Out side there was a car waiting and I shook my head and said Tim this is not my image. He said sorry kid it's too short of a ride for helicopter. We got to the capital Grill and inside Tim said reservations for Mike Simmons and the hostess said is that Junior or Senior. Brian answered senior and we were shown a table and I figured what the fuck and ordered Glenlivet on the rocks and Tim said please make that two. There was a conversation and I am sure money was exchanged and two drinks were delivered to Tim. After the waiter left Tim slid the drink over to me and said asshole, you earned that. Just then dad came over looked at Tim and said damn, I have a better table than you and laughed and walked away. Tim said shit, lesson learned. We ordered steaks and bake potatoes and I ordered iced tea and the waiter said thank you sir. We had just finished dinner and were drinking coffee when the Mayor came in, he seemed to make a beeline to me and sat right down and said what you guys drinking? Tim said scotch, rocks and I said iced tea, the Mayor ordered something and when the drinks came mine was scotch. We talked for a while and the Mayor said, I hear Mr. Carr impressed you at your first board meeting today. I said in a strange and perverted way he did. So Mr. Mayor what can I do for you? He simply said an advanced copy of your construction documents 24 hours before they are released? I looked at Tim and said, please make sure those are hand delivered to the Mayor, Tim said sure.
When the Mayor left, Tim said Michal James Simmons, why are you bothering with high school, that must be boring as hell for you. I said Tim there are friends, the girlfriend, and the easy sex of all kinds and flavors. He looked at me and said Mike, watch the sex of all flavors, you now have a reputation to protect. I said Tim, I am totally aware. By the way, you as of now are the legal council for MJS Enterprises. You comfortable with that? He said Mike, you do like to blur the lines, it's a good thing you are ethical because if not you could be building a crime family. I motioned for the waiter asked for more coffee and the desert menu. While waiting for coffee and desert I took my jacket off and leaned in and started on what we needed to do next and the timeline. When we were finished Tim paid the bill and we went outside and I said shit I have to go home in this as I came to the office today with dad. Tim was dropped off at the office and I was driven home. I thanked the driver, apologized for no tip as I had no money on me and he said Mr. Simmons that's is not an issue, that will be taken care of when I submit the invoice. I said thanks, went inside grabbed the cigarette went to my room and collapsed on the bed.
About a half hour later there was a knock on the door and dad came in, grabbed the cigarettes lit one up handed it to me lit another, cracked the window and sat down. He said Mike, you were very impressive this afternoon and the board for the most part was awestruck. Especially how you knew each one by name and something about them. Shit, son I could not do that today. They were very impressed in how you reacted to Alex and were amazed he was not asked out. So Mike, why didn't you throw him out? You have dismissed people for far less. Dad simply because I could and was not going to his level and he won't resign. It's game on and by Easter he will be history. Mike, I hate to do this but I have another favor..... Dad, ask Sally to meet me at The Tavern some day after school, say 4:30 so I can work out. Have her pick the day and if the time doesn't work have it be anytime later. I said dad, now I have a favor? He said Mike, what do you need? I said dad Bill wants another visit this weekend and I need out of that.
Mike, there will be no visit as the rehab people feel that Bill is too dependent on you and will play any game he can think of to get you for a visit. So Sunday when he is expecting you he gets me. Mike, I'm running out of patients with him. I took two cigarettes out of the pack, tossed it to dad and said, I need to call Carrie. Dad said good night and went to his room. I called Carrie and we talked for two hours about her day, school and then my day and dinner after the meeting and the mayor. She asked about how I would settle back into school and I said babe I don't know, but I'll see you tomorrow in English. I said, I love you and hung up.
I was up at the usual time went for the morning run and had a light breakfast and went to school. It was a very normal day and I was settling back into the routine and at lunch I checked my phone and there were 9 voice mails. I returned the call from dad and he said Mike, if you can possibly do it please meet sally today at 5:00 at The Tavern. I said sure and hung up and called Tim. He said Mike the construction loan was approved with the land as the down payment and the lease, no problems. Also two weeks early the bid documents are ready and a copy was sent to the Mayor. I thanked him and tried to eat. The rest of the afternoon went well except I got a 75 on my Spanish pop quiz. Then it was to the field house to workout and Sam was there and I watched him and he was doing really well so I asked him to increase the Reps and keep at it. I finished working out showered and got to the Tavern a little before 5:00 and Sally was there. The owner came over and I said iced tea and asked Sally if she needed another drink and she smiled and said not yet.
