"Oh yeah," I said."In case you didn't know, Brennan is finally up here on the floor," Coltstated."That's great. Now we can live in peace with the homo...hobe gone down afloor," I said."I still am going to kick his fucking ass one day. You wait. When thechance comes, I'm gonna beat the living shit out of Lee," Kris stated. Iwouldn't mind seeing it if I knew Kris wouldn't get in trouble. Wecontinued to talk like we always did with me catching a few things thatwent on while I was away. It didn't. I was pretty sure that between quarterbacking the best football team the school had in years and walking into the Spring Dance with two beautiful ladies on my arms, I had peaked. Nobody was going to top that.It had taken a lot of convincing to get Tami to come. She hadn't wanted to be a fifth wheel. But I told her that at worst she was a third wheel and that trikes were a lot more stable than bikes. Then I added she'd be a fifth wheel if I invited Mikee and Kelly too. She just gave me her look. After everyone had eaten and gotten all the small talk behind them, they resumed the meeting until dinner when they ate lobster bisque before leaving.There were briefings every day. Most were a half hour at the most. Now that there was a real shooting war with thousands killed daily, they might take up the entire morning. Chris was well enough to work on his rendition of the economy. He showed where the flat tax could be lowered to 13% and the country would make even more money. He had some of. Something's taken all the line out, except for a few inches!"He picked up the pole and began to reel the line in. After a few seconds, he felt resistance. Then he gave a crowing sound as a greater resistance met his tug of the pole.He fought it for several minutes. Never had he had such a scrap with a catfish; it had to be something big, though, the way it fought him. When he finally landed it, Shelley was standing beside him, and both of them stared at the mammoth fish as it lay flopping.