Victory Tour
Copyright© 2023 by Alured de Valer
Chapter 73: Wednesday, Oct. 24
Coming of Age Sex Story: Chapter 73: Wednesday, Oct. 24 - The continuing adventures of Gary Robinson and the gang from Best Summer Ever. How will our hero handle juggling playing football, his growing number of girlfriends and his senior year of high school? Let's find out! I'll try to post every Saturday, but don't hold me to that.
Caution: This Coming of Age Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including mt/ft mt/Fa Teenagers Consensual Heterosexual Fiction School Sports Furry Incest Brother Sister Aunt Nephew DomSub MaleDom Light Bond Spanking Interracial Black Female White Male White Female Oriental Female Hispanic Female Anal Sex Cream Pie First Massage Oral Sex Pregnancy Safe Sex Squirting
I woke up with Kacie laying half on top of me, a leg thrown over both of mine.
The big problem, though, was she had her hand in the fly of my boxers, holding me loosely in her slumber. And her nightie had ridden up again, giving me a glimpse of fur.
The sight of the two things, which were just inches apart, had me on the rise. I needed to get her off me, but I didn’t want to push her off into the floor.
I tried to slide out from under her to my right, but I was already up against the wall and didn’t have room to move without disturbing her. So I tried going to my left.
That was a mistake.
I was able to move far enough that she was now on top of me, those incredible boobs pressing into my chest and a leg on either side of me. She maintained her grip, if anything tightening it slightly as things got almost aligned. She murmured in her sleep when I poked her.
Her hips shifted and flexed a little, trying to get me inside her. It only took her three or four flexes to succeed. She moaned happily and settled back into a deeper sleep as I slid into her.
Fuck it, I thought, grabbing her hips and pumping gently. If she wants to put herself at risk like this, then I’ll just have to show her the error of her ways.
Kacie’s eyes shot open with a startled gasp as a tremor raced through her. She whined and squeezed me deliciously as she realized what was happening.
“Don’t you ever get enough?” she panted as she started working her hips.
“You started it,” I grunted, tightening my grip and adding a little force to my thrusts. “I tried to get out of bed and you wouldn’t let me.”
My sister endured another spasm, then really went to work. I was afraid her whines and squeals would alert the folks, if not the whole damned neighborhood, as she started reaching for a big one. Instead of smothering her cries with a kiss this morning, she bit into my shoulder as her body shook violently.
Despite the shock of pain, I unleashed what felt like a huge load into her. Now it was my turn to try avoiding alerting the world with my cries.
Kacie slumped atop me, both of us gasping for breath. I soon wilted and slipped out with a trickle of fluid flowing over my groin.
The ineffectiveness of my efforts to keep quiet were made apparent by a knock on my door. Kacie flew out of bed and was in the bathroom, seemingly without ever touching the floor, just a tick before Dad cracked the door open.
“Everything all right in there?” he asked with a concerned note.
“Cramp,” I panted, lifting my left leg and reaching to massage the calf as he stuck his head in. “I think the extra gassers I ran yesterday finally caught up to me.”
“Huh, OK,” he grunted, easing back out. “You need to get up and start getting ready for school. It’s already after 6 and your mother wants to be there on time. We’ll take you. You can get a ride home with Jed or somebody.”
“Yes, sir,” I groaned, trying to roll out of bed and stuff my dick back in my boxers without him noticing.
At least I didn’t have to fake a limp once he closed the door. I’d already forgotten which leg was supposed to have been afflicted.
I heard the toilet flush before I got to the bathroom. Kacie was entering the shower and I shucked out of my boxers to join her.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Kacie snapped.
“Taking a shower,” I said, reaching past her to grab the soap. “I have to go in early and don’t have time to wait for you.”
“Well, keep that thing to yourself,” my sister commanded. “It felt like everybody in band knew I was walking funny yesterday.”
“Maybe they’ll think that’s just the way you walk if you show up like that every day,” I smirked as I began scrubbing.
“You wish,” she snorted. “There’d be that one week each month when I didn’t. Besides, Morgan said you need to save something for the game Friday. She’s afraid you won’t be able to run away from people who want to hurt you if you screw me every morning.”
I admit Morgan probably had a point, but I maintain I wasn’t the one who started it.
“Maybe you should wear panties or sleep in your own bed,” I retorted.