When my drink came it was beer and she said Mike, how does that happen and I said Sally it just does. We talked about nothing at all until I said Sally, how do we fix this? She said Mike I can't figure out who you are. You are a caring son, yet tell him off in a minute, you have this perfect image yet drink, smoke and fuck. You bend and or break every rule around you yet wear a halo. You are a great student and a elite athlete. Just who the fuck are you? I said Sally, your vocabulary is better than that and since I'm not using that type of language I would appreciate it if you didn't use it either. She said, oh and there is that your need to have the last fucking word. I took a deep breath and said Sally, I'm all that - that's who I am. I'm only having sex with Carrie and I will never lie to you. Does that help? Mike, do you lie to your dad, I thought for a minute and said Sally, I did once and it was about having sex with Carrie, after that he grew to accept that and we moved on.
She thought for a minute and asked, what's your issue with me? Well Sally, it is strange you are good for dad and I'm glad not to be the sole focus of his attention, basically I don't trust you. I'm sorry if that came through. We talked for a while and another round of drinks arrived and mine was iced tea. I simply said Sally there is a limit and she laughed. We were quiet for a while and I said so Sally can you please let me be Mike and I'll let you be Sally. Trying not to be mean or hurtful and every time it starts to get to the point that dad might get hurt, we simply have a talk like this. She looked at me and said sure. We talked for a while and I ordered another round of drinks and mine was beer and she looked at me and said dude you are the ultimate puppet master and adults are your puppets. I laughed and said correct, but I am aware that I have no strings attached to you and I am fucking good with that and we both laughed.
At home I went straight to my room called Rob and asked if he could get his ass over here and help me with the Spanish. He said if you help me with the fucking math. I said it's a study date and he said he would be over at 8:00 and we hung up. I was starving and a little buzzed and went downstairs and found no dinner and settled on a sandwich, chips and iced tea. I was eating and reading an English assignment and dad came in asking about the meeting and I said ask the wife. I'm so far behind in school, Rob is on his way over to help me with Spanish. Dad just went to the office and closed the door. I grabbed a coat and the cigarettes and a beer and went outside, thinking I need a heater and just sat there. Dad came out and said Mike, get you ass inside Rob is here. Inside I got two beers and said let's study in the kitchen. We started on math and an hour later he was doing well, then Spanish and I'll never get it and he said Mike, we have to spend a day together with us only speaking Spanish and you learning to think in Spanish. Right now you hear and actually understand the Spanish, translate it to English then formulate it in Spanish and finally spit it out in Spanish. You are better than you think you are. Finally, he said Mike, thanks for the math help, your Spanish is better that you think just relax, I'll see you in class tomorrow. I went upstairs and called Carrie and said babe we need to spend some time alone together. She said damn I thought I would never hear you say that again. We talked for a while and she said Mike, I love you and hung up.
It was a typical day at school and Sam and Jim were at the field house for the workout and I was glad to see Sam enjoying himself. I was driving home and thought shit, I did not have a Christmas gift for anyone. I drove to the mall, looking around I was struggling on what to get Carrie but I bought Jim and Rob and I matching running suits. Damn there was dad and Sally and I needed a wedding gift as well. I was determined to get Carrie's gift but it had to be something a 17 year old would buy his girlfriend and damn I was having a hard time getting into that mindset. Then I got an idea and I went to the jewelry shop and asked for a very nice bracelet that I could add charms to. I selected a computer charm, a charm of a couple hugging, a briefcase, a football a V and a T and asked if they could somehow be connected. The guy laughed and came back with a hokie bird. He said I I never thought I would sell this, it was a special order that was never picked up. I waited while he attached the charms and I was all set. Then it was dad's turn and I was having yet another hard time. I called the club and asked if they could arrange a round of golf at Oakmont? I was assured that they could and I asked if it could be foursome? Again I was assured that was a go. Now it was just the wedding gift and that would have to wait, I needed to think about it and see what the final plans were.
At home there was a note from Ryan saying dinner was in the refrigerator and I decided wait for dad and called the VT athletic office and asked for the NCAA compliance officer. I was asked my name and was put on hold. Almost immediately a guy got on and introduced himself as Tom Jackson, I asked his title and was told, the person you asked for. I said well I am Michael Simmons and I'm sorry to bother you but actually, I don't need to talk with you right now, I'll simply get the information from Notre Dame and I hung up. I sat at my desk and started to count and in less than a minute my phone rang and it was a Blacksburg area code and I let it go to voice mail. I listened to the voice mail and was surprised that it was Coach Conn saying Michael you have exactly 15 minutes to call me back and stop with the damn games.
