Sorry for the delay that occurred due to my health problems as well as having to retire Bagger and then be trained with a new guide dog named Frenchie. Now back to the story; if I am able I will try to get a chapter out every week, if not then every other week.
From the last part:
The next thing I remember was being given a shot for the pain, and waking up after the surgery to Mark calling me dad, and that made me feel better even though I felt like shit. After being discharged we headed back to our condo and our beds especially since I do not think that Mark slept too well in the chair in my room while at the hospital.
Mike has asked to give his point of view about what happened during the latter part of the previous school year, and the summer before football practice along with school started up again.
Mike's POV:
My dad was really upset with me after Mr. Mike stopped dating him because of my actions. I continued to see Marie for counseling during the summer, so that I wouldn't have to move in with my mother and step-father, Claude Darr. I was hoping that dad would allow me to attend football camp like I had in previous years, but he informed me that both Mark and Mr. Mike had to no longer be afraid of me before he would consider it. It was during this conversation with my dad in mid-June, that I found out that Mark and Mr. Mike were going to go on vacation for most of July, before Mr. Mike went to Florida in order to get his new guide dog.
The two of them had put up defensive walls against me because they thought that I had purposely thrown the rock at his previous guide dog, Bagger.
I was really upset when Mark informed me that he was going to stay with Marie, while Mr. Mike went to get his new guide dog, because he was still afraid of me. That was in early August and my boyfriend at one time, the guy who I loved more than myself, was scared of me. It did not seem to help much that he always disappeared when I had sessions with Marie.
August was "HOT, HAZY and HUMID" with heat index temperatures getting over 105 degrees, when football practice started at New Town High. Dad had decided to hold practices early in the morning and after 5PM at night so that none of the players would get ill from the heat. Just like when I would go visit Marie, Mark still refused to speak to me, and it was obvious the returning players knew the history between us. So when dad told the returning players to choose a captain, not captains as in the previous seasons, they elected Mark the Team Captain with no votes for me. After he was elected Mark stated, "We have to let bygones-be-bygones and play to win as a team". Was he talking to me? Did Mark want to get back with me?
I found out that Mr. Mike was returning with a new black lab named Frenchie, his new guide dog, and that he was considering retiring or moving out of the district.
I asked dad if he thought that Mark wanted to become boyfriends again especially since I was hurting something terrible with him not talking to me except to say hello and see you at practice. Dad was not sure where Mark stood when it came to me, but he did inform me that Marie had been talking with Mr. Mike during the summer, and she went to Florida to visit with him on Saturday and Sunday afternoons while he was away. She had told dad that he wanted to possibly start dating again, but was still uneasy being around me after what I did to his previous guide dog.
I asked Marie, "Could we possibly have a group session with your brother (Mr. Mike), Mark, dad and I?"
I made the request in order to ask them if they would forgive me and let me prove to them that I am no danger or threat to either of them. If they would not then dad may as well contact my mother about my transferring to the school near her home. She asked me more about why I made this request, and said that it might be a good idea.
I decided to talk with dad telling him the reason why I had made the request of Marie was because I want him to be happy, and he was the happiest when he was dating Mr. Mike. Yeah, you heard me right, I am thinking of somebody else before myself for once. If it means no longer being able to live with dad so that he can re-start dating Mr. Mike, than that is what has to happen. If Mark is still afraid to be around me, except for when we are on the football field, than Mark will be better off without me around totally.
I am suppose to have a talk with dad later tonight after he returns from taking Mr. Mike out to dinner. Hopefully dad can convince Mr. Mike not to retire or request a transfer from the school as it would hurt dad as well as the rest of the student body at New Town High.
While they are having dinner, I had a three-way phone conversation with Mark and Marie (he was staying the weekend at her house), about my feelings for Mark and wanted him back my life again. I also told both of them that unless Mr. Mike and Mark could forgive me for my past idiotic actions, that I had told dad to transfer me to the school near mom and step-dad. I explained that I loved Mark, Dad and Mr. Mike so much that if they did not feel comfortable around me than I would leave the three of them, so that the three most important people in my life could live happy lives without me even though it would kill me on the inside.
Just before the phone conversation ended Mark stated," Mike, I do love you and could forgive you for what you did last year, but it's up to my new dad on whether or not he and Marty continue to date".
I asked Mark, "What does your gut say to you about Mr. Mike forgiving me and getting back with dad?"
Both Marie and Mark answered that question by saying that they are both grown men, but that Mr. Mike still has safety issues with being around me according to Marie.
Damn I have really screwed up big time I stated, and told both of them that after I talked with dad either later that night or Saturday morning; and found out if Mr. Mike would be willing to give me a second chance, that I want to be sent to live with my mother and step-father so that he does not have to leave New Town High or dad because of me.
I fell asleep before dad got home from his dinner date with Mr. Mike, so our talk had to wait until breakfast on Saturday morning.
**** Once again I am sorry that it has taken me so long to start the new part of Mike Our Star Player, but after having to retire my previous guide dog Bagger, I went into a mild depression before I ended up having gall bladder surgery in May. I decided it was best to take the summer off from writing, and on August 15th I got a new guide dog named Frenchie --- she is a real cutie*******
TBC: I think that the next part should be Mr. Mike and his sister discussing why he is still gun shy around Mike