Personally, I think he just wanted to see how good he really was. I had seen flashes that told me he would be playing on Sunday, if he didn't get hurt.... I'd seen him take our seven-on-seven team apart. He was a machine. If I was game planning against him, I would just be looking at how to keep the score within reach, because you weren't stopping him. Maybe you could slow him down some.We arrived at the sign-in desk and I forgot my name. They had the Houston Texans' Cheerleading squad signing us. ’ ‘I’ll figure something out, James.’ Bethany quickly got into the back seat. Eliza sat in the front and he closed the door. He decided Bethany went in first in case he decided to leave her behind. As crushed as he was by her last minute rejection, he wouldn’t do that to her. He wanted her back but was still mystified how that was going to happen and each day that went by made it seem less and less likely. He found himself once again feeling like a cork on the water, completely out of. ”“It is, but I’m not sure he’s interested in a casual relationship like that.”“Ask him, silly girl!” I chuckled.“You do cut to the chase, Yankee,” Stephie giggled. “But he does have a point, Elyse. Take a page from Steve’s book, tell him what you want and see what he says. It seems to work pretty well for Steve.”“It does, doesn’t it? I’m just not usually that forward,” Elyse said.I put my arm around Elyse and she snuggled closer.“Elyse, just talk to him like you talk to me. Everything will be. Guessing they weren’t sure whether it was her or not, she started to walk towards them with a shy smile on her face. When she was close, the boys started to smile as well. ‘Jenny?’ the older one asked. ‘Yeah,’ she muttered back. Damnit! How could they have turned into such hunks in ten years? ‘Hi Steve,’ she breathed, then turning to the other one. ‘Hi Kevin!’ ‘Hi,’ he gave back. ‘How was the flight?’ ‘Nice,’ she nodded. ‘I mean, I always get sick and such, but apart from that it was.