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Ch. 8 Want You More Each Time I See You
(CLARE)
"Welcome Clare I'm Caitlin Ryan," she smiles kindly extending her hand.
"Yes, I know I've admired your work," I reply smiling back and shaking her hand. Caitlin is not Asher, but after my last experience I am feeling a little nervous being at a new co-op. I feel like everyone is watching me, and maybe they are because I'm a new face. Still, I'm on edge, Asher was a predator and I didn't see it until it was too late. Now I find myself looking away from all the men, yet watching them from the corner of my eye.
"Thank you Clare, from what I've heard you are a lot like I was in high school. Let's go into my office a moment and then I'll show you where you'll be working," Caitlin says. She starts walking and I follow her, when we get to a door with her name on the front she holds it open and waves me in. I sit in one of the chairs opposite her desk, instead of sitting behind her desk she takes the seat next to me. "I spoke with Snake, err Mr. Simpson, we went to high school together you know. He told me all about what happened at The Interpreter. I'm sorry you went through that, and that you mentor abused his power. I want you to feel safe here and know you can come talk to me about anything. If you have any concerns at all, please come straight to me."
"Thanks Caitlin," I smile feeling a little more at ease now.
"Come with me and I'll show you where you'll be working while you're here," she smiles.
Caitlin takes me around to the other places in the office I'll need to know such as the washroom and break room first. Then she shows me where I'll be working and what I'll be doing. This is television and not print, so things are pretty different. I still do fact checking though, at least that's the same. Caitlin stays with me to show me the ropes, and says to come see her if I have any questions. As I only have time for fact checking before I leave I don't have any questions for her today. When it's time for me to leave I go to Caitlin's office.
"Here's the fact checking, I didn't have time to finish everything," I tell her setting the pile on her desk.
"Thanks Clare, you did really well in the time you had. How was your first day?"
"Good, it's different than The Interpreter, but also the same in some ways."
"Great, we'll see you tomorrow morning, and if you need anything let me know."
"Thanks Caitlin," I smile and turn to leave.
"And Clare," Caitlin calls and I turn back, "happy birthday."
I smile and tell her thanks before leaving. I get in the truck and drive back to school, it's lunch now and I go inside to my locker.
"How was your first day?" Drew asks.
"Good, Caitlin is great, I feel comfortable with her."
"That's good," Drew grins.
"Did you know she went to school with Mr. Simpson?" I question and Drew shakes his head. "I did miss working with you though, not that you were at The Interpreter in the mornings. Or that I always there in the afternoons, but after working so closely with you on the anniversary project it didn't feel the same."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Drew nods, "it didn't feel the same doing the project without you."
Knowing that he missed me draws a smile upon my lips, when I smile he smiles back. I want to hug him, to be in his arms, I open my mouth to tell him or to say something, but instead of my voice Eli's is the next one we hear.
"Hey Blue Eyes, how was co-op?" Queries my boyfriend as he walks up with Adam.
"I'll see you guys tonight," Drew waves walking off before I can answer.
Eli and Adam take me to lunch at The Dot and I tell them all about my first day and all about Caitlin. After lunch Eli comes with us to our lockers and walks us to class kissing me at the door. English is pretty easy, which is good and bad as it gives me time to think.
"You okay? You were kind of spacing out in class," Adam remarks as we leave English.
"Yeah, just thinking, lots on my mind," I shrug.
"Yeah, I bet."
"I want to talk to Glen and Jake tomorrow, alone. I just don't think my mom is going to handle this very well, I want them to be prepared. I want them to know what happened after Darcy's rape and that I'm afraid of them leaving. It was Drew's idea actually, and he's coming with me. I was hoping you would come too?" I request of my best friend before adding one last thing, "and not tell Eli."
"Of course, I'll be there," Adam grins, "and I won't tell Eli. Are you worried he won't be helpful or that he'll be jealous that you asked Drew?"
"Both I guess, it was Drew's idea and he offered to come. He's been so helpful and supportive with all the Asher stuff that I thought it would be good to have him there. I know it sounds kind of strange, but he has a calming effect on me, and I feel safe with him. It's just he's been there for me, even when I didn't realize there was something for me to worry about. I just don't see Eli being able to be there for this conversation and not make comments unless I need him to."
