drive to play football in order to reclaim the family farm in which Danny became the sixth generation of Rays to own the land.
Eve left the farm with her hopes soaring. She knew she had a story of great interest. This might help escalate her career to a much more prominent newspaper. Secretly she knew of someone who could write a great best-selling biography with Danny’s story. She loved Danny’s humble attitude about his accomplishments. Before all of this was over she intended to finagle a date from this handsome unassuming man.
She returned to her office and her fingers flew over the keys as she wrote his story with very little assistance from her notes. His story had somehow really touched her.
Danny thought about the vivacious and ambitious reporter. Her engaging smile and her caring attitude struck a note in Danny’s heart. He rubbed his hand over his chin as he thought about her. If her story seemed as good as she claimed it would, maybe he might be interested in continuing their relationship. He thought about Angela but there was something about Eve Bancroft which sparked his interest. He smiled in anticipation; she would call soon for him to go over the story. Just maybe, there might be a chance for him.
He pulled out his graph paper that he bought at the lumberyard to draw his future home. Today was the first time that he had ever felt embarrassed that badly about the appearance of his house. Definitely, a picture of this house would never see print.
He had a general idea of what he wanted in his new house. His first quick sketch left a lot to be desired. He knew he could easily draw the barn he wanted for his horses he wanted to buy next spring so he wadded up the sketch of the house and drew his horse barn.
Angela called on Thursday night to tell him that she had plans to be out of town this weekend, so Danny called to see if Aaron came home for the weekend and what he was up to lately. Danny wanted something to do other than sit at home on a Friday night.
Aaron told him, “Hey, you are way behind on news. I have a new girlfriend.”
Delighted, Danny asked, “Yeah? Anybody I know?”
“Probably not. Her name is Michelle Grigsby. We met on the first day of school this fall.” Aaron stated proudly, “You should meet her. She came home with me this afternoon when we got out of school to meet my parents.”
“Wow,” Danny exclaimed. “Already that serious?”
“I don’t know yet,” Aaron answered thoughtfully. “She is everything I have ever wanted in a girl. I wanted Mom and Dad’s take on her.”
Danny knew that most young men didn’t take that approach. “That’s good, Aaron. There might be more happy families if marriage partners could get along with their in-laws.” He decided he would keep that in mind.
Aaron thought about Danny out there on the farm all by himself and asked, “Hey, Danny. Could you get a date for tonight and come over? We are going to hang out here around the house tonight and play cards or something with Mom and Dad.”
Again Danny regretted that Angela had gone out of town for the weekend, and then he thought of Eve Bancroft. He pulled her card out from under the phone where he had stashed it and called her number. As the phone rang for the fourth time he figured that she was already out with some other lucky guy.
He heard her snatch up the phone and answer, “Hello, this is Eve.”
Almost shyly, Danny said, “Hello, this is Danny. I have a friend who wants me to have a date tonight and I thought of you.”
“Really?” she answered in a question. “That’s so nice of you. Actually I was just putting in a frozen pizza into the oven. Since I had nothing to do tonight, I was going to veg out on pizza and watch movies on the television.”
“My friend Aaron was going to hang out with his girl at his house and thought maybe we could play cards or something. Does that sound like anything you would like to do?”
“Hanging out at a friend’s house
Eve left the farm with her hopes soaring. She knew she had a story of great interest. This might help escalate her career to a much more prominent newspaper. Secretly she knew of someone who could write a great best-selling biography with Danny’s story. She loved Danny’s humble attitude about his accomplishments. Before all of this was over she intended to finagle a date from this handsome unassuming man.
She returned to her office and her fingers flew over the keys as she wrote his story with very little assistance from her notes. His story had somehow really touched her.
Danny thought about the vivacious and ambitious reporter. Her engaging smile and her caring attitude struck a note in Danny’s heart. He rubbed his hand over his chin as he thought about her. If her story seemed as good as she claimed it would, maybe he might be interested in continuing their relationship. He thought about Angela but there was something about Eve Bancroft which sparked his interest. He smiled in anticipation; she would call soon for him to go over the story. Just maybe, there might be a chance for him.
He pulled out his graph paper that he bought at the lumberyard to draw his future home. Today was the first time that he had ever felt embarrassed that badly about the appearance of his house. Definitely, a picture of this house would never see print.
He had a general idea of what he wanted in his new house. His first quick sketch left a lot to be desired. He knew he could easily draw the barn he wanted for his horses he wanted to buy next spring so he wadded up the sketch of the house and drew his horse barn.
Angela called on Thursday night to tell him that she had plans to be out of town this weekend, so Danny called to see if Aaron came home for the weekend and what he was up to lately. Danny wanted something to do other than sit at home on a Friday night.
Aaron told him, “Hey, you are way behind on news. I have a new girlfriend.”
Delighted, Danny asked, “Yeah? Anybody I know?”
“Probably not. Her name is Michelle Grigsby. We met on the first day of school this fall.” Aaron stated proudly, “You should meet her. She came home with me this afternoon when we got out of school to meet my parents.”
“Wow,” Danny exclaimed. “Already that serious?”
“I don’t know yet,” Aaron answered thoughtfully. “She is everything I have ever wanted in a girl. I wanted Mom and Dad’s take on her.”
Danny knew that most young men didn’t take that approach. “That’s good, Aaron. There might be more happy families if marriage partners could get along with their in-laws.” He decided he would keep that in mind.
Aaron thought about Danny out there on the farm all by himself and asked, “Hey, Danny. Could you get a date for tonight and come over? We are going to hang out here around the house tonight and play cards or something with Mom and Dad.”
Again Danny regretted that Angela had gone out of town for the weekend, and then he thought of Eve Bancroft. He pulled her card out from under the phone where he had stashed it and called her number. As the phone rang for the fourth time he figured that she was already out with some other lucky guy.
He heard her snatch up the phone and answer, “Hello, this is Eve.”
Almost shyly, Danny said, “Hello, this is Danny. I have a friend who wants me to have a date tonight and I thought of you.”
“Really?” she answered in a question. “That’s so nice of you. Actually I was just putting in a frozen pizza into the oven. Since I had nothing to do tonight, I was going to veg out on pizza and watch movies on the television.”
“My friend Aaron was going to hang out with his girl at his house and thought maybe we could play cards or something. Does that sound like anything you would like to do?”
“Hanging out at a friend’s house
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