They were known to be pretty physical and we spent most of the first half trying to avoid contact. The thing was that they were good shots, too, and i... you let them inside they'd score. They had a three-point lead going into halftime."Frost," Coach Mitchell said when we were in the locker room. I looked up and he motioned me to him. Usually he just shouted out anything he wanted to say at the whole team. I wondered what I'd done. "Are you fit?" he asked quietly. "Any bruises I should know. Hailey quickly agreed all the paperwork and loading Sam into the boot of her 4x4 with its newly installed dog guard, set off for home. ********** On Monday, after the whole family had spent the last week during half term holidays playing with Sam, Hailey finally got some time to spend with Sam on her own. Hailey studied the dog as he sniffed around his new environment getting used to the smells of his new home. Then he walked over to her and started to sniff at her crotch, burying his head. About 25 minutes later he texted me that he was outside. I was nervous as hell at this point, wishing I had backed out. But he had my address and I couldn’t just leave him outside.I went out and met him and quickly led him inside. I offered him a drink and he obliged, then I led him down to my bedroom.My room had a small couch in it, so he sat in that while I sad on the bed. It was around 10:30 at night, and the news was on the television. He was wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt. I was. Later that evening the whole family was at the dinner table talking like we always did and my sister was passing me grins, I was pissed off but couldn’t react. She was sitting beside me so I kept my right foot on hers and pressed it firmly,I could see her expression change but withdrew before anyone else saw. She didn’t look at me after that, when we were about to get up from the dinner table my mom told me to sleep in my sisters room as it was really cold. Neither me nor my sister was.