Then we entered the cafeteria. The music swelled as I passed through a balloon arch of purple and gold. The interior had been transformed by the dance...committee, streamers dangling from the ceiling. All the lunch tables were gone, the space cleared out for the festivities. The lights were turned down lower, a fun atmosphere engulfing the place. There was a performance stage at the far end where student bands would sometimes play during lunch. The DJ was up there, a futa with silver hair working. Hum thodi der waise hi rahe, fir usne muzse kaha,{“kaisa laga?” maine kaha ,” yeh bahot pehle ho jana chahiye tha, iske liye muze teen saal rukna pada, jo tume beti huyi hain usme mera bhi kuch haath rehta” usne hasker mere muh par chata maara. Aur woh boli “me jaau aab, khana khakar le” maine use kaha” bhabhi, me ek bar aur chahta hoon, usne kaha thik hain. Me uski god me sir rakhkar hi tha, firse usne mere ladko muh me leker uthaneki koshish ksr rahiti, aur woh safal bhi huyi, fir usne ek. ”Tiny drops of sweat show up on every single pore on his forehead as I carry on, talking directly to him this time. “Then you just went back to work,” I say. “As if nothing had happened. But you weren't done yet, because you couldn't be the last one the camera saw going upstairs. So you called the kitchen and told them Diana had called you and that she wanted something to eat. You knew it would be Bethany bringing it to her. You knew she would think Diana was asleep and just leave the food. Nothing unusual about that, except they had been mathematically eliminated eleven days before the season ended.For us, it had been a great season. I hit 43 homers -- good enough for third-best in the AL. Josh Brennan finished at .401, making him the much-celebrated first man since Ted Williams, in 1941, to hit over .400. Williams had hit .406 that year. Brennan was actually a little bit unhappy. He'd wanted to hit .407! The cheeky little bastard! The second-highest batting average in the league.