"Still, I don't think I'll ever get Dayna's Double-D's." 34D is nothing to sneeze at, Dawn," DJ shook her head."You can talk. Couple more years and yo...u'll catch Dayna," Dawn shrugged."Yeah, but she does nothing but complain about backaches and boys never looking her in the face," DJ giggled."That's because Dayna always wears shirts that show off her cleavage. Her own damn fault," Dawn shook her head."What, you mean like you're doing to Ben right now?" DJ smiled.Dawn turned to me with a grin on. It was the first Saturday since the baseball season started that I didn't have a double header."An undefeated season so far. That's got to feel good." the announcer prompted."It feels great." Tuesday you play Lake again, and if you win... ?" If we win, we sew up the district championship." And if you lose?" We won't, but we'd still be in good shape. Lake has the best win-loss record in the district next to us. If they win and then win their next three games and we lose to Lake and our last. I bought a JVC VHS mid-range recorder/player unit and a box of five blank tapes. We took the unit home, and I hooked it up. On Thursday, I’d get a membership from the local video store and we’d be able to rent movies.“Stephie,” I teased, “you know they make cameras for these, too. Maybe we could make our own movie!”“You are a nut, Yankee! I could just see somebody finding that tape, making lots of copies of it, and selling it!”“Maybe I’d sell it, Peaches! We could get rich!”“Count me out,. ” His words are a baseball bat to my stomach, the sensation rippling through my bones.“What do you mean?”“You know what I mean,” he says, taking his hand away.“No, I don’t,” I insist, or more, refuse.“I can’t do this to you!” His reply is sharp, though he tries to keep his voice down.“Isaac, we’ve been over this.”“I know, again and again, but we both know why this has to end.”“Isaac, please,” I beg, grasping at his hand. My adrenaline wells furiously, like whitewater rapids, threatening to.
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