Chapter 2

After Bright and Hannah had finished supper, he went and got his basketball. He felt for sure that he could teach Hannah about basketball because if he could learn it anyone could. They went outside to the local park and Bright began to tell Hannah about the game of basketball. Hannah asked Bright a question – What if I am not as good as you think that I should be? Will you be disappointed in me? Bright thought a minute before answering. He said, "Hannah I understand that it takes practice in basketball to become great and I couldn't be disappointed any anyone that is trying something because they want to do it." Hannah grabbed the ball from Bright and threw up a granny shot that went in.

Bright worked with her telling her about the rules and regulations of the game. They worked on it for about an hour when Hannah looked at her watch. I need to go to Nina's so that I can watch Sam for a couple of hours. Bright said, "Will you come back over her after you get finished? Hannah said, "If it's not too late, because I need my beauty sleep."

Hannah walked up to Bright and he gave her a nice goodbye kiss. He was going to go and call the college and go ahead and sign up for school. He figured that he should just go ahead and do it. He walked into the kitchen and looked for the bulletin in the utensil drawer. He thought that is where he left it when Hannah and Amy came in to the apartment.

He thought that Amy and Hannah found the bulletin so he called Amy to ask her.. He asked her if they had found the college bulletin. Amy told him that they had not found anything. Amy was planning to go to Princeton at the end of the summer, so he asked Amy if she thought he would make it in Everwood Community College. There was a brief pause on the phone and then Amy responded. She told him, "What you make happen in college is just what you put into it. Somebody's at the door, I have to go."

At Nina's, Hannah was contemplating how she was going to bring up the college bulletin. She felt that it would be Bright's decision to tell her. She liked spending time with Bright because she could see something in him that she knew was special. Her cell phone began to ring so she answered the phone after checking the caller ID.

Hannah: Hello, Amy!

Amy: Did you find out that Bright is planning to go to Everwood Community College?

Hannah: Yeah, I found the college bulletin when I was making supper for Bright and I.

Amy: Well, are you going to say something to him?

Hannah: I figure when Bright informs me that he is planning to go to ECC that I will tell him that it is great.

Amy: Hello – Hannah – we are talking about Bright. Bright is too much like a kid to make it in class. He will never make it.

Hannah: Amy, listen to me, I think that Bright can make it through school. I know that he is not as book smart as you are, but I think that he can make it. Nina's home, so can I call you back.

Amy: Sure, talk to you later.

Hannah closed her cell phone and told Nina that she was going to run over to Bright's apartment, but she would not be past 10:00. She also told Nina that Sam just played his Sega Genesis for the couple of hours that she was gone.

As Hannah drove over to Bright's apartment, she began to think about what Amy had said. Amy had known Bright from birth, but Hannah felt that she knew him better than Amy because she could see that he had the eye of a tiger to graduate college and accomplish his dreams.

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