"I can't see anything, but she smells of dried jizz!" Th-thank you!" I replied, falling to my knees in supplication, grateful that he had validated me... My reward? This unknown boy stepped forward, pulled down his pants, gripped my hair in both hands, snd began fucking my terrified mouth. He knelt on the floor, continuing to degrade me, using my mouth as though it were a twat, whereupon Seamus ordered me to lower my head, hands powerless on the floor, and spread my legs wide. I obeyed like the. "Thanks." He looked at Quinn andsmiled. "So... I?ll see you here tomorrow, then?" Yeah, ok," Quinn sputtered.Ricky shook his head as he looked at Quinn once more. "You really arethe first superhero I ever met." Then, he did something that surprisedQuinn and shocked Ann. He leaned in, hugged Quinn tightly and kissedhis cheek. "Good night, my sunflower girl. See you tomorrow." ?Night," Quinn said as he watched Ricky walk away.After a few moments, Ann cleared her throat. "If you?re done pining,I?d. " How about a curve ball?" I asked."Forget it," Curtis said. "Just forget it. All the things you gotta learn to do? Curve ball? No way, Kid. Maybe in the winter, you get everything else straightened out, you can play around with a curve. For now -- No way, Jose!"Sure enough, I didn't get another chance to pitch for an entire week. We were on a swing through the Southern Division of the Association, and I sat through Shreveport and our trip to Grand Prairie, Texas. It was a long ways from home,. I thought this over and over again for a full minute. Then I opened my eyes. Nothing was different. I was still on the couch. Dammit. Ok, ok. I poured more coffee and thought some more. I’m not doing this right. Obviously. So what am I doing wrong? Maybe I’m not concentrating on the right thing, only doing it halfway. I pictured the loft in my mind, the splintery rafters, the piles of disorganized crap on the floor, the initials we carved into one of the floorboards… and there was a funny.