"And I have a surprise for you. I'm going to the Mainland. Tell me when you're going, what flight you're taking, and Ben and I will join you. I'm home... Give me a call the minute you hear this. I love you."Obediently I dialed her number. As soon as she answered I said, "So I am being replaced." I don't know lover. Not replaced so much because we're really just friends who love each other's bodies. There's a connection with Ben. He makes my heart flutter. That hasn't happened since ... maybe. " You sure this is a baseball league? It sounds more like a farmers' cooperative." Well, the names sound better in Spanish. I'm going to be a 'Naranjero.' ... More romantic-sounding than 'Orange Grower, ' isn't it?" This isn't exactly going to be the winter I had anticipated," Josie said."I hope you can come down, at least once, in December," I said. "But we've been apart a lot already, Babe. It's been necessary before. But if this works out, maybe I'll have a contract again by February or. .." Don't blow it," came Eric's voice from over her shoulder. He had seen the conversation from the table, surmised what was happening. "Then again maybe you should," he added, grinning."Eric I..." Once again, Jeanne, you are faced with the question: should you or shouldn't you? You can walk away, but if you do you walk away from both of us. I'm not interested in a woman who cowers, who's willing to play around the edges but is too frightened to dive in head first. If you can't go for it all,. The school was too small to have a football program, and alsothere had been no teacher with a cheer background. A few years back,however, a few students started the Spirit Squad to cheer on the boysbasketball program, the main sport at the school.Just then River walked close, and Jessica waved her over."Hi, I'm Jessica," the girl said, introducing the others at the table."We are the Spirit Squad, and we thought you might be interested injoining. You seem to know everyone in your grade." Wow,.