"The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you."

*Al Lopez

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Walking into the restless lunchroom surely woke me up. I had, again, past my "morning" in more or less a daze.

I think I even fell into a dreamless sleep during English. I had barely noticed the new boy sitting next to me. Poor thing, I completely ignored him, but I was, and still slightly am, too tired to really care all too much.

I searched the crowd for my usual. Evan, Christine, if she wasn't outside with the seniors, Julia, Scott, Matt, and Nikki. Oh, and the occasional Renesmee and her family. They had moved here about a year ago, and obviously welcomed with open arms and jealous eyes. The entire lot of them. They, the ones still attending school, Edward, Alice, and Bella, shadowed her in a way people thought strange. I...honestly, well, I didn't see it as strange. I don't know why. Either way, I spotted her at the table today talking to Christine. She was really the only one who did talk.

Next to her, I noticed the two new students I had met in Latin; Jane and Alec. Her and Renesmee had become a quick pair, I could see, and I smiled slightly at how strangely perfect friends they were despite the circumstances. What circumstances? I began to question myself. Smiled, and shook my head.

"D-!" Evan rose, smiling politely at me, to make room for me, then sat back down. I kindly returned a sympathetic smile and glanced discreetly to Christine's ongoing banter.

Christine began to talk about something, something I couldn't quite focus on. She always seemed to babble when she talked…it was terrible hard to concentrate on. Julia made a snide remark on it when Nikki point out discretely that "One should be more aware than not when talking to Didyme. She's very good at pretending she's listening to you!" all in good humor.

"Oh," Jane laughed, "I know what you mean about babbling!" she joined Christine and Julia in their debate on the topic, which had been partaking for a short about of time. "My, um," she seemed unsure of the right word, "mother," –slight grimace- "Sulpicia, all she seems to do it babble and flounder on the most unimportant things!"

They all laugh, all in different ways. I saw Alec look at her in almost a disapproving way, but she seemed ever so proud of her words.

She doesn't babble. She does not babble. I don't remember babbling!

That voice. That bell voice in the back of my head kept telling me. Like I knew her. Like I knew her…

I shook my head trying to rid the thought. Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. But that voice stopped me from laughing. And Jane noticed with a bit of concern and resentment.

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Hell, I know it's short. But I just got a new computer (oh, more excuses?!) and I'm getting ready to start my new term which is a bit frightening because I am going to a new school…hehe. I have updates coming, I promise!

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