" Harry didn't need tellingtwice, and flew out of the room like a rocket.I sat down in the space vacated on Maggie's bed, head spinning slightly.If I'...d needed confirmation of just how weak and pathetic I was, it hadbeen shown in full glory by Maggie's 10 year old brother. He had beenaghast at the idea of joining in our games, or being treated in any waylike a girl. What on earth was I doing?Maggie's Mum wasn't finished, "oh Julia, your Mum just called. She isn'tgoing to be able to pick you up. Now you see that she’s not what you were imagining her to be.” Elizabeth nodded. “I’ll let you and Curtis postpone things tonight, but I expect you to stand tall and talk to Avery very soon.”“I will. I’ll know either way by Saturday and--”“That’s the limit, if you just run away from Avery instead of facing her like a man. You won’t be welcome in my home.”“But--I,” David faltered.“I’m not worried that you will handle this poorly, David.” She reached over, squeezed his shoulder and looked him. Her heart was suddenly pounding as he approached, naked and dangerous, but she stood her ground as he stepped into the shower and stared her down. ‘Go on…’ she told him, invited him, stepping back further into the water as he came near. ‘What are you gunna do?’ He stopped, he hadn’t thought that far ahead, and he wasn’t sure what he would do, could do. ‘Out of the shower,’ he told her, stepping into the water. ‘No,’ she grinned, taking another half-step backwards. ‘Out of the shower!’ he said,. 31 seconds. Shawn Byrd came third with 4.33 seconds. Half a dozen more guys were within 0.02 seconds of Shawn's time.We spent half the evening in position meetings before the coaches finally gave us time off. Most of the team headed for the weight room to get some light training in before bedtime.Tuesday brought more drills and conditioning exercises along with meetings. Kelly commiserated with me when we IMed later in the evening. Both of us were counting down the days until we were.