Buds Best Years, Page 29

Bud went over to Bobby to get his autograph. He was surprised that Bobby was so soft-spoken he would have thought he would be loud like his screen persona. He was the only celebrity that Bud had met in his life. But would never forget this moment for the rest of the year. He said goodbye to Bobby and made his way back to the barbecue for lunch. Sid had started serving up hamburgers and salad. Bud went right over and grabbed a plate and waited his turn to get some food. After lunch they went back to the hotel to backup and get ready to go home.

Bud did not have much to pack so he sat sat around watching the others pack. Bud had a sleepless night that night because he could not wait to get back as he missed his home and his friends.

The awoke early the next morning for the early flight back to computer city. It was getting towards the end of Buds first year of high school and he was starting to get said as he would miss some of his friends who were seniors would be going off to college or into the work place and leaving him behind. He would miss them. Like a senior named Sid Sams. They had met in Cynthia files Algebra class and had become instant friends. Sid and Bud both had a love of math and the would spend hours after school talking about math and playing video games together. In the fall Sid Sams was to got to computer city math college in the fall one of the to math colleges in the world. Bud was sad about his friend leaving but, eventually he realised that he would make new friends and his friend would make new friends and they would probably never see or talk to each other again and Bud was ok with that.

The last day of the school year came and Bud could not wait for the summer to begin. For the summer bud planned to play in a summer basketball league in computer city. The league had been around for 5 years created by a famous basketball player who wanted to give students something constructive to do in the summer. Bud was slated to start for his team at small forward and as he had shot up during his first year of high school. At 6'8 he was the perfect size to play small forward. He had a great shot and a great vertical and loved to show off for the crowd with ferocious dunks. Bud love of the game had not dimmed despite all of the years he had played and practiced the sport.

The bell rang on that last day of school and Bud was off for what was sure to be one of the most exciting summers of his young life.