January 2006
Jason woke up and got ready to go to school. It was a beautiful day, and quite warm for January. He was also glad that the off-season was here, now that Christmas was over and school was starting again. Of course, being the star quarterback for the Dillon Panthers, there was never a true off-season, but that was beside the point.
When he arrived at school, he immediately went to his locker and got his books for his first class. Usually, his girlfriend Lyla would be there, but she wasn't today. He was just wondering where she was when she walked in.
"Hi, Jason!" said Lyla.
"Lyla! Hi!"called Jason. "What's up?"
"Not much," said Lyla. "But I'm sorry I'm late. My car wouldn't start when I tried to back it out of the driveway. Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year to you too!" said Jason.
"Should we do something after school?" asked Lyla.
"Yeah. Why don't we go get some frozen yogurt? Even a star quarterback needs a frozen treat once in a while," said Jason.
"Right," said Lyla, opening her locker. "Just let me get my datebook so I can make a note of it." She got her planner and said, "Hey, Jason, what's today's date? I'm never good at remembering dates."
Jason thought for a second and said, "I think it's January 9th."
Lyla said, "Okay. That's goo-Wait. Did you say January 9th?"
"Yeah," said Jason. "Is that a problem?"
"No," said Lyla. "It's just- I-I-I've got to go to my first class. See you after school!"
As Lyla left to go to class, Jason stared at her for a few minutes, then shrugged and went off to his first class. Even though Lyla's behavior about hearing the date was odd, Jason figured she had a good reason for acting as she did. After school was over for the day, he and Lyla had frozen yogurt as they had planned and neither Lyla nor Jason mentioned the incident of that morning. When Jason got home, his mother asked, "How was your day?"
"Good," said Jason. "Lyla acted all strange when I told her what today's date was, but I figured she probably had a reason for doing so."
"Probably," agreed his mother.
Soon Jason went to sleep, glad that he was back in the routine now that school had started again.
Author's note: Please send reviews! The title isn't more descriptive because I don't want to reveal any spoilers.