I waited 10 minutes and call the number back and asked for Coach Conn, I was on hold for like 5 minutes and was about to hang up when Coach got on and said so Michael, you calmed down? I said yes sir, I am. He said what can I do for you? I said coach I wanted compliance information and dates and your guy was rude. The coach said Mike, he said the same thing about you, so let's get past this. I said sure coach, please send me that information, is there anything else? He said well between now and your visit I would like to see an attitude change. I said on both our parts or just mine. He replied, Mike on your part. As for on our part I am pretty sure you are figuring out a timeline to commit to us and I want it clear that the minute you do you will be expected to act like a Hokie and not a spoiled jock, can we agree on that? I said coach, absolutely. Actually, I appreciate being treated like a normal recruit, enjoy your day. Then he said Mike you are a normal recruit and hung up. I thought SHIT, be careful. Damn, I knew they were the ones to pushback but damn that was a lesson learned.
Then I remembered the wedding gift and decided on a gift certificate to the best restaurant near the cabin and would call the chamber of commerce tomorrow. Glad that was set in my mind, I then settled on running suits for Jim, Rob, Tim and Brian and a matching one for me. I would take them to a local place and have MJS Enterprises put on each.
I laid on the bed thinking damn things certainly change when they think they have you. I started to think that I would give them a verbal on the visit but now that will wait and I will tell them that it is down to three and I had 2 more visits. On the other hand I simply don't want to play games and get a bad reputation. Well it will become what it will be.
I went down stairs and found dad eating, I grabbed and iced tea and joined him. I asked about wedding plans and he said that it would be just you and Sally's daughter. So dad what happened to her first husband and how many kids does she have? Mike her husband died in a boating accident and she has one daughter. Her name is Judy and she is Bill's age and married. The ceremony will be at the courthouse December 22nd followed by dinner at the club then we will be at a hotel and leave for the cabin the next day. Mike, I'm sorry but that leaves you alone for Christmas but we will be home on the 30th and you can still have the News Years Eve party. Dad that works but I was wondering if it would be ok if Jim and I went skiing for a couple of days? Mike there is no way you will get a room. Dad, so what if Seven Springs is booked there is always a room some where, let me check with Jim and I'll deal wit it tomorrow. Then I asked where the Cabin that I have never seen was located? Mike it is in Hammondsport, NY. I said thanks I was just wondering, I might like to get there some day. We cleaned up the kitchen and I went upstairs and worked on History, English and that damn Spanish. I called Jim and asked if he was interested in a ski trip the 26th through the 28th? He said that it sounded awesome and he would have to check with the rents. He asked how good a skier I was and I said very average. He said that has skied some but not that much. I said Jim we can stay on the intermediate slopes or easier but the point was to get away. Then he asked if the girls could come and I laughed and said so the girls get to ask their rents if they can spend two nights with their boyfriends at a ski lodge or more likely a motel? He laughed and said you could pull that off as you and Carrie have been dating forever and Ashley and I for a very short time, besides we have not had sex yet. Jim, right now just you and me and possibly Alex? Check and I'll see about rooms at the lodge. I called the resort and was told that the lodge was full and there was a waiting list. I asked about anything else and was told that there were a few Condos available. One of them was a ski-up. I asked what that was and was told you could leave the condo and ski and then take the lift up and ski to the condo. I asked it it was available the nights of the 26th and 27th and was told that it would also require the 28th. I asked about the rates and was told $325 a night. I said that would work and reserved the condo with my credit card. I was surprised that there was no questions about my age or number of guests. I asked and was told it slept 6, I thanked them and got off the phone.
I called Carrie and told her about the wedding arrangements and that she was invited to dinner at the stupid club and that the ceremony was just me and Sally's daughter. Then I mentioned the ski trip. She immediately ask if she could come and I said it was a 3 night event and she was welcome if her rents agreed. That the place slept 6 but..... I'll leave the bull shit to you. I said if she got the ok, I would see if Jim could talk Ashley into joining us. She laughed and said well that's a lot to pull off. Babe, I know but you could always come up for the day? I said no rush and I love you.
I went down stairs found dad watching television and we talked for a while, I told him about the condo and the complicated conversation with Coach Conn at VT. Dad said Mike, I don't give a shit about the ski trip but the VT was just stupid. Just stop the games, pick up the phone in the morning and verbally commit. Explain to them that you are going to Michigan because you promised and call ND and say no. Your mind has been made up for weeks and the verbal can always be changed. Oh, if you get hurt on the ski trip get yourself to the hospital. I laughed and said deal. I told dad that he was right about VT but we were still making the visit and I would verbally commit the last day of the trip. He said Michael, just stop with the fucking games and do it. Dad, what if I don't like it? He said Mike, you will be in an athletic dorm one year and then in some apartment so get over it and unless you skip football and go to CMU, VT is the next best comp. sci program. Just do it. Then he said Mike, I'm not mad but this is one time you games will backfire, just trust me, now good night.