"It's okay, I get it. I'm glad you and Drew are friends, and that he's been there for you, even before we knew Asher was bad news," Adam replies and I smile.
Physics is our last class and I don't space out this time. After school I return home with Adam to help set up for my party. Audra already went shopping and there isn't a lot to do. Eli, Alli and Jenna show up early, they all show up just as the Torres parents are leaving. It's not a very big party, but I didn't want anything too big. Somewhat oddly the last two that do show up are Drew and Bianca.
The party is nice, everybody got me something including Drew and Bianca. During the party I manage to get Jake alone for a moment to ask about meeting with him and Glen tomorrow, without my mom. He says he'll talk to his dad and text me in the morning. I am glad Adam talked me into having a party, I have fun and get some nice things from all my friends. It's the first night in a while that I sleep well, I don't have a nightmare and I don't have trouble getting to sleep.
(DREW)
"Thanks for coming," Clare says to Glen and Jake showing them into our kitchen. It's Saturday morning and they came over so Clare could talk to them. Adam and I are here with her, but our parents and Dallas are all out, it just happened to work out that way.
"Of course Clare, but why didn't you want your mom to come?" Glen inquires while Jake rolls his eyes.
"Well, in a way it's about her," Clare says as we all sit down. Adam and I are on either side of Clare, Glen and Jake at the opposite end of the table. "What happened with Asher is similar…sort of…well…" Clare stumbles over what she wants to tell them. She looks at Adam and then me, so I know she wants help.
"For Clare it's bringing up memories of what Darcy went through," I explain.
"What Darcy went through and what it did to our family. That's when Dad started having an affair, when Mom became so worried about public opinion she wouldn't even talk to me. My parents may have already been having issues, and I'm not saying you'll go out and have an affair, but I'm worried. I don't want you to leave Glen, I know my mom isn't great with this kind of thing. I know the arguments my parents had over Darcy's rape and her behavior, how much my dad started leaving the house. I think mostly just in the frustration of not being able to talk to her," Clare says to Glen and then looks at Jake. "I know you're older than me, but when all of this was happening no one was talking to me. I don't know if they thought they were protecting me or just thought I wouldn't understand. I know Darcy probably felt embarrassed and maybe didn't want to talk about it. Whatever the reason I was left in the dark and it made everything worse. Because no one would talk to me, really tell me what was happening what was in my head was probably worse. I can't promise I'm always going to want to talk, but I promise to keep you both updated, and when I can't Adam and Drew will," Clare says before looking at us.
"Of course we will," I smile and Adam nods.
"I'm glad you talked to us Clare, I never would have known your concerns. I don't know how your mom will handle things, she told me very little about "Darcy's hard time", as your mother puts it. I promise you Clare that I will keep communicating with your mom, forcing her to talk, and probably calming her down, and being the level headed one. Audra and Omar are going to have dinner with us once a week, to talk about the legal side and other things, I think that will help to. I promise I won't just leave the house even if I'm frustrated. You just tell us what you need from us, even if you just need some space and time to yourself," Glen tells her and she smiles.
"Yeah, you tell us what you need, if I have questions I'll ask. If you don't want to talk say so, just talk to us when you're ready. We don't want to be kept in the dark, but we also don't want you to feel like you can't talk to us," Jake tells her.
"Thanks, I feel better now that we've talked," Clare smiles with relief.
"Are you coming home with us?" Glen questions.
"Yeah, I'll get my stuff," Clare nods. Glen and Jake wait downstairs while Adam and I follow Clare up to my room. "Thanks for doing this with me, I'm glad you were both here," Clare says when her stuff is packed and then she hugs us both.
"If you need us, if you need anything, just call," Adam tells her.
"I will," Clare smiles.
After Clare leaves with Glen and Jake, Adam and I go downstairs and play video games. It's a pretty quiet Saturday, our parents return in the early afternoon. Just before I leave for a date with Bianca. I take her to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, but as soon as we order my mind wanders to Clare. I'm not even sure why, her smiling face just pops into my head all of a sudden.
"Are you okay?" Bianca asks suddenly snapping me out of my thoughts. Guess I was pretty spaced out I didn't even realize our drinks were here.
"Yeah, why?"
"You've been very quiet," Bianca replies.
"Sorry, just…tired," I lie. I'm sure telling my girlfriend I'm thinking about another girl is not good.
