I watched you for a while before I said goodnight.”Bob chuckled, “Next time, come and join us.”Tammy’s color shot up from normal skin tone to ...ose red in five seconds. “Oh, dear.” She turned and scurried away. Tammy wanted to join in; that was her problem. She felt such moralistic pressure to remain a chaste widow that she still couldn’t see any alternative to her single and sexless life.Two weeks later, a Prep Crew arrived at the house. Ellen coordinated their visit. Their work was to see how. ”“Can we swing by my place so I can get a new pair of jeans, please?” Tempe sweetly asked as she turned around in front of me to give me pull up off the sofa.“I’m sure you can sweet talk Zupi into stopping by your place, B-G,” I replied as I gave my shortest and tallest girlfriends a little wink.Nobody was in any hurry to get their winter gear on as we discussed who was riding with whom. The only semi-argument occurred when Steve tried to beg his dad into letting him drive their rental car down. “Her name is Sophia, and she's just about to graduate high school. She lives with you, and she would be welcome to live with me as well.”Maria just looked at him, speechless. Her mind was flying a thousand miles an hour, She didn't know where this generosity was coming from. It wasn't in his character to be this kind, normally. He was expecting something, and she didn't know what.“I... I don't know... Why are you offering this?”“You're a beautiful woman, Maria,” he said softly. “I could never. Bancroft Preparatory School was canceling the junior varsity game, which had been scheduled to be played before the main event on Friday afternoon. This announcement was a devastating blow to our junior varsity guys, juniors and sophomores who labored hard without much recognition. A disturbing murmur rose from the ranks, which had to be quelled by instructors and senior cadets.The Bancroft game had been highly anticipated by members of our 'B' team as the one chance to play a real game in.