Matt then got on the plane and sat back while the plane took off. After the flight was an hour and half in the air, he took out his wallet and look at one of his favorite pictures that he hadn't looked at in a while. The picture was of him and Brooke at his 12th birthday party that his mom had taken.
On the day of the party, everything had been going so far so good. The only thing left to do was wait for everyone to come. Matt was glad today had come, so he could see Brooke again outside of school. The next thing he knew, the telephone had ringed. His mom had answered it and he was listening to her talk on it. When she hanged up, he went over to her.
"Who was that mom?"
"I'm sorry but I got some bad news."
"What is it?"
"That was Brooke's dad. She can't come today."
"Why not?"
"Apparently she's really sick."
"Oh ok." he said and then started to head upstairs to his room.
He then came down for the party once everyone had shown up and when back upstairs when everyone left. About 45 minutes after the party was over, matt came down stairs and asked his dad if he could go see her. About an hour later they came back and he was happy again.
Matt put the picture away and before he knew it, it was time to land and get off. After getting his bag, he then got a cab and went to his place. He paid the cab and went inside. About a couple hours later, his wife and hunter had come in and he went upstairs. When she came upstairs, matt went behind her and gave her a hug. She then jumped and turned around.
"Hey."
"Hi. What are you doing home?"
"What I'm not allowed to come home?" he said sarcastically.
"No what I meant was I thought you weren't coming back until next week?"
"I got sent back early. So what is on the go tonight?"
"Not a whole lot. Hunter got practice tonight and I was just going to stay home."
"Ok so what sport? Is it still soccer?"
"Actually its basketball. But he is still in soccer."
As soon as she said that word, he realized who had gotten him into it.
"Speaking of basketball."
"Yeah?"
"How has troy been?"
"He's ok. Has been depressed the last couple of days. But other than that, he's ok."
"Ok."
"Ok well I'm going to take a shower."
"Ok."
He then went downstairs and started to go down to the basement to see if his any of his model cars were still there from before he left. On his way down the stairs, hunter was coming towards him.
"Hey buddy"
"Dad your home."
"Yes I am. Have you been good?"
"Yes."
"Good now go on to your practice."
He then left and matt then went to the basement. While down there, he had seen a basketball net and a ball just sitting by it. While looking at it, he had seen bits of his childhood of when he played ball. He started to go to something else when all of a sudden, the ball started to roll over towards him. He then picked it up and started to like how it felt in his hands. He threw it to the basket and got it in. Matt then went upstairs grabbed his keys and started driving towards Troy's. When getting there, he seen that troy was in his garage. While getting out, he took a basketball and rolled it up towards him. When it reached him, troy looked down and picked the ball up and looked up to see matt standing there.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Want to play a quick game?" matt asked him.
"I don't know. It's been awhile since I last played."
"Oh ok. Besides you could be too old to play anyways." He said know that this would get to him.
"Oh you're on."
Matt then smiled as they started to play. By the end of the day, they had forgotten all about the score and were just having fun.
"So what's the main reason that you came over for? You need money again don't you?"
"There's no reason and no I don't need any money."
"So there's no reason at all."
"Ok there's one. I seen Brooke's mom today."