"Too tired for the movie?" Bianca asks.
"No, I'll be fine," I assure her with a grin.
Not wanting to go quiet again I just start talking, mostly about work, but a little about school. Somehow we end up talking about Eli's play, there's a dance for it after school next Friday. The dance is to promote the play, but also Whisper Hug is playing their one and only song. The dance was announced yesterday, so it's pretty short notice. I do take Bianca to the movie after dinner, it's kind of boring though and my mind goes back to Clare a lot.
"I should get you home for curfew," I say after the movie is over.
"It's still a little early, we could do something else," Bianca coos as she fingers my collar.
As great as making out, or more, with my girlfriend sounds, I'm still thinking about Clare. I know that's not good, and I know I'm not giving Bianca my full attention. The longer I'm with her the more likely she is to figure out I'm thinking about Clare.
"We'll get distracted and you'll be late, besides I have a mile-long list of chores in the morning. Let's save the making out, and more, for when we have a place and time to really savor it," I grin brushing my fingers into her hair.
Bianca smiles and gives me a soft kiss before we go back to my car. I drop Bianca at home, she kisses me before getting out of the car. When I get home my parents are in bed, but Adam is playing video games in the basement.
"You're home early," Adam comments looking at the clock on the DVR.
"I wanted to be sure B wouldn't be late for curfew," I shrug sitting down next to my brother.
When he finishes the level he's on he hands me a controller and we play together. We're still doing so when Dallas gets home from his date. We play video games for a while longer and then Adam and I go upstairs to get ready for bed. I brush my teeth and go into my room, I start changing for bed and notice a missed call on my phone. It was Clare and she called just a moment ago, so I call her back.
"Are you okay?"
"I can't sleep," she huffs.
"Miss my boring sports stories?" I chuckle and she giggles.
"Yes actually, they definitely put me to sleep," she retorts in a teasing tone of voice. "I should be able to sleep in my own bed, but when I close my eyes all I see is Asher. I can't stop thinking about all the ways this case could go wrong and ruin my life."
"You're over thinking things Clare."
"I know, it's what I do. I over think and over analyze and stress myself out. Hasn't Adam told you how neurotic I am?"
"I think you're worried, and it's okay to be worried, but I won't let Asher near you again. Now get comfortable, I have lots of boring sports stories to tell you," I tell her.
"You don't have to," Clare says.
"Will it help you get to sleep?"
"Yeah."
"Then get comfortable," I say again. I hear her shifting. I get off my jeans, socks and shoes and get in bed myself. I never did change the sheets again and my bed smells like her now. It makes me smile, inhaling her scent, talking to her, I almost feel her in the bed with me. "In eighth grade I first went out for basketball," I begin.
(CLARE)
"Are you going to miss the dance tonight because you have to work?" I ask Drew.
It's Friday afternoon, school just let out, tonight is the dance for Eli's play, and Adam's band is playing. It's also been a week of me sleeping at home, if you could call it that, I never seemed to sleep very much. The funny thing is the only way I could seem to get myself to sleep was to think about Drew and picture him telling me sports stories. I'd replay in my mind the ones I could remember, and makeup others. As long as I was hearing Drew's voice in my head telling them to me, picturing him there lying with me, I could sleep.
Not that I had told anyone this, as far as everyone else knew I was sleeping okay, and getting to sleep just fine. Not even Jake knew I was up half the night watching things on my laptop or writing, sometimes reading. I couldn't tell Eli that I could only sleep thinking about Drew, he'd be jealous, and in all fairness he probably had a right to be jealous about that. I couldn't tell Adam, he'd be worried that I was developing feelings for Drew, honestly I was a little worried about that myself. Not just that Drew made me feel safe, and was a comfort to me after all the stuff with Asher, but that I was truly developing feelings for him. I certainly couldn't tell Bianca, I didn't think she was jealous of my friendship with Drew, but sometimes she seemed to worry about all the time we spent together. I couldn't tell Jake; I was sure he would tell Eli or possibly tell Drew. Alli and my other friends would surely think I had a crush on Drew.
"No, I'm going in tomorrow instead, couldn't miss Adam playing. Even if it's only one song," Drew says and I smile.
"You two ready for the dance?" Bianca asks approaching with Eli. They have fourth period together, and both have lockers in this hallway.
"Definitely," I smile.
