Dancing Tides (109 page)

She
pi
c
k
e
d up the
pu
r
ple
f
lo
wer
s
a
nd
b
r
o
u
g
ht th
e
m outside
to use
a
s the
c
e
nt
er
pi
ec
e
on the
pi
c
nic
t
a
bl
e
,
w
hi
c
h s
h
e’
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
s
e
t
w
ith b
r
i
g
h
t
y
e
llow
F
i
e
st
aw
a
r
e
a
nd
n
a
v
y
-
bl
u
e
n
a
pkins.
T
he
t
a
ble
look
e
d like
s
o
m
e
thing
h
e
r
g
ra
ndmoth
e
r
w
ould
’
ve
r
e
c
o
g
ni
z
e
d
a
s
h
e
r
“
M
ar
tha
St
e
war
t” sid
e
. Most of
the
time
K
e
e
g
a
n
w
ould m
a
ke
do
w
ith a
p
a
p
e
r
p
l
a
t
e
but
w
ith Co
r
d
c
oming
to dinn
er
, she
wa
n
t
e
d to do som
e
thing
sp
ec
i
a
l.

O
v
e
r
v
e
g
e
t
a
ble
l
a
s
a
g
na
a
nd s
a
l
a
d, th
e
y
d
e
lv
e
d in
t
o
eac
h oth
e
r’
s p
a
st. She
d
is
c
ov
ere
d Co
r
d at one time h
a
d his h
ear
t s
e
t on
b
ec
oming a
m
a
jor
-
l
ea
g
ue
b
a
llpl
a
y
e
r
.
N
ot unlike
m
a
n
y
of
h
e
r
m
a
l
e
fr
i
e
nds h
a
d
w
h
e
n th
e
y
w
er
e
y
ou
n
g
e
r
, Co
r
d h
a
d p
l
a
y
e
d little
l
e
a
g
u
e
.
B
ut he
h
a
d mov
e
d up the
ra
nks
w
h
e
r
e
h
e
’
d pit
c
h
e
d
on his hi
g
h s
c
hool b
a
s
e
b
a
ll t
ea
m, som
e
thing
th
a
t
h
a
d p
r
ovid
e
d him his on
l
y
int
ere
st in s
c
hool.

“
L
e
t
’
s
f
ac
e
it,
I
w
a
sn
’
t
c
o
ll
e
g
e
m
a
t
er
i
a
l. Pl
a
y
i
n
g
spo
r
ts is
a
ll
I
h
a
d,
a
ll
I
lov
e
d to do
a
t the tim
e
.”

“
W
h
er
e
w
e
r
e
y
ou livi
n
g
th
e
n
?
”

“
B
y
h
i
g
h s
c
hool
I
liv
e
d
i
n a
g
r
oup home
w
ith s
e
v
era
l oth
e
r
kids, most
l
y
o
t
h
e
r
t
ee
ns
w
ho
wer
e
just
a
s
r
ea
d
y
to
g
e
t
o
n
w
ith
li
f
e
a
s
I
wa
s
.
”

“N
o st
r
u
c
tu
re
?
”

“
I
h
a
d st
r
u
c
t
u
r
e
th
e
r
e
but
not mu
c
h
e
ls
e
.”

A
h, no love
or
no one
to
car
e
a
bout the
little
b
o
y
,
t
hou
g
ht
K
ee
g
a
n.
“
W
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d to the b
a
s
e
b
a
ll
c
a
r
e
er
?
”

H
e
sno
r
t
e
d.
“
I
t
wa
sn
’
t
m
u
c
h of
a
c
a
r
eer
.
I
m
a
de
v
ar
si
t
y
a
s a
sophomo
re
,
a
lmost unh
eard
of
a
t the
h
u
g
e
public
s
c
h
ool
w
h
er
e
I
we
nt. Co
ac
h
us
e
d me
too mu
c
h though th
a
t
f
i
r
st
y
e
a
r
in the st
ar
ting
r
ot
a
tion.
I
s
u
ff
e
r
e
d a
b
a
d
r
ot
a
tor
c
u
f
f
inju
r
y
th
a
t
r
ef
us
e
d to h
e
a
l.
M
y
a
r
m
wa
s don
e
…
f
or pit
c
hing
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
I
w
a
s
p
re
t
t
y
g
ood too,
c
ould th
r
o
w
a
nin
e
t
y
-f
iv
e
-
mph
fa
st
b
a
ll
w
ith a
d
ece
nt slid
e
r
a
nd
c
u
r
v
e
b
a
ll
a
t s
ix
t
ee
n.
B
ut th
e
n, it
wa
s hi
g
h s
c
hool so
w
ho kn
o
w
s?
I
wa
s
p
re
t
t
y imm
a
tu
r
e
a
t the
tim
e
.
L
i
k
e
some
of
m
y
oth
e
r
e
ar
l
y
d
ec
isions in li
fe
,
w
h
e
n t
h
e
c
o
a
c
h sid
e
lin
e
d m
e
, it piss
e
d me
o
ff
.
I
f
I
didn
’
t h
a
ve
b
a
s
e
b
a
ll—
w
h
a
t
wa
s the
point in h
a
n
ging
ar
ou
n
d s
c
hool
a
n
y
mo
r
e
?
So, I
took o
f
f
.”