“But I sleep better when you’re here,” Kacie said. “And those commandos of yours didn’t have any problem going commando.”
Good Lord, girl. That was fiction. It’s not like I actually expect the females in my life to behave that way.
I hurried up and rinsed off before my sister got any other bright ideas. I was already running late. I didn’t need to give Mom yet another reason to take a strip out of my hide.
I got out, toweled off and stepped to the sink to brush my teeth. The mirror showed a nasty bruise already forming where Kacie bit me. Fortunately, it was in a spot that would be covered by every shirt I owned. I wasn’t in the habit of wearing tanktops and the weather at this time of year wasn’t really conducive for them.
Back in my room, I grabbed a fresh pair of boxers and opened a closet that was seriously devoid of clothes. There were a few dress shirts, but no polos except for the white team shirt. And I needed to save it for Friday.
“Hey, Kace,” I said, sticking my head back in the bathroom to find my sister wrapped in a towel brushing her hair out, “what happened to my clothes?”
“Mom took some of the stuff you’ve outgrown to Goodwill,” my sister replied.
“Surely I didn’t outgrow everything,” I said. “There’s only a few shirts left. Not even any slacks.”
“Then wear one of the shirts,” my sister reasoned. “The pants you wore yesterday will be good for another day. And don’t call me Shirley.”
Looks like I need to bring some things home from the apartment. The blue team shirt chief among them.
I put on the pants, which still had everything in the pockets, and pulled a shirt off a hanger. Then put it back. It was too small. So was the next one, but the third time was the charm. Barely. Good thing I didn’t need to button the collar to wear a tie.
It was still a little before 7 when I reached the kitchen, where Mom and Dad were having another cup of coffee. Mom had to pick on my clothing choice. Apparently, the shirt and windbreaker I’d worn home Monday clashed too much for her taste.
“There’s not much else in the closet and this one sorta fits,” I said. “Kacie said you took a lot of it to Goodwill.”
“Not that much,” she snorted. “Those girls claimed more for themselves. You either need to bring some home from Arlene’s or let them go buy you enough to keep here.”
I’m sure that’d go over well. All I needed was to ask them to do even more shopping. And I’m sure I’d get to pay for it all, now that they knew I had money. I wondered how many outfits they’d get for themselves as they shopped for me.
Mom granted me just enough time for a muffin and a cup of yogurt — I made sure to grab peach so Kacie wouldn’t be upset with me for taking a flavor she preferred — before hustling me out the door. I was stepping into the garage when I realized I hadn’t had my pineapple juice for the second day in a row. Pretty sure Mom wouldn’t allow me to rectify the matter. We were on her schedule now.
I climbed into the back seat of the X5 with Dad taking shotgun. The garage door risked incurring my mother’s wrath with its slow ascent. That thing better be careful. It might find itself being replaced if it caused her to be late.
The ride to school was strangely silent. I was surprised Mom didn’t get on me for getting into more trouble. I guess the video clip she watched numerous times last night had curbed her need to chastise me further.
We pulled into a visitor’s space in the front parking lot early enough to please Coach Tucker. Grandpa’s Cadillac and George Patterson’s Mercedes were already parked, leading me to wonder just how nasty things were about to get.
Since I had a few minutes, I went to my locker to get what I needed for my morning classes and rejoined my parents at the main office. Bill Richards came in at 7:28 according to my phone and we were escorted back to the conference room where I’d learned of tabloid accusations of being a pedophile. Once again, Dr. Stirling, Chief Baxter of the school district police department and Harold Chapman, the district’s lawyer, were there, along with Mr. Dunwoody, Mrs. Montero and Coach Tucker.
This did not look good. I was beginning to think I may not be attending that hearing tomorrow. I mean, why bother if I was no longer enrolled in this school?
Dr. Stirling gave me a rather indecipherable look and got things started.
“Since I have not been to my office yet this morning, I have no way of knowing if Dr. Franks has formally submitted his resignation,” the superintendent said. “But, based on the conversation we had last evening, I expect it to be there by the time I arrive. He cited concern for his family’s safety as his main reason for departing.”
“That’s good to hear,” Grandpa said. “About the resignation, anyway.”
“I want to know exactly what happened last night,” Chief Baxter said. “We need to determine if either side acted in a manner that would require my attention.”