The next morning was rain and wet snow so I skipped the run. Dad was up early and we had coffee and I thanked him for getting in my face last night. Then he said while I'm at it the ski trip is fine but no girls, Just guys and I mean it. Dad best I can say is that they might be up for the day but no overnights. He got up missed my hair and said now get the VT thing fixed and get to school. I got up snapped to attention saluted and said Sir, yes, sir. Dad laughed and I drove to school. I saw Jim and said wingman we need to talk and I saw Carrie and said babe we need to talk, lunch just you me and Jim. She said Michael, you have me worried. Babe it is about a VT announcement, just earlier than I thought. At lunch I told both of them the same story and they both said, Mike it is about time.
After school I went to the field house and was working out and damn Sam was there again and the little shirt was doing great. I showered and went to the athletic office and asked if Coach Weston was available and Nancy said Mike have a seat and I'll find Chuck. Coach Weston came in a few minutes later and I said coach have a seat here this won't take long. He sat down and asked, so Mike what's up? I said I was going home and call VT and give them a verbal. He said Mike I talked with Coach Conn and he is really worried that he over reacted with you yesterday I think he will be very pleased if you simply tell him your are ready to commit while in Blacksburg. I thought for a minute and said, how about I tell him I'm ready to give a verbal and ask how he want to this. Mike, it nice to have you thinking. Oh you will be getting a call you are about to be announced as the high school player of the year by the PG. Also, you made first team all state. So mention that to VT. Not bad for a junior but really sets the bar high for next year, I looked him in the eye and said fuck. He got up shook my hand and said congrats but I'm still waiting to see your building drawings. I said shit coach I forgot but soon, I promise very soon.
At home there was once again dinner Mac & Cheese and this time and I thought how great it was to have dinner ready and things must be going well with the business. I finished dinner and called Tim, we talked for about an hour and things were indeed going well. I told him about the ski trip and asked if he wanted to join us? He said he had family plans but appreciated the offer. Then I told him I would be making a verbal commitment to VT, he laughed and said damn we all knew that.
I called the Hammonsport Chamber of Commerce ask about restaurants and looked over the list and selected a restaurant and got a $100.00 gift card. They could pick it up when they came to the restaurant. With that I wrote a note of congratulations and told them about the gift card, put it in an envelope addressed to Mr & Mrs Senior.
I called Carrie and she said that her parents flipped over the idea of the ski trip and that she was told she was going to visit her aunt in Ohio and they were not discussing it further. I asked if she would be home for New Years Eve and she said even if she had to take a bus home. I asked if she wanted to invite anyone and that Jim and Rob and their dates would be there and that dad said I could have a party for 8 and that he would drive everyone home and that there would be very little drinking. Then I added no sex and she laughed.
Then it was a call to Jim and he said that his dad said the ski trip was cool and that he shook his head at the cost. I said dude, I have the cost taken care of you bring the beer and buy me lunch.
I put it off as long as I could, took a big breath and called Coach Conn. It went to voicemail and I left a message saying "Good evening Coach, this is Mike Simmons and please call me back at when you have a minute to talk". I sat at my desk and started working on school work. I was half way through Math when my phone rand and I saw it was a Blacksburg area code, let it ring three time and answered with "good evening this is Mike". The reply was " hi, Mike this is Coach Conn what can I do for you"? Well coach, I would like to apologize for being a shit the other day, it was a very stressful day and I should have waited to call. Coach Conn said Mike, I guess neither of us was having a good day, so let's move on. I said coach, I would appreciate a fresh start. So Mike, what's going on? Well I am ready to make a verbal commitment and would like to know how you would like that to happen? Mike, most kids just tell the local media. However, you were correct the other day when you indicated you were not the average recruit. Your selection as player of the year in your history rich district and first team on the all state selection as a junior is unreal. Then he said, Mike I have a few questions, please don't fly off the handle, I replied coach, just ask there will never again be drama.
The first question, are you committing to the university or the football team? Coach, yes to both, I have always been upfront about how important the academics are. Coach said Mike that's a great answer. Mike, is Jim aware of this decision? I said yes, he is. Then he asked where he stands in his process and I replied, coach, please ask Jim. Then I said coach while we are doing a visit on the same weekend it is because, Jim is not me and his dad is not my dad and Jim has very little help. Mike, don't underestimate Jim. I said coach I don't at all, but his dad is overwhelmed by all this. Mike, so you are telling me that you will do no more visits? Coach your turn not to be upset as I promised Jim if he was making a visit to Michigan, I would do what we are doing at VT. Would that make it appear that my commitment to VT is soft? Mike, like you I don't give a shit, just keep us in the loop. I said, coach that's not a problem. Then he said as for an announcement please keep it between you and me until your visit, we might do something special. Ok, coach have a great holiday. He replied Merry Christmas. I was glad that was over with and now it is Christmas break and the wedding and me and the wingman on the slopes.
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