"Tami held out her hand, so I opened my notebook and handed her the list I'd gotten from the office. Tami scanned it. "Tony, number one. I don't belie...e it." It just proves what I've always said: school gets in the way of education." I'd been suspended for the first week and a half of the grading period and for the first time topped the list."I see Kelly Dubrey placed fifth," Tami said, handing back the list."If the school didn't make her take things besides math and science, nobody could beat. I started laughing at her and I knew Mom was as high as a kite, but we did a lot of flirting and stuff when I was grown up, so that wasn't that odd of a thing to say. "Behave yourself, you're hurt and look pretty fucked up, but yes you can, sweet stuff!" I said with a wink and I reached to hold her hand."My handsome son taking care of me, I couldn't be any happier." Mom said with a little hint of lust in her soft voice, as we looked into each others' eyes and I wondered how many drugs she was. "Nobody out, man on first," I yelled and hit a hard one bouncer about fifteen feet to Ricky's right. Ricky charged forward, snagged the ball and without appearing to look, fired it to second. Robbie took the throw about a foot behind second, stepped forward onto the bag, and fired to Jake's waiting glove on first."And that, guys, would be a double play in any league." I nodded to my friends, and they jogged back to the batting cages. "If you want to play varsity," like that's going to happen. Three weeks later I was making love to the boy I thought I'd spend my life with. He thought he'd spend the night. For the last seven months, I've thought that even if I wasn't spending my life with you, you'd still always be there for me. You'd never take advantage of me. You'd never turn your back on me. I'm sorry I didn't make love with you the night before graduation but, of course, you weren't seventeen yet. I'm glad we finally had an opportunity." It's not over." It isn't?" I proceeded to.