Bianca grabs Drew for a steamy kiss, Eli greets me with a kiss and opens his locker to stow his backpack. The four of us walk to the auditorium together. The auditorium was decorated at lunch, there's lots of posters up for the play, a few streamers and that's really it. The only refreshments are cookies and punch, but it was kind of last minute, this dance was only planned last week. Adam finds the four of us, Whisper Hug only knows one song, so they aren't on just yet.
"You ready to preform?" Eli asks him.
"We've been practicing our one and only song all week," Adam grins.
"Hey guys, the posters look great. I was worried at first, but I like them," Dave remarks walking over with his arm around Alli. The posters show Dave and Tris looking at each other like lovers.
"Or they were nice posters," I comment nodding to Luke and Becky defacing the posters with markers.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing?" Eli snarls running over. We all follow him; I manage to grab his arm just before he shoves Luke.
"Real mature guys," Adam comments. They've written a bunch of hateful and anti-homosexual slogans over the posters. They've even drawn devil horns on Dave and Tristan.
"You stole my play and turned it into an immoral mockery," Becky seethes.
"At least I have an open mind, and I don't hate everything that doesn't fit into my narrow view of the world," Eli replies.
"Being gay is wrong, it says so in the bible," Luke counters.
"That's an incredibly narrow-minded view, the bible says a lot of things," I shoot back.
"We never should have come to this school, it's filled with freaks like her," Luke growls and steps toward Adam. Instantly Drew is between Adam and Luke, and ready to push Luke away.
"Back off Baker, you stay away from my brother," Drew growls.
"Hey, what is going on over here?" Simpson inquires coming over with Mr. Perino.
"They're defacing the posters," I tell them.
Simpson looks at the posters, then back at Luke and Becky, "You two with me now." Simpson is pissed, he and Perino escort Luke and Becky out of the auditorium. We attracted a bit of a crowd, but now that Luke and Becky are gone they begin to disburse.
"I gotta get backstage and get ready to go on, I'll see you guys later," Adam says and then disappears into the crowd.
"Drew, help me get these down?" Eli requests.
"Yeah, sure," Drew nods.
"Come dance with me Clare," Bianca insists taking my hand.
Bianca and I dance for a song; she asks about my meeting with the lawyer on Monday. I tell her it was fine, but I'm not holding out much hope that anything will happen with this case. I met with Dana alone on Monday, Drew met with her Tuesday, but Omar was with him. The boys come join us on the next song, the four of us dance until the curtains open and Whisper Hug is on stage. We stop dancing and cheer for Adam, the others too, but mostly Adam. Their song is good and everyone cheers when they're done and they come off stage.
"That was a good song, you played great Adam," Bianca smiles.
"Yeah, good job little bro. Whisper Hug is a pretty good band.
"Thanks, it was fun, but we need more songs," Adam grins.
"Now that you've played, you won't mind if I steal your brother will you?" Bianca asks.
"No you two have fun," Adam laughs.
"Goodnight," I smile as Bianca starts pulling Drew away.
"Night Clare," Drew says looking over his shoulder to grin at me.
"Eli Principal Simpson wants to speak with you," Mr. Perino says just after Drew and Bianca leave. "You too Adam, he's waiting in his office. I need to find Dave Turner and Tristan Milligan."
"Dave is right there dancing with Alli, but I'm not sure about Tristan," I remark pointing to Dave and Alli on the dance floor. Dave leaves with Adam and Eli, with our boyfriends gone Alli and I dance together. The boys return after a few songs, they tell us Simpson asked about Luke and Becky's behavior. Apparently the defacing of the posters wasn't the first show of bigotry.
"I'll be right back," Adam tells us before disappearing into the crowd. A slow song comes on, Eli takes my hand and we dance together. Adam appears again when the song is over, and Maya is with him. "I asked Maya out, she doesn't have a lot of time before curfew though, so we're just going to Above the Dot," Adam says.
"Aww you two are cute together," I smile.
"After party sounds good, you up for Above the Dot?" Eli asks me.
"Yeah, that sounds like fun," I grin.
"Well, let's go then," Eli smirks putting his arm around me.
(DREW)
"Were you bored at the dance or something?" I ask Bianca as she drags me from the dance to her car.
"No, Adam's band was good, but I believe your house is empty for the next hour or so. I didn't think we should waste it," Bianca remarks.