Grandpa snorted at that and pulled out his phone, but the chief held up a hand to forestall him.
“I want to hear Gary’s side first, Mr. Robinson,” the cop said. “I’ve already taken a statement from Dr. Franks. Then we can look at the video and see which version is closer to the truth.”
So, I recited the events as best as I could recall — introduction, nice to meet you, hand extended, Ralphie going apeshit.
“I might have just let it go if he hadn’t made the crack about how he should have expelled me when he had the chance,” I said. “I put up with enough of his crap in the week he was principal. I never did anything that warranted such punishment and everyone here knows it, or should. I’ve said more than once that I have plenty of respect for authority, just not those who abuse it.”
“Did you ever threaten Dr. Franks?” Mr. Chapman asked.
“Not directly,” I said. “I never said anything about doing him physical harm and I never raised a hand as if to strike him. The only thing I said I’d do is seduce his daughter. If that didn’t work, I’d come back and seduce his wife.”
“Would you?” Dr. Stirling asked.
“I haven’t really thought about it,” I said. “I gave him until the end of the month to get out of town. If he does that, I’m not going chasing after them. I’ve got more than enough to deal with already.”
That brought more than a few chuckles from the men and scowls from Mom and Mrs. Montero.
“I admit, Miss Franks may not quite fit in with your coterie of girlfriends,” Mr. Patterson smirked, making me realize I’d boinked the daughters of three of the men here and had at least gone on dates with the daughters of two others. “Obviously, you haven’t met Mrs. Franks.”
“Not that I’m aware of,” I said. “Does it really matter?”
“He outkicked his coverage,” Coach Tucker snorted. “In a big way.”
“It seems you caused severe feelings of inadequacy to resurface,” Mr. Patterson added. “In a big way.”
“Look, I never tried to do anything to the man, even when I had cause,” I said. “He fired the first shot when he decided to make an example of me that first week. All I did was apply for a second parking permit. Since then, I’ve been accused of pretty much everything except kidnapping the Lindbergh baby.”
“Watch it, Robinson,” Mr. Dunwoody growled. “You’re not exactly pure as the driven snow, ya know.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Mom asked, narrowing her eyes at me.
“He’s turned in another assignment for Creative Writing that dealt with an inappropriate subject,” Mrs. Montero snapped.
“Another?” Mom asked, her eyes narrowing even more, if that was possible.
“The first one dealt with the power dynamics in a Dominant/submissive relationship,” I said, causing Mrs. Montero to blush and Mr. Dunwoody’s scowl to deepen, if that was possible. “I got an A on it and I expect to get one on this one, too. Dr. Robinson said I have a nice writing style.”
“You let your aunt read it?” Mom snapped before Dad cut in with a superseding question.
Which was good for me. I didn’t want to think how Mom would react to the story of all the girls reading it and that Kacie was the one who brought Karen into the picture. Which, now that I thought about it, may have had something to do with the way Karen acted that evening.
“What was inappropriate about it?” Dad asked.
“It was kinda suggestive, but in a humorous way,” I said. “There was nothing explicit.”
At least not in the version I’d intended to turn in.
“I’ll show you what Mrs. Cohen showed us,” Dr. Stirling said, attempting to regain control of the situation. “But let’s get back to the current matter. Chief Baxter, do you have any further questions for Gary?”
“I’m good,” he said. “The accounts basically match up. Neither denies saying what the other has accused them of. Let’s take a look at that video now.”
“Do y’all mind if I just wait out front?” I asked. “I really don’t feel like reliving it again. I’ve got some reading I can do while I wait.”
“That sounds like a good idea,” Mr. Chapman said. “Since Dr. Franks isn’t here, that’ll keep things even.”
The administrators didn’t have any objection as long as I stayed in the front office. They wanted me to be within easy reach just in case the hammer fell. If it did, I was supposed to be under it.
I gathered my things and headed for the door. I could read over a couple of Lady Macbeth’s scenes while I waited.
As I opened the door, Grandpa leaned over to Mr. Patterson.
“Did you get it?” Grandpa asked quietly.
“Right here,” Mr. Patterson said with an evil grin.
That piqued my curiosity. I guess I’d find out what they were up to when they wanted me to.
