I hurried to my car and quickly drove home.Once home, I had several stiff drinks to calm my nerves and convinced myself that what happened was just my... imagination. I went to bed and with the help of those drinks on an empty stomach, quickly fell asleep.o0oApproaching the gym, the thud from basketballs bouncing off the floor could be heard. Half the team was busy with dribbling drills as Mandy watched. Jordyn was busy with the rest of the team shooting free throws.The bell rang, letting everyone. Girls are friends and companions, but he looks at boys packages, you know?"I nodded. "Do boys know?"She pursed her lips. "Not so much, I think. He's careful. You would have to be watching for it -- or looking at the same things." He outed himself to me," I related. "He's looking for a sponsor for himself and his mama."Lupe eyed me. "And you do that?" No..."She turned that sly look I'd seen on her mother's face on me, "But you think about it..."I frowned. "Not much and not often -- not enough,. "Do you want me to do you now?" I asked, but he just shook his head and kept stroking my hair."Don't worry about that Timmy. You've done pretty well tonight." Mike reached over to the coffee table for his cigarettes and lit one up. He took a long drag and then exhaled at the ceiling before passing it over to me. As we lay on the carpet sharing a cigarette I realized that the older men had left the room and seemed to be tidying up in the rest of the house. A minute or two later a fully clothed. "Why not?" he asked. "I didn't plan this Jim, but I've started seeing someone else now. I am sorry." May said. Jim wanted to know if he knew the guy. May said that he did. Jim sat for a moment more,then without a word he got up and walked out of the Soda Fountian. He heard May call after him but as far as he was concerned she was now the past. He heard her say, "We can still be friends can't we?" Without turning to face her he rasied a hand and gave her the middle finger salute and kept.