I took a sip of my beer as I leaned back in my chair. There was really nothing for me or Tessa to do while the boys were taking their tests. I sighed as Bah threw his pencil down once more.
"That's it. I'm finished with this test. I've only made it to problem 60 and its been almost an hour." he said as he crossed his arms.
Rolling my eyes, I shook my head. "Its actually been about 10 minutes." I said as I looked over at Bah.
"But it feels like its been an hour." he said as he placed his head on the table.
"Well that's because you are making it feel like an hour. Maybe if you didn't complain every two seconds, you would be much farther." Buzzy stated as he looked up from his own test.
Bah picked his head up and stuck his tongue out at Buzzy. "Well how far are you Mr. Smarty Pants?"
"Number 99." he said, smiling a bit.
"Not fair." Bah said, slamming his fist down on the table.
"Watch it. You almost split beer on me." Pav said as he glared at Bah.
Bah let out a sigh as he leaned back in his chair. "I'm not going to finish this test."
"Then don't, but please stop complaining." Buzzy said, rolling his eyes at Bah.
A few of the guys laughed, but soon it was quiet again. Bah started to tap his fingers against the table as he looked around.
"Oh, forget it. I might as well finish this damn test." he said as he picked his pencil up.
I let out a small laugh as I looked around the crowded bar. I watched as Mac and some other guy walked in. Mac waved to someone at another table, but I really didn't pay attention to who it was.
"Hey Tay." Mac said as he stood behind me, waving to the guys at the table.
"Hey Mac." I said as I tilted my head back a bit so that I could see his face.
He grinned down at him before turning his attention over to Tessa. "And who might you be?"
"Tessa Silk." she said with a tiny smile.
"Well nice to meet you." he said, returning the smile.
"So whose that?" I questioned pointing to the guy that he had walked in with.
"That's Mark Johnson. He went to the University of Wisconsin."
I nodded my head a bit. "Cool." I said as I smiled over at him.
"And who are you?" he asked me.
"Taylor Brooks." I said, taking a sip of my beer.
"Brooks? You related to Coach Brooks?" he questioned, raising his eyebrow.
"Yep. I happen to be his oldest and prettiest daughter."
"I'll drink to that." Bah said as he picked up his mug of beer, taking a huge gulp.
I rolled my eyes a bit, "You'd drink to anything Bah."
That caused a few of the guys to laugh as they nodded their heads in agreement.
"Well nice to meet you Taylor." he said with a smile.
"Oh, call me Tay. Everyone does." I said, smiling.
"Okay, Tay." he said with a small laugh as he sat down next to Phil.
I glanced over at Tessa, who seemed to be talking to Buzzy about something with college hockey. I smiled a bit as I tapped her on the shoulder. "Your brother here?"
She glanced over at me and nodded her head.
"Well let's go say hi." I said as I grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the table before she could protest.
Tessa rolled her eyes a bit as we made our way over to a table that was not far away from ours.
"David!" Tessa yelled out with a small smile as she wrapped her arms around the boy.
He rolled his eyes a bit, pushing his sister away. "What do you want Tessa?"
Tessa stuck out at him as she walked back over to me. "I just wanted you to meet my friend." she said pouting a bit as she crossed her arms over her chest.
The three boys that were sitting at the table looked over at the two of us. The one that I assumed to be Tessa's brother had a mild look of shook on his face.
"Girl from the airport?" he questioned, and yet at the same time made it sound like a statement.
I nodded my head a bit , "Yep, that's me."
He smiled a bit as he waved towards the empty chairs. "Well don't just stand there, pull up a seat."
I smiled as I plopped into a seat next to a blond haired guy.
"Hey, I'm Ralph Cox." he said smiling as he held out his hand.
"Taylor Brooks." I said, returning the friendly gesture.
"Brooks? By any chance are you related to Coach Brooks?" the other dark haired guy questioned me.
"Yeah, I'm his oldest daughter."
"So you'll be helping out with the team?" Ralph questioned, taking a sip of his beer.
"Yep. Dad made me the team manager." I said with a small smile.
"Really that's great. Oh and by the way, I'm Mike Eruzione."
"Nice to meet you." I said with a smile.
"So what happened to OC?" Tessa questioned as she took the seat next to Mike.
"Well we kinda got into an argument." Mike stated as he looked over at Tessa.
"About what?" she asked, raising her eyebrow a bit.
"Well, it was about the '76 playoff game." he said as he stared down at his hands.
Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow. "Why would you get into an argument about that game?"
"Because OC's still pissed off and McClanahan for taking that cheap shot in the game." Ralph spoke up.
"Are you serious? He's still mad about that?" I questioned, letting out a small snort.
"Well I would be to if I were OC." Silky stated.
"First, it happened three years ago. Second, Mac was just playing the game, I mean the game was full of people taking cheap shots." I stated, crossing my arms.
"That's what I tried to tell him, but does he ever listen to me, nooo." Rizzo stated with a roll of his eyes.
I smiled a bit as I looked over at Tessa who was also smiling.
