Aldys hadn't had
such marvelous time in weeks. She and Guy were almost always together, and she
got to meet plenty of new friends. School wasn't so hard; they were
practically finished with the year. Now all they had to do was to go to the baseball
game. Aldys was kind of regretful that she hadn't gotten involved in the
sports at school. When she thought of it, she hadn't really done that
much to get new friends outside of her group. Aldys looked more ravishing day
by day.
Josie on the other hand
looked like she had lost her true love forever. Aldys and Anita constantly had
to tell her to get a grip on her life. And so she had done. Now the moment of
truth finally had arrived. The stands were filled with audience, all who had
read Josie's brilliant piece of work in the paper and wanted to see her
dreams come true. Aldys and Anita had just popped down from their seats to wish
her good luck. They did it, and the two of them hugged Josie before they
returned to their seats. Aldys had wanted to sit with Guy, to squeeze his hand
when Mr. Coulson did or did not arrive, but someone had nabbed her seat so she
found an available seat next to David instead.
Josie took her place
on the pitcher's mound. "May I have five minutes on the
clock?" She looked so nervous that Aldys wanted to run right down and
comfort her, but she knew that this Josie had to do this on her own. As the
clock ticked on Aldys became more and more nervous. What if he didn't
come? Aldys was sure that he loved Josie, but what if he had been so injured by
what he thought was betrayal and lack of trust that he didn't think he
did love her anymore?
The clock went towards
zero. And no Mr. Coulson had arrived. Everyone at the stands now stood filled
with sympathy for Josie. When the clock struck zero they all sat down not
knowing what to think about the whole situation. They had all been so sure that
he would show that they hadn't thought of the consequences if he
didn't. All of a sudden there went a murmur through the crowd. Aldys
looked the way the murmurs came from.
It was him, Mr.
Coulson had appeared. He wasted no time. He ran as fast as he could down the
stairs towards Josie. Aldys could feel the tears of joy coming through her
eyes. She jumped up at the same time as David, and hugged him. Looking over his
shoulder she could see a bunch of other people reacting in the same way. She
looked up to where she knew Guy was sitting. He wasn't there. Aldys
supposed she should be happy that he wasn't hugging any of the girls up there,
but she couldn't help but wondering where he was.
At last things had
settled down and the baseball game had started. Aldys couldn't just sit,
like everybody else. Her adrenaline had been to high before the game, and now
she had to use some of it. "I am just going to see if I can find Guy,
ok?" She told David, he nodded at her. This wasn't his first
baseball game, but he hadn't been to that many and was extremely
fascinated by it. Aldys wondered if he calculated the angle the bat should be
in and such, after all baseball was math, of sorts. She walked down the stairs
and looked for Guy.
Eventually she found
Rob, and when she found him she also found Guy. He had changed into a baseball
outfit. Guy was going to play in the game instead of Rob, who now was assistant
coach. "How did this happen?" "Well, I played a lot when I
was younger, you're not the only one in this relationship who can play
ball. And when Rob was made assistant coach they needed someone to step in for
him. Got to run. Love you." Guy kissed her cheek and ran out on the
field. Aldys watched the game from down there. Guy played well; she had to
admit that. But he wasn't quite as good as her.
South Glen High won by
several points; Aldys had to admit that after that she was slightly proud of
her boyfriend. She was proud of him anyway, but it was something special when
he had been on the winning team. Aldys stood waiting for him to get out of the
locker room after having showered. When two hands covered her eyes she knew
who, even before he had the chance to say something. Her hands instinctually
reached behind and tickled him. "You know that I recognize you,
Guy." He laughed so hard that he couldn't speak. They were
attracting an audience; people had taken a personal interest in their love life
and were anxious to know all about it. One would think that Josie and Mr.
Coulson's romance was more romantic than Aldys and Guy's, but their
classmates didn't seem to think so, or perhaps it was the fact that Josie
had been at school for such a short time that most people never met her. Aldys
wondered what had happened to Josie after the kiss and what would happen to Guy
and her after high school.