p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"June 20th 9am/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Jake, stop blowing bubbles in your milk it's going everywhere," Karen Peralta /The five year old was practically bouncing in his seat and she'd made sure not to put any sugar on his cereal. Somehow his energy was off the chart, Karen presumed it had something to with being baseball day. Jake was shortstop but more importantly Roger Peralta was the /"Sit still," she said /He stopped wiggling so much in his chair, but his head kept whipping round to see if his dad had woken up /"Look go and watch some cartoons and then when Dad gets up, you can put your uniform on, I'll go and get it now," Karen suggested as her sons eyes were fixed on the hallway, hoping his dad would /She went to the get his uniform from his room, as she passed her bedroom she leaned /"Roger, he's waiting for you!" She /"Okay, okay, I'm getting up, just put some cartoons on for him or something," he said /Karen returned with the uniform and sat back down at the table with /"Dad!" Jake exclaimed getting up and knocking a box of Cheerios flying as Roger emerged from his /"Jake!" Karen exclaimed, looking at the mess, but he was /"Are you excited for the match? Do you think we're going to win?" Jake started to bombard his dad with questions, hopping up and down in front of the /"Yeah ok Jake in a minute, go away," Roger said, trying to herd Jake away from him. Jake's face sunk /"Jake honey, come put your uniform on," his Mom /He walked back in to the kitchen, he saw his Mom on her hands and knees collecting cereal debris, Jake joined her and helped her clean /Once his uniform was on, Jake sat around for half an hour until his Dad was finally ready. Jake hopped off the back of the couched and ran too his /"Come on then buddy," Roger said, ruffling his sons /Jake beamed at his Dad as they headed for the /"Good luck sweetie!" His Mom said, giving him a big kiss and cuddle and then waving to them as they drove off./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"During the journey Jake babbled to his dad as Roger nodded, pretending to listen. Once they arrived he told Jake to go and sit with the rest of the team. He then huddled the boys up and gave them a pep talk. Jake was determined to do his dad /"Right good luck fellas!" Roger said, sending the boys off into their positions. He gave Jake a double thumbs up, which triggered a large smile to appear across the boy's face./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The game started well, they were winning but Jake was so preoccupied in impressing his dad, he spent more time looking at him than the batters and ball. Not great for a /"Jake eyes on the ball!" Roger hollered as Jake remained stationary after a hit had been /"Move! Move!" Roger /Jake ran at the ball but the batter was already in. He looked over to his Dad who was shaking his head and looking at the ground. Jake's focus returned, he had to turn this around. As the next ball was hit Jake didn't take his eyes off it, unfortunately he also couldn't get out of the way from it in time and it hit him right in the chest. The wind was knocked out of him and then the horrible pain spread across the impact. An umpire blew the whistle and tears started to fall down Jake's face. He fell to the ground and sobbed as the pain /"Hey buddy, it's ok," Roger said rushing over to his side. Instantly Jake felt slightly better. His dad eased him up into a sitting position and rubbing his /"Just breath, slowly in and out," Roger said /Jake's cries slowed and a feeling of safety and comfort spread through /"Well done Jakey, come on let's go sort you out," Roger said, hoisting Jake off the ground and into a carry. Jake couldn't remember the last time his dad had picked him up when he wasn't just moving him away from him or something of his./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He sat Jake down on the bench and made sure the ball hadn't done any damage. It hadn't, there was only a red mark where it had hit. Jake sat there, his tears had subsided, he felt happy sitting next to his dad, but jealous at the same time as his Dad cheered on the rest of the team, praising them for their /"Hey dad I'm ready to go back on," Jake /"You sure buddy?" His dad /"Yeah I'm sure," Jake said, making his way back on to the field./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The rest of the game Jake played the best he ever played, their team won by quite a way. Roger gave them all high fives and announced he was taking them all to Sal's across the road. The group chattered excitedly about the game as they ate their pizzas. Jake had never felt so happy in his life, his dad even bought him an extra orange soda as a treat. Parents came by to pick up the rest of the team. Once the last kid left Roger said they were leaving and then did something Jake can not remember him ever doing before; he held out his hand for Jake to take. Their fingers locked and they walked happily to the car still talking about the success of the /"Hey you did really well buddy, you're getting so much better," Roger said in the car as they drove /"Thanks Dad," Jake said his heart feeling as if it could burst with pride. Then something caught his eye, more like someone, in the park he could see Amy and all her brothers. His debated asking his dad to pull over, but he knew he'd say no, so he just didn't look away and his head followed her until she was a tiny spec in the distance./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Karen was ecstatic when she heard the news and said as a treat they could all have a movie night and watch Die Hard on the sofa with junk /"Isn't that right Roger, we'll have a family movie night as a treat," Karen /"I'm not watching his fricken Die Hard again," Roger /"Hey it's Jake's treat so he chooses," Karen said /"Anyway I'm going out so I can't do that," Roger said, reaching his /"Well when will you back it's only like 3:30, we weren't gonna watch the film till this evening," Karen /"I won't be back then, I'll be out till at least midnight," Roger /"What if I let you choose the film dad," Jake said with a mix of desperation and hope. Karen shot Roger a pleading /"No it's not that buddy I'm just busy, got to go," Roger said /"Where are you going?" She called. There was no /"More like who are you going with," she muttered to /She turned to see Jake wearing the expression she hated so much, the one of pure disappointment and /"Hey we can still watch something," Karen /"Umm I'm gonna go to Gina's," Jake /Karen sighed, once again Roger had let down their son and she couldn't make him happy. She gave Jake a kiss and told him to be back in time for them to snuggle on the sofa to watch John Mcclane, he gave her a faint