Just, I wasn’t sure why on earth you would want to be in there that long. We didn’t get that dirty last night.” I glared at him, unwilling to ev...en discuss the events of the night before. Looking at my hands, I could see their sudden resemblance to prunes. I dressed quickly, tying up my long red hair into a tight, high ponytail so that it would drip dry, grabbed my bag with a few supplies from his newly bought shopping, and set off out of the house, leaving James in my dust as I headed off into. They saw men unloading a big net. Tony yelled, “Look over there. Let’s go help.” They ran off the bridge and came up to the men and made the job easy.The kids were told to put their stuff in a safe place and introduced the man in charge, a guy named Big Henry, had the first net poised to be put out at 9:00 AM. The fires under the racks were doing a good job and he hoped to catch 500 fish today.He had what he called ‘the young crowd’ and was proud of their enthusiasm and even sent the high. “Football is the ultimate meritocracy. Coach plays the best guy. Period. It doesn’t matter if you’re white, black or pink with purple polka-dots. Best man plays.”“That’s a game,” Vicky said. “I’m talking real life. They’re different from us and mixing just doesn’t really work in real life.”“It doesn’t work if you don’t try,” I said. “One of my best friends on the team is Barry Lee Smith. Barry Lee made Dean’s List his last year in college. He has a degree in industrial engineering from Texas. He could hear the water running upstairs and he cocked his eyebrows. He started to slowly walk up the stairs to find her bedroom. Sure enough her bathroom door was closed. “Do you believe in love at first sight? I think you do! Lying naked under the covers. Those are the best days of my life, oh, those are the best days of my life.” Cane could hear her singing “Best Days” by Matt White in the shower. He looked around the room and studied the different posters and pictures on her walls..