s and it was felt amongst the Colonies that this made Australia a.