“Yeah,” Kia grumbled, “So if Bradley is still Bradley, he’s probably telling everybody what to do and if he was only taking one girl, it’d b... Zoë. Unless Mrs Leifson is just someone else entirely as an 18 year old. But then why would Reggie get Zoë? Bradley must have had Jesse backing him up.”I didn’t know shit about these people. I, Reggie and Dashawn had always flowed around the high school politics. Who the fuck was Jesse? All I knew was that he had never taken an AP class in his life.“I. The coach was standing in front of everyone like he was giving a speech, telling the alums about the season and our successes. He introduced the assistant coaches, the trainers, and then the players. I was the last one to be introduced. When I stood and waved, the coach told me to keep standing.“Part of our success has been attitude and cohesiveness,” the coach started up. “One of the ways we have stayed close as a team and organization is our entertainment while we are on those long rides on. I thought we were cooked. He screamed directions at me. “Dial in 7700 on the transponder, NOW.”I fumbled with the radar transponder and got the emergency code entered in just as Wes pulled the plane level at about fifty feet above the treetops. Our airspeed was in the yellow arc. I wondered whether the wings would rip off of the plane.Wes immediately got on the radio in an excited tone, “City Approach, Cessna 97 Lima with you near ground level. We have been shot at just behind our location. We. I live and work in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska working the oil fields doing anynumber of things the bosses tell me to. I start my day by walking downto the diner for a quick breakfast and some coffee before I start work.I walk in and as usual the place is packed but everyone has learnedtheir lesson to make sure they leave a spot for me at the counter.Claire sees me right away and makes sure a cup of coffee is waiting forme to sit down and the cook is already cooking my breakfast."Morning Jason," says.