Julie giggled out loud. Everyone stared at her.“Sorry,” she said. “Just something I thought of.”Leanne looked over at Jake sharply.Behave, Jak....Yes, ma’am.Jake, Julie thought, if he knew the half of it, he would pound you. He’s really tough. You should see him on the football field.Brian and Mr. DeRizzo had just decided that only the perennial powerhouse, Central High, would be competition for them this year. Fortunately, before things got tense again, a thought drifted through Leanne’s mind. A ten day bareboat cruise in the Caribbean. Just the four of us. Marisa and Caitlyn had informed me of the plan a month earlier. As the months had passed over the previous year I'd thought, hoped even, that Marisa had forgotten her proposal. That the marriage, the pregnancies, the moves, the births had convinced her that it wasn't necessary. And yet I'd thought about it just about every day. Dreamt of it. Of Adam watching me as I made love to his wife. Of me watching Marisa and him. Of both of. Avinash too was unaware of this and had come for the tuitions as usual. However there was something unusual about that evening. It was dark outside, and was raining heavily since the afternoon. Avinash was drenched in the rain, and Mrs. Nair felt pity.Mrs. Nair invited Avinash to stay back until the rains eased down. He was completely wet with water dripping down his clothes. “Come in and get changed into something dry or you will catch cold” she said in an affectionate tone. Avinash liked the. I look over at Coach Jones, and mouth “You got it” ? And he hands me the trophy. “And further, after talking with Coach Jones, and a few of the guys on the team, we all agree, and I also present this trophy to Tony Truelove, for player of the year” The crowd goes wild again, and Tony just buckles up in his wheelchair in joy. Myself, and Mark grab Tony under each arm pit, and yank him up out of his chair, so he could stand for his awards. After about an hour and half, the crowd finally starts to.