I found an empty chair, settled in and started reading. Lady Macbeth came across as a manipulative bitch. I think her ambition may have exceeded that of her husband. At least, I don’t think he would have been so quick to off King Duncan without her prodding.
It made me wonder if there was a similar dynamic between Ralph Franks and his wife. The dude never impressed me as the type who knew what he was doing when put in charge.
The first bell rang, prompting me to put my things away and sit patiently. I was surprised none of the ladies in the office told me to get my butt to class, but they had their hands rather full with the number of students who required their attention for some minor emergency or another.
I thought about what my reaction would be if they did decide to come down on me extra hard.
I could be a good little boy and just go out to Buchanan to finish my senior year. I’d already considered such a move this fall and had been just a step away from starting the process before the adults let me in on what was really going on.
Or I could see about graduating at the semester. That had already been mentioned in regard to accepting more lucrative modeling assignments, but I really wasn’t all that excited about the prospect. With $50 million in the Caymans, all my modeling income provided was spending money beyond Mom’s suggested $100 per week “allowance.”
The downside to either one of those options was how much trouble I would be in with the girls. I’m sure they were already making plans for Winter Formal and prom. And Dad would probably still expect me to make sure the yard was done on a regular basis.
Or I could play to win.
I had enough dirt on the people in that room that I could pretty much destroy the school district’s administrative flow chart and throw the whole operation into chaos. The situation between Dunwoody and Montero alone was guaranteed to cause shockwaves. I didn’t doubt that Dr. Stirling could find himself caught up in the mess for allowing such a situation to occur right under his nose. And the school board would face blowback for approving the hiring such people in the first place.
The front office cleared out just before the tardy bell rang. I kept my place after it did, figuring I could rely on Chuck again for Economics if I did remain enrolled here.
It was only a couple of minutes longer before the group emerged. Grandpa and George Patterson wore satisfied grins that may have been a touch wolfish. Mom, Dad and Coach Tucker looked a little stunned. The two lawyers sported inscrutable expressions, giving away nothing, while Chief Baxter was speaking intently, but quietly, on his cell phone. Dr. Stirling, Mr. Dunwoody and Mrs. Montero looked positively unsettled.
“We’ll talk about this,” Mom said, waving some papers that may have been my Creative Writing assignment, “when you get home tonight. No later than 8.”
“Yes, ma’am,” I said.
“Getcher butt to class, Robinson,” Mr. Dunwoody growled, handing me a hall pass. “I’ve still got my eye on you.”
“Yes, sir,” I said.
“See you in the morning, Gary,” Mr. Patterson smirked as he clapped me on a shoulder. “The Governor said he may be able to rework his schedule to attend your hearing.”
I took that to mean I was still enrolled, but didn’t have time to ask questions. I had to get my butt to class.
I walked into Economics several minutes late to find Mr. Cochran was out today. The substitute, whose name I never got, had handed out a sheet of 25 questions that were to be turned in tomorrow. I’d better finish this today and have Chuck turn it in for me.
The lady accepted my hall pass, handed me a sheet of questions and pointed me to my seat before going to amend the attendance slip she’d posted on the door. The class was far enough down the East Wing that the office aides hadn’t made it down here yet.
Most of the questions pertained to material we’d covered the last two days, causing me to pull out the copy of notes Chuck had made for me last night. His handwriting was surprisingly neat. Not girly-swirly, just precise and quite legible. Much more so than mine.
At least I’d done a better job of keeping up on Monday, but not much. I needed to go over the chapter again before Cochran hit us with another test.
At the bell, Chuck quickly caught up to me as we made our way out of the classroom.
“Dude, I can’t believe you got away with that shit last night!” he cackled. “How the hell are you still in school?”
“Good question,” I grunted. “I wasn’t in the room when the bigwigs made whatever decision they made. I’m sure my parents or at least Coach Tucker would have said something if I was in even more trouble. All Dunwoody said was to get to class.”
“Ya still have to get through athletics, though,” my teammate laughed. “Coach might be waitin’ to deal with ya on his turf.”
That would make sense, I thought, trying to ignore all the murmurs that followed me to my next class.
In Western Civ, I informed Mrs. Edwards of my planned absence for tomorrow and was told that while no assignments were planned, I should continue reading ahead. She wouldn’t come right out and say it, but I got the feeling tomorrow’s lecture would be heavily based on those websites I’d been using.