I grin and get in the car, Adam can drive my car home. As soon as we're in the basement Bianca grabs my collar and pulls me to the sofa. She pushes me down, lying on me as her lips seal to mine. She's still holding my shirt with one hand and her other gently scratches along the side of my neck. I tunnel my hand into her thick curls and wrap my arm around her. Bianca's tongue licks across my lips before going through them to caress my tongue. Her tongue wraps around mine, she's being aggressive, unusually aggressive. I kind of like it, but it's not like her to be this aggressive. It's almost like she's trying to prove something.
As steamy as this make out session is after a while my mind kind of turns off. I'm sure we won't go farther than making out tonight and I'm getting really turned on. I try to distract myself, I think about sports first which only makes me think of Clare. Not that she's ever played sports, or seen me play sports, that I know I of. I have however been telling her sports stories to get her to go to sleep. So, I start thinking about school, which of course leads to me thinking of Clare.
Thinking about Clare is actually making me hornier, and I'm with Bianca. I'm with Bianca and she's kissing me hard and passionately, I should not be thinking of another girl. I am though and I'm getting really horny doing so. Knowing I need to stop this I break the kiss and push Bianca gently until I can sit up.
"What's the matter?" Bianca asks.
"Nothing, that was great, but my parents will be home soon. If they catch us doing that you'll never be allowed over again," I tell her.
"Yeah, guess I better get going," Bianca says. She grabs me again, giving me one last hard kiss. "Night, I love you," she smiles.
"I love you too," I grin.
Bianca goes through the basement door just as I hear my parents car in the driveway. I turn on the TV and wait for Mom to come downstairs.
"Where's your brother?" Mom asks from the stairs.
"Still at the dance probably, I left a little early."
"Are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah, just tired and I have to work tomorrow to make up the hours from today."
"That's very responsible Drew, I'm proud of you," Mom grins.
She goes back upstairs and I return to watching TV. I'm nearly through a movie when Dallas and Adam get home, barely squeaking in before curfew. Normal for Dallas, very unlike my brother.
"How was the rest of the dance?" I ask.
"Good, people liked our song. Luke and Becky got expelled for defacing the posters."
"Really? Expelled?"
"Yeah, it was considered a hate crime because of what they said, their slogans and graffiti. Plus, Tris had already made complaints about Luke and Becky's behavior. Luke had made some comments to me before too. And, he and Becky were bugging Tris and Dave when they were doing the photo shoot. All of it together gave Simpson grounds to expel them. Simpson talked to me, Eli, Dave and Tris during the dance. Simpson caught us as we were leaving the dance and told us about the expulsion then," Adam says.
"Yeah, and with Luke gone Owen is first string now. Luke was a good player, but he wasn't much good for the team. We had an emergency meeting about it after the dance," Dallas says.
"So, what were you doing all this time?" I ask Adam.
"I asked Maya out after the dance, we doubled with Eli and Clare," Adam replies. Now of course I'm thinking of Clare again.
"Cool, I didn't even know you liked Maya."
"I didn't either, but we've been spending a lot of time together. She's a little younger, but she's sweet and great with music," Adam grins.
"Cool, good for you bro. I'm going to go take a shower, I have to work tomorrow."
I go upstairs and into the washroom I share with Adam. I turn on the shower and get undressed. I've had Clare on my mind most of the evening and I'm still horny. I masturbate to thoughts of Clare, and immediately feel guilty for masturbating to thoughts of a girl that isn't Bianca. I shower and try to go to sleep, but it doesn't really work, I'm awake and thinking of Clare, feel guilty for thinking of Clare and try to think of Bianca. My mind always comes back to Clare though. Eventually I do get to sleep, and fall straight into a steamy dream about Clare. I'm awoken by my phone ringing, I blink my eyes when I see Clare's picture on it. It's as though she knows she's been on my mind all night, and part of me thinks I'm still dreaming.
"Clare?" I answer my phone with a yawn.
"Sorry," she apologizes sniffling in some tears.
"For what? What's wrong?" I question more awake now and sitting up a little.
"I'm sorry for waking you, I had a nightmare and I called you without thinking."
"What was the nightmare about?"
"Asher and what happened. Well, sort of," she says and sniffles again.
"What do you mean?"
