Donald’s legs burned as he did his last set of squats for the morning. “Great job Coach, you have really been getting after this spring!” said one of his senior basketball players. Donald smiled and said, “Just trying to get back into shape.” Morning weights with the team used to be something Donald had given to an assistant coach, but for the past six weeks, he had been working out with the students every day. It was beg...

She sat back in her chair and took several breaths. “Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my god, what am I gonna do? I can’t back out on Andy, but I can’t say no to Donald either!! Oh my god.” She grabbed her phone, deleted her message, and started again: “Hey honey, that sounds amazing! I have to work until 5 and maybe later though?? I am so sorry I can’t leave at 4:00! What’s going on? What are we doing?” She read it to herself an...

She looked at him with a bewildered expression. He smiled as he read her mind. “Don’t worry, honey, there is plenty of time for me later! It’s a you and me kind of weekend!” “What? where? huh” she asked confusedly. “Just GET IN the Jeep and we can get outta here!! I’ll be three minutes to get my stuff!” He ran upstairs to pack a few things leaving her wondering what had just happened. Her phone buzzed and she saw it was f...