Anyway we've got another game to bowl haven't we?" Hey Julie," said Evan grinning, "If you can drag your eyes off of Justin for long enough it's your ...owl."Julie had nothing to say, so instead she stepped up looked at the pins, bowled, missed the head pin and got a six-count.In this fourth game after five frames I was beginning to wonder if two good games was the best I could manage. I was a decidedly miserable 63 in the 4th after an open frame with a 7-spare in the 5th while Evan was 85 in the. Once I joined thegroup we became the Three Amigos. Completely inseparable. But there wasa part of me that always thought I would never be quite as close to themas they were with each other. Even now,15 years later I sometimes stillfeel like 'the new guy' if that makes any sense."Hailey looked me directly in the eyes and told me, "I can say with 100%certainty that Mason doesn't look at you like a friend. He looks to youas a brother."I started to get misty eyed. Hailey grabbed a tissue and. "Jackie will be staying with his Gram this weekend," Ali announced on our usual evening phone conversation. "Does that give you any ideas?" Oh yes, it does," I answered immediately. "However, most of them are not for public consumption." Why you devil, Grime. I think you have evil intentions toward me," she smirked."I've had evil intentions toward you since New Year's Eve. I've just not had the chance to act on them." Why Grime, I never would have thought you would harbor such ambitions," she. Occasionally, I did wonder if the queen had ever found anybody else to feed the movies and TV shows to her as I had done.I don't know exactly how it happened, but Mary and I got hooked on a study of history, especially about how various styles of governments worked. We immediately recognized the almost parody of the Russian governments under the Czars that had been usurped by the local lords and ladies. We speculated about how we would treat those people who had tricked our people into coming.