"In my dream it started just as it really did. Me and Asher in his car, he was caressing my cheek and trying to get my clothes off. I told him no, I was trying to get away, but suddenly we were in a bedroom, his I think. I was trying to get away, I was telling him to stop and I was screaming, but he wouldn't, he got my clothes off and was going to rape me. I woke up just as he…" Clare's sentence trails off, but I know what she was going to say.
I want to be there, I want to hold her in my arms and tell her that she's safe, she's safe and with me. I'm so tempted to drive over there, I want so badly to hold her right now.
"You're safe Clare, you're at home, what Asher did was bad but he didn't rape you. He won't ever touch you again, I'll make sure of it."
"Thanks Drew, I feel better now. I am sorry I woke you up," she apologizes.
"Don't be, you couldn't sleep I'm glad you called me. Can you get back to sleep?"
"I don't think so," she replies.
"Okay settle in, more boring sports stories coming up. I don't think I've told you about playing little league in elementary," I comment and she giggles softly. I can see the soft smile on her lips as she giggles and it makes my heart flutter. Once again I wish I was with her and she was in my arms. I want my eyes to be gazing into her lovely sparkling blue eyes and see her wonderful smile.
I hear her moving a little, and I begin talking. After a couple of stories I hear her breathing become deep and regular, I know she's asleep. I whisper goodnight and hang up my phone, falling right to sleep again. When my alarm goes off I get dressed and go downstairs grabbing a quick breakfast before leaving for work. Martin isn't here today, but I'm just working on the anniversary project. I clock in and go down to the archives. It's a quiet morning, and being at The Interpreter all I can think of is Clare. This is bad, this is very bad and I don't know how to make it stop. When my shift is over I clock out from work and start driving home. I consider calling Bianca, just to get my mind off Clare. When my phone rings it's not Bianca, but Dave.
"Hey Dave."
"Hey, I need to practice for basketball tryouts want to meet me at the school and play some one on one?"
I can't play competitive sports anymore because of the concussions, but a friendly game of one on one is fine.
"Yeah, sure I need to go home and change first. I'll meet you at the school in half an hour."
Dave says cool and hangs up, no one is home when I get there, so I change quickly and drive to the school. Dave is here dribbling the basketball and taking practice shots.
"How was work?" Dave asks tossing the ball to me.
"Fine since I didn't see Asher, you heard anything about the case against him?" I questions dribbling the ball and tossing it back to Dave.
"I know my dad is on the team investigating him, but I haven't heard anything," Dave replies. He tosses the ball back to me, I dribble a couple of times and get ready to shoot, but then something occurs to me.
"Hey Dave, what happened when you cheated on Alli with Jacinta? I mean you love Alli right?"
"Yeah, more than anything. Cheating on her was the stupidest thing I've ever done and I'd do anything to take it back. I was just stupid and weak, I missed Alli and Jacinta was there, she made me feel good. It was not worth how terrible I felt afterward, and I almost lost Alli. Why you asking? I mean you cheated on Alli with Bianca," Dave comments.
"Yeah, but Alli and I weren't good together. I didn't love Alli and it was too easy to be tempted by Bianca, but this is different."
"What do you mean? What's different?" Dave inquires.
"Whenever Clare smiles at me I get butterflies in my stomach. I have a major crush on Clare, but I'm sure I love Bianca."
"You have a crush on Clare? Does Bianca know?" Dave questions in a shocked tone.
"I think she suspects something I don't know what though, she hasn't exactly asked and she's not mean to Clare or anything, they actually get a long pretty well."
"Does Clare know how you feel?"
"Honestly, I don't know. We've been spending a lot of time together but I was there for her, she may just feel safe with me. I mean her and Eli are like this epic romance how do I compete with that
"Yeah speaking of Eli you'd better hope he doesn't find out. I like Eli he's a good guy, but given the lengths he's gone to before when it comes to Clare better he not know," Dave comments.
Suddenly I get this flash of Eli finding out I like Clare and going nuts on me. I picture him trying to run me over with that old hearse of his, even though he totaled it when he crashed. Crashed the car to get Clare to come see him in the hospital.
"Yeah, better that Eli never find out. C'mon let's get you ready for tryouts," I remark shooting the ball and making a perfect basket.
Update soon likely beginning with opening night of Eli's play. Next story to be updated is Alone on a School Night.