He looked up as Tammy looked back to the hoops. Hmm, well what did you expect me to do when you give attitude, he thought to himself. He knew they had just met, but he wasn't going to take any crap off of her. She gave him a ugly look and then a icy little tone, he didn't have to take that.

He laid down on the soft pitch and put his hands behind his head and stared up at the sky. He wondered what his mom was doing right now. She was getting off work and settling in to watch his brother's game. His brother was playing the LA Lakers, he knew that was going to be a good game. He wondered when his mother and brother would be able to watch him play the sport he loved.