She was close to crying over that every day, and she did cry the first time one of her friends played James Kerrigan's new song, "Bright Mohawk Valley...." She took the sheet and read the words until they burned into her mind."There is a new song out about our valley," she told her father. "Can we buy it?" Maybe some time. Let's see how we stand after harvest." Now. Please, please." You have more than enough piano music," her mother said. "If you have to play more songs, learn some more from the. Don't worry about us, make all the noise you want, all night if you want, just enjoy one another. Oh, so you know, Brandy's laptop will let you watch anything you want. So, off to bed, you two," she said and stood up and they left us sitting at the table."You ready, Joel?" she asked as she held out her hand for me."I can't believe this is happening, it's so unreal." I knew my parents would blow you away. They did me the first time." You've been through this before?" Yeah, with my first. “I am not gay,” Coach Slaughter said through clenched teeth and pronouncing each word quite clearly. He looked around and realized that there were too many witnesses to get away with hitting him. He was going to have so much fun with Sean after the kid lost.Frowning, Sean asked, “So what is it with that whole gender confusion thing?”“Sean, drop it,” Mr. Charmers said.“Okay,” Sean said.“Let’s get this charade over with,” Coach Slaughter said.“Charades? I thought we were doing push-ups,” Sean. ”Daddy looked up and down my naked body and said, “Well you’ve got the bell. Would you like me to read you a story?”“Daddy, I’m 18!”“Yes, sorry, would you like the television on?”“No thanks.”“I know, your phone.”“I haven’t got my phone, I’ve never seen it since that night.”“I’ve got it, the police gave it to me a couple of days ago. They’ve proved that you weren’t on it when the car hit you.”“But I can’t use it anyway.”“Maybe you can, blind people use mobile phones, voice control, and don’t.