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After Cameron told Neely wait when he was going to leave, they started talking about their past. She said that after he left her, she hated football because she hated him. After eleven at night Neely left and there came Friday, when the Bleachers will filled with people from Messina. All of the seniors that were the heroes of the school program were there wearing there game jerseys.

As the book went on, Neely and Cameron were talking on the deck of the house. She said that he ended up in Screamer's car and drove off with her and it really broke her heart. She was sad for a very long time and when she met her husband, she finally forgot about Neely. When she said this, Neely looked at her and said that he was sorry and thanked her for giving him a chance to say it.

Neely went to go meet his friend from school named Cameron. He was driving by her old house and saw that she was home so decided to say hi. When he did, he told her that he knew she had kids and a husband. She said her husband is rich, and Neely wasn't wealthy as him. Cameron said she doesn't ever think of him anymore and Neely said that it took him tens years to get his thoughts off of his chest.

They were driving through town and then they met Jesse. They wanted to tell him that Rake died from cancer because he knew Eddie Rake and meant the world to him, Jesse said that Eddie Rake was in the court room when he was sent off and it upset him because he felt like he failed in Eddie's eyes. After this, Neely decided to go to Cameron's old house and talk to her again because he loved her.

They continued to talk about the kid who went to prison. As Mal was talking, when they were driving down the road, they saw volleyball players and basketball players on each sides of the road. When they were driving, they saw who they were talking about and they pointed him out on the side of the road.

After talking about what had happened at halftime during the East Pike they continued talking about things. While driving on the road, Silo said that he wanted to drive, but Mal said no because it was illegal. Whenever they were talking about the East Pike game, they talked about someone and Neely said he didn't like the conversation.

They were talking about what had happened in the locker room after they were losing 31-0 against East Pike. The coaches came in very mad and coach Rake came in and punched Neely. Neely knocked Rake out cold and the other coach got beat up by Silo and they went out with Neely bleeding to win against East Pike.

Mal was continuing to talk about him in Vietnam and what happened. He got shot, in the river, and said that he passed out from the pain of the shot. He said that he was lucky to live from that war because other five had to get shipped home for their injuries.

In his police car, Mal was telling them a story of him in the Vietnam War trying to survive. He said that he was young and a fuel barrel blew up which caused him to leap into the river. When he was in the river, he knew that there were snakes in the river that were very venomous. He said that when he was on the side of the boat, he thought of Eddie Rake, because he always told them to not give up no matter the case.

The recording has already been over so they were continuing to talk about the game. They said that Neely called out three plays because they couldn't kick a field goal because they haven't all season. They also couldn't turn the ball over or they would lose. They ended up winning the game and they all jumped on Neely when they won.