DARREN I know I had acted on an impulse. I should have thought about the consequences, which I did not. I had indulged myself in a fight with one of my best friends and now our relationship was tattered. As Allen said, keeping the taint and wallowing over it was one choice that I could make and forgive, and ending the hatred once and for all and moving on in my life, maintaining the beautiful bond of friendship that I had with my boys was the other choice that I could make. Allen, Joy and Ashley might have said the same thing to Daniel. And that was the reason that the five of us were gathered on the basketball court. There were people all around the court, especially girls, shamelessly ogling our handsome features. The five of us were almost of equal height, the shortest was Joy with a