Once class got under way, we wrapped up the formation of the Hanseatic League and got started on the Kalmar Union. I got the feeling the Kalmar thing was doomed from the start. The Danes seemed to just assume they’d be the dominant member and the Swedes refused to let that happen.
The Norwegians tended to act like the little brother who just went along with what the others wanted. I think that was a big reason Norway was subjugated to some extent off and on by first Denmark, then Sweden for more than 500 years. The country didn’t gain true independence until 1905.
Heck, there were even Hanseatic outposts in Norway by the late 14th century. That may have had something to do with Queen Margaret being so willing to create the Union. Under her rule, of course.
There was definitely going to be more reading required here.
Bell, stop at locker to load up for the afternoon, trudge to English IV to see what instructions Karen had from Mom today. I’m sure there’d been something besides Donnie Darkner my mother wanted to chew on me about this morning that just couldn’t wait until I got home this evening.
I was sorta right. Dr. Robinson did feel the need to yank my chain, I just couldn’t swear it was on Mom’s orders.
“Are we going to have to lock up all the flute players just to be safe?” our interim English teacher smirked as I entered the room.
“One of them’s your niece,” I grunted as I stepped over to her desk. “Why don’t you ask her how safe she feels around me.”
OK, probably not the best example right there, but Kacie was the only girl I could positively identify as a flute player prior to my introduction to Melanie Franks.
“Ya know, I played flute in high school,” Karen grinned wickedly. “Am I safe?”
“For the next two months, Kay-Kay,” I whisper-growled, leaning close. “After that, it’s just a matter of whether you can escape to Europe with Arlene and Jan.”
That caused a furious blush. And a nostril flare. And two points on her blouse to pop up almost instantaneously.
“Take your seat, Mr. Robinson,” she commanded, albeit with a somewhat shaky voice.
“Yes, ma’am, Dr. Robinson,” I smiled, knowing she was mine to take whenever I pleased. But I’d better wait until at least Dec. 21 to keep her from facing any legal trouble. “Oh, before I forget, I won’t be here tomorrow. I’ve got a thing to do downstate. Will there be any assignments over the next two days?”
“Get with me after class,” she said, still sounding a little shaky.
We got started on the rest of Act I and I felt like I held my own. Turns out I wasn’t the only one who saw Lady Macbeth as ambitious and manipulative. We all pretty much agreed Macbeth would have killed (or had someone kill) Duncan eventually, but his wife got him to put things in motion sooner rather than later.
One girl, who I believe could have been the inspiration for one of Donnie Darkner’s militant feminists, had to blame Macbeth for getting his wife involved. The woman had clearly been forced into an arranged marriage by the patriarchy and deserved to achieve as high a station as possible given her circumstances.
I noticed the girl didn’t assign Lady Macbeth any responsibility for the body count that accumulated over the rest of the play.
I had to stifle a laugh at the thought of another one of Grandpa’s jokes — if you want to see a feminist’s head explode, just mention you’re heavily involved in the production of oil seed rape. He liked to leave out the part that the oil produced from these seeds was more commonly known as canola oil, which I must admit is much more acceptable to the general public than rape seed oil.
When the bell rang, I stopped by the teacher’s desk. She had difficulty looking me in the eye for some reason.
“I want 500 to 1,000 words on how much blame Lady Macbeth should bear for the death of King Duncan for Friday,” she said quietly. “Cite your sources. Remember, I expect quality writing from you. We’ll start on Act II tomorrow, so read up on that.”
“Yes, ma’am, Dr. Robinson,” I said. “Thank you.”
“This ‘thing’ you’re going to tomorrow,” she said, “try to keep your grandfather from making too big a fool of himself. He can get a little carried away when it comes to browbeating bureaucrats into seeing things his way. This won’t be like the Buchanan school board.”
“I’ll do what I can,” I said, “but his good buddy George hinted the Governor may put in an appearance. That might be too much temptation to resist.”
“Oh, dear,” Karen moaned. “I better not let Momma watch the news tomorrow night.”
The conversation, brief as it was, put me behind on my dash to the fieldhouse. Coach Bennett was only too happy to suggest more gassers might help me be on time in the future as I hurried to get dressed and to the weightroom for flexibility exercises. That just seemed to get him warmed up for his usual regimen of shouting at teenage boys.
