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he could be very
self-centered.  He was used to women that hung onto his
arm as well as his every word.
    “I’m going to take a stab in the dark here,”
Amy suggested.  “Maybe she really was busy?”
    “You know I never thought of
that.”  Joey’s face lit up as if a light bulb had went
off in his head.
    “Boy, do you have a lot to
learn.”  Amy laughed at Joey as she rinsed the dishes off
and put them in the dish rack.
    “I really like to see her
again.”  He slapped his hand on the kitchen
table.  “In fact I think I will call her right
now.”  He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and
dialed the phone.
    Amy continued to dry the dishes while Joey
made plans with Angie to go ice skating this
Saturday.  She hung up the dish towel as he ended the
conversation.
    “We’re going to open skate this
weekend.  I hoped you and Adam could
go.   Maybe you could ask Janet
too.”  Joey pleaded with her.  “I want you all
to get to know her.”
    “Sure I’ll ask them next time I talk to them,
if you want me to.”  Amy shrugged her
shoulders.  Her brother was full of surprises
lately.  Usually he tried to get rid of her when he had a
new love in his life.
     
    ***
    Adam hung his coat on the chair before he sat
down at the table in the Thumb Area Michigan Works in
Sandusky.  He leaned over the table and ran his hand
through his hair as he filled out the necessary forms to attend the
Sanilac County Community Center. 
    At seventeen, Adam had dropped out of school
to focus on his hockey career and work.  When the NHL
drafts came he was unselected as the scouts considered him too slow
to play in the NHL.  Since then, he spent most of his
free time with a skating instructor to improve his foot
speed.  Now he felt he was ready to return to school,
earn his high school diploma and move on to college hockey.
    Adam handed in his completed forms to the
receptionist.  “Here, I think I filled all of it
out.”
    “Evening classes are held Monday through
Thursdays from 6-10pm,” said the woman as she stamped his
application.  “GED testing is in May and costs $55.”
    “Thank you.”  Adam took all the
information she gave him in a folder.  He put on his
Carhartt jacket, zipped it up and went out into the blistery
weather.  He cleared his windshield of the freshly fallen
snow and headed home.   Boy, it sure is going to
feel strange to attend classes again .
    Adam beeped as he waved at the oncoming
traffic when he spotted a neighbor or relative.  He
pulled his truck into the corner market in Argyle to pick something
up for dinner.  He grabbed a loaf of bread, a package of
Oscar Meijer bologna and a can of Chicken Noodle soup placing it on
the counter. 
    “Howdy Adam.  Have you been rabbit
hunting lately?”  Mr. Shoemaker, the owner, asked as he
rung up the bill.  “I got me about a dozen of them
yesterday.  The wife is home cooking them up as we
speak.”
    “No, I haven’t had a chance.”  Adam
paid for his groceries and grabbed the paper bag.  “My
dad asked me to go but I had practice.”  He nodded to Mr.
Shoemaker and walked out the door.  He put the bag in the
back of his pick-up, before he headed out on the highway
again.  Adam turned up the radio and listened
to  Rock and Roll All Night  by Kiss.  He
couldn’t wait to get home and call Amy to share his news.
    Adam made a bologna sandwich and a bowl of
soup for dinner.  He placed it on the coffee table to let
his soup cool and sat down on the couch.  He picked up
the phone dialing Amy’s number and waited for someone to
answer.
    “Hello?”  Amy’s voice was on the
other end.
    His heart skipped a beat when he heard her
voice.  “Hi babe.”
    It had been a couple of days since their
date.  He wanted to call her the next morning but decided
to wait.  He hadn’t wanted her to think he was pushy or
worse yet, desperate.  He figured he was safe now.
    “How are