I just couldn’t figure out why my accuracy tonight was off. All the towns people had driven three hours to support the team excited to have an outle... from the mundane jobs. As I looked over in the stands I could see the disappointment in their face and heard their groans as I missed an easy fast break lay-up I made all the time. The week had been filled with college scholarship talk and I was feeling invincible before the game started. Now, I was having trouble making one of two making spikes. No mindgames. Please..." Griley sobbed and banged his head into the dirt again. Gabriel dove to the ground and put shoved his hands under Griley's forehead, shielding it from the hard dirt, desperately trying to stop the man from seriously injuring himself. When his forehead touched Gabriel's soft palms, Griley stopped pounding his head, but he continued sobbing, on the verge of hyperventilating. Gabriel gently extricated his hands and reached under Griley's shoulders, pulling. " You're right. She came home after that first summer and said she might just marry you some day," said Hannah."We've always had a good time together," I said."And we never complained," said Hannah. "We think about raising a girl differently than you do, but Phil and I agreed that different wasn't bad. Though, I have to admit, there have been times when we cursed you a bit. She can be very stubborn when she comes back from visiting you, and wants to keep doing some of the things you let her. We walked in and saw Dakota and Jayson laughing and setting up cups for beer pong. Hey ladies, wanna play? Dakota asked as I set the goods on the coffee table. Stacy immediately smiled and nodded as she went to Dakotas side. The teams were me and Stacy, and Dakota and Jayson. As the night rolled on, Stacy and I constantly lost and were soon tipsy after about 5 beers. Dakota called it quits around 11 and said he had to work in the morning.. Stacy passed out in the spare bed, leaving me and.