That I had to endure having parts of my body forced into unnatural positions did not make his performance any more enjoyable.
I was still feeling the effects of the exercises when we gathered in the team room for more film. Coach Turner showed us some of the blitzes the Hawks had employed. If they blitzed behind the motion man, the fly sweep could go a long way. If they blitzed in front of him, we could have a train wreck. The quarterbacks needed to be able to recognize and adjust quickly.
We went over the game plan and the script, which both Scottie and I had to learn inside and out. If Coach Tucker was going to hold to his plan of not naming a starter until after we went through pregame, we both had to be ready.
We were sent to shower just before the bell. Somehow, Coach Tucker did not demand to see me in his office, which I took as a good sign. The spray of hot water helped my muscles untwist to some extent, but I didn’t have time to fully recover. Morgan would be waiting for me to take her to lunch.
The brainy little elf-like brunette was just outside the locker room door.
“So, you really are still with us,” she smirked as she hooked my arm and turned toward the cafeteria.
“I’d better be,” I snorted. “I’d hate to think I went through all that torture in flexibility just for the fun of it.”
“Has Franks turned in his resignation?” Morgan asked. “Coach Tucker was pretty tight-lipped about things.”
“All I know is Dr. Stirling didn’t have it when we met before school,” I said. “He did say Franks informed him of his intention to resign last night. Seems Ralphie’s concerned about the safety of his family.”
“Gee, I wonder why,” she giggled. “You really do have a mean streak when you get mad.”
“Then don’t make me mad,” I said.
“If I do, will you take it out on me like you did Kacie?” Morgan asked in her too-sweet tone. “That’s two mornings in a row. Am I going to have to start sleeping over to protect her?”
“More like protect me,” I snorted. “That’s two days in a row she wouldn’t let me get out of bed. She actually had hold of me this morning, if ya know what I mean. I don’t know how awake she was, but she was the one who put things in position.”
“Maybe I should sleep over, then,” she said. “The only problem with that is Mom would think I was trying to sleep over with you.”
“I somehow doubt the both of you would fit in my bed,” I said. “Kacie barely fits as it is.”
“Then get a bigger bed,” she said with a hint of exasperation.
Like that wouldn’t tip the moms off. I’d better hurry up and get a place of my own. I’d have to check with Arlene tonight and see if she’d spoken with Mrs. Osborne yet.
We got in line and slowly shuffled toward food. The hot plate was nothing I found appetizing today. Looks like another burger day.
The usual group gathered at the usual table. Not surprisingly, they all wanted to know about my confrontation with Franks.
I may have mentioned that I really don’t like having to tell the same story over and over. But with a fairly large audience, I figured I could let them disseminate the information for me.
“I just had enough of his act,” I said. “He seemed to consider me his personal whipping boy for some reason. I merely explained the possible consequences of his behavior. All I did was say hello to the girl and he went off.”
“You know she’s going to want to take you up on it,” Morgan snarked.
“Then her father better get her out of town by the end of the month,” I said, causing several of my teammates to stare at me oddly.
“Better not try that with Ny’Quesha,” Marshawn growled.
“She’s behaving herself,” Morgan said before I could answer. “She knows she has to make straight A’s this six weeks and keep it up if she wants to go out with Gary again.”
“And how you know that?” the linebacker asked.
“I’ve been helping her study,” Morgan replied.
“And when you been doin’ that?” Marshawn asked. “She ain’t been goin’ anywhere at night and you ain’t been to our house.”
“We all get together at Mrs. Jenson’s on Saturdays,” Morgan said.
“Whatchoo do on Saturdays?” Marshawn, who was just full of questions today, asked.
“Plot mischief for me,” I said, receiving a sharp elbow in the ribs from the brainy little brunette.
“We help Mrs. Jenson’s housekeeper clean the house, have lunch and study together,” Morgan said. “Then we plot mischief for Gary.”
“What kinda mischief?” Chuck asked, beating Marshawn to the punch.
“Well, last Saturday we had to make him redo one of his homework assignments,” Morgan said, directing an evil grin at me. “He wrote this story for Creative Writing that was a little too over the top.”
“What, he have some dude nailin’ a string of hot babes?” Jed asked.
“You’ll just have to read it yourself,” Morgan smirked.
“Nah, we have to do enough readin’ for school, already,” Hank Preston said.