smile as he walked out the door./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Jake, stop blowing bubbles in your milk it's going everywhere," Karen Peralta /The five year old was practically bouncing in his seat and she'd made sure not to put any sugar on his cereal. Somehow his energy was off the chart, Karen presumed it had something to with being baseball day. Jake was shortstop but more importantly Roger Peralta was the /"Sit still," she said /He stopped wiggling so much in his chair, but his head kept whipping round to see if his dad had woken up /"Look go and watch some cartoons and then when Dad gets up, you can put your uniform on, I'll go and get it now," Karen suggested as her sons eyes were fixed on the hallway, hoping his dad would /She went to the get his uniform from his room, as she passed her bedroom she leaned /"Roger, he's waiting for you!" She /"Okay, okay, I'm getting up, just put some cartoons on for him or something," he said /Karen returned with the uniform and sat back down at the table with /"Dad!" Jake exclaimed getting up and knocking a box of Cheerios flying as Roger emerged from his /"Jake!" Karen exclaimed, looking at the mess, but he was /"Are you excited for the match? Do you think we're going to win?" Jake started to bombard his dad with questions, hopping up and down in front of the /"Yeah ok Jake in a minute, go away," Roger said, trying to herd Jake away from him. Jake's face sunk /"Jake honey, come put your uniform on," his Mom /He walked back in to the kitchen, he saw his Mom on her hands and knees collecting cereal debris, Jake joined her and helped her clean /Once his uniform was on, Jake sat around for half an hour until his Dad was finally ready. Jake hopped off the back of the couched and ran too his /"Come on then buddy," Roger said, ruffling his sons /Jake beamed at his Dad as they headed for the /"Good luck sweetie!" His Mom said, giving him a big kiss and cuddle and then waving to them as they drove off./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"During the journey Jake babbled to his dad as Roger nodded, pretending to listen. Once they arrived he told Jake to go and sit with the rest of the team. He then huddled the boys up and gave them a pep talk. Jake was determined to do his dad /"Right good luck fellas!" Roger said, sending the boys off into their positions. He gave Jake a double thumbs up, which triggered a large smile to appear across the boy's face./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The game started well, they were winning but Jake was so preoccupied in impressing his dad, he spent more time looking at him than the batters and ball. Not great for a /"Jake eyes on the ball!" Roger hollered as Jake remained stationary after a hit had been /"Move! Move!" Roger /Jake ran at the ball but the batter was already in. He looked over to his Dad who was shaking his head and looking at the ground. Jake's focus returned, he had to turn this around. As the next ball was hit Jake didn't take his eyes off it, unfortunately he also couldn't get out of the way from it in time and it hit him right in the chest. The wind was knocked out of him and then the horrible pain spread across the impact. An umpire blew the whistle and tears started to fall down Jake's face. He fell to the ground and sobbed as the pain /"Hey buddy, it's ok," Roger said rushing over to his side. Instantly Jake felt slightly better. His dad eased him up into a sitting position and rubbing his /"Just breath, slowly in and out," Roger said /Jake's cries slowed and a feeling of safety and comfort spread through /"Well done Jakey, come on let's go sort you out," Roger said, hoisting Jake off the ground and into a carry. Jake couldn't remember the last time his dad had picked him up when he wasn't just moving him away from him or something of his./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He sat Jake down on the bench and made sure the ball hadn't done any damage. It hadn't, there was only a red mark where it had hit. Jake sat there, his tears had subsided, he felt happy sitting next to his dad, but jealous at the same time as his Dad cheered on the rest of the team, praising them for their /"Hey dad I'm ready to go back on," Jake /"You sure buddy?" His dad /"Yeah I'm sure," Jake said, making his way back on to the field./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The rest of the game Jake played the best he ever played, their team won by quite a way. Roger gave them all high fives and announced he was taking them all to Sal's across the road. The group chattered excitedly about the game as they ate their pizzas. Jake had never felt so happy in his life, his dad even bought him an extra orange soda as a treat. Parents came by to pick up the rest of the team. Once the last kid left Roger said they were leaving and then did something Jake can not remember him ever doing before; he held out his hand for Jake to take. Their fingers locked and they walked happily to the car still talking about the success of the /"Hey you did really well buddy, you're getting so much better," Roger said in the car as they drove /"Thanks Dad," Jake said his heart feeling as if it could burst with pride. Then something caught his eye, more like someone, in the park he could see Amy and all her brothers. His debated asking his dad to pull over, but he knew he'd say no, so he just didn't look away and his head followed her until she was a tiny spec in the distance./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Karen was ecstatic when she heard the news and said as a treat they could all have a movie night and watch Die Hard on the sofa with junk /"Isn't that right Roger, we'll have a family movie night as a treat," Karen /"I'm not watching his fricken Die Hard again," Roger /"Hey it's Jake's treat so he chooses," Karen said /"Anyway I'm going out so I can't do that," Roger said, reaching his /"Well when will you back it's only like 3:30, we weren't gonna watch the film till this evening," Karen /"I won't be back then, I'll be out till at least midnight," Roger /"What if I let you choose the film dad," Jake said with a mix of desperation and hope. Karen shot Roger a pleading /"No it's not that buddy I'm just busy, got to go," Roger said /"Where are you going?" She called. There was no /"More like who are you going with," she muttered to /She turned to see Jake wearing the expression she hated so much, the one of pure disappointment and /"Hey we can still watch something," Karen /"Umm I'm gonna go to Gina's," Jake /Karen sighed, once again Roger had let down their son and she couldn't make him happy. She gave Jake a kiss and told him to be back in time for them to snuggle on the sofa to watch John Mcclane, he gave her a faint smile as he walked out the door./p