The Bus ride  took about an Hour. they could see a lot of snow piled up ont eh sides of the roads.. wind  was  blowing and  more   wet snow was  falling. The Plow  crews  were out, working ahead, it  was close to  8:30..the Colts game had  started.

  Yuto  went in right away to get   the  key cards  for the rooms,  checking off peoples  names on his tablet as he handed them Their cards.. 10 or so other players  had  made it to Buffalo  before them, others  where in flight. By Midnight, the  team would  be all together  once more..

Adam sat down in the   dinning area  , turned on the TV to the GAme, got out his notebook and began to m ake notes on the Colts, to go witht eh Notes he had  from last time.

Ben looked rather miserably out the bus windows, and when they reached the hotel he scuttled quickly inside.

Once he had his stuff squared away, he joined Adam to watch the game.

 Heather had no problem with cold she grew up in Boston, she just hoped it wasn't snowing during the game.

 Once they got to the hotel Heather would get her stuff put away, and send her Mom a text.
Hi Mom hope your weekend went well, I am at the Hotel in Buffalo we are staying here for the week. Before you ask it didn't work out with Peg we had fun but another spoiled rich girl, she seemed to change overnight. ttyl Mom we have tomorrow off I will call you when you get home from school. love you, Heather.

 With the text sent she headed down stairs to the dinning area, grabbed a glass of wine and sat down with Adam and Ben and watched the game. She got out her laptop to take notes on their special teams play.

 Though this  dinning area  was smaller , it was nom less comfortable. The staff  had  a fire going in nthe Fire Place.. Adam  was  on one end of the couch  waiting and taking notes..The game started off slow..neither team really doing anything.

 Payne sat in  an arm chair  with a beer and  a pizza slice from the buffet.

Adam's    Phone  beeped and    Adam spent the next   few minutes  lookign nup from the phone to watch the game, then back down at the  phone to text when there was a break in  play... For Adam, watching how the lined up, was as important  as the play.

 Hey?  Payne? watch that  Runnign back # 42 Colls.. every  time he's going   wide to his right,,he'll line up about a half  yard  to the left of  Planke, their QB.. if  he's goign  wide to his  left.. he'll line up   closer  to him, on the left side?

 Payne watched the next play... sure enough, Colls got the pitch and Broke a tackle  but was brought  down  by the CB  for  a 3 yard gain.

 how you do that, Man? I've been looking at  films   for  almost 12  years now...

 when i was a Kid,  we didn't have  many books  and   stuff around the house, if  some one gave me a book, it was like a treasure?.. when i got to  middle school, i would go into the library after school , until they made me go home?  that had those magazines 'find the hidden objects'...and 'spot the differances'... this is just like that?... you see the same formatiion  what 20 times  a game, right?.. but  what's differant, and what did they do.. then you cross that with  older game films.. its like they tell you  what to look for.

 Heather will just relax watching the game, during Special Teams she will watch and take notes, and carefully watch the kick coverages. She then said to Adam," So you look at the same formations and try to find any differences and then see what they do with those differences, wow that is a very good eye Adam. We have tomorrow off huh, I think i will just stay here and work out or go take a good swim, they do have a pool here right?"

  It works better  when you have your own  disc  or  film.. I can get a DB  and   looking at him  in every   play... when he plays    tight..does he change any stance..when he does  change that stance..what does he   do from  one  stance to the next.... when he drops off.., same thing.. but? is his head looking in..or is it looking at the Receiver. Does he lean a certain way, if hes  goign to blitz or rotate?..does he  check with the safety , right before the snap..if he does, does it mean he's blitzing> so the saefty has to cover... he waves his hand.

  me and Duke talk about it on the practice field Duke looks at stuff like this too..so? Lets   say the  got a corner  they like to Blitz.. he turns his  head to check on the safety..make usre that guy will be there... Ball is snapped  i run Passed the DB who is blitzing.. If the safety rolls over, I hook upo in a nice big hole..play pitch and catch.... if the safety blows the coverage, I take off dwon  field with my arm in the air...And  Duke  drops a dime right into my hands... then me and the safety  get to have a race.

 The neat thing?..this is like cheating. they can't do a damn think about it, 'cause they would have to change up the way they play..and they can't, because its  habit...all i have to  do is find  the 'tell'...

  the  by the  time  Half  time  was closing in, more Dragons were arriving from thier flights in.

 Duke  came over  with  Machins  and   riffled  Adam's   hair,Hey!..Captain Lighting  Star.. what the hell you doing man?.. go head to head with Captain Lighting in that  live interveiw?.  You didn't even walk into the lot?

 hey? I was playign my  part, Linda  and Carl played theirs  right?.., I read most of the book and comics.. seen  the shows...if it causes  problems?  they can fire me..right?

 Machins grins,..brought this for you , man.. got ot at the airport.. today's  news fron Santa Clara

 Adam looked at the papers,, Linda dancing a slow  dance  with Adam , at the Nickel and Dime , STARS STRUCK...

  Thanks man, I read it after the game...

 its  says, like..last year in April or something she  dated this   action hero  start guy..from from that World war II show..'Hit the Beach".. they broke up , like in May? She  wasn't dating  anyone  until she  flew out to New York to see you,,wadda you think about that?

  Adam shrugged as he was trying to watch the game,I dunno?  Lucky , I guess?

 Machins   looked concerned,..look , that guy is  a badass, he works out all this stuff. but he dropped  here for some Model chick?

 Is there  a Point? cause's  I'm really trying to scout these guys here..

 what if she  just went  after  the  Badest ass in football..to make this  guy Jealous?

 Payne was getting annoyed  as well,..Look, Brother?  They broke up.. over a year ago?..and lets  pretend  she did  want the 'badest ass' in football.. she would have come to me..But I'm MArried...so..too bad  for her!

 everyone started to laugh....

 Just worried for you man? Don't want you to get  Cut  like  lana did you?

  Adam shook his head,..players get cut all the time , right.. then get picked up by another team..don't  worry 'bout that..now? make yourself useful and get me a slice of pizza from the Buffet..

  Mackins  chuckled ,alright, my man... have  Adam a whaclk on the shoulder and ehaded to the  Buffet.

 Miles    , Sloan and  Higgins  came in, they were laughing ,Hey Bronk?  You doin' anything tomorrow...

 I was going to go to  Canisius  College, its  near the lake  in Buffalo?... we played them once My Junior year, they needed another  Team to play... beat is  20 to 17... anyway... I  want to  run on thier  field, I think they'll let me...

 Well?  let us know, we'll go..too much sitting  round this weekend.

 the three Linemen  grabbed thier  bags   and  went to thier rooms

Ben was feeling hungry, so grabbed a platefull from the buffet and a glass of wine to wash it down, then sat on the other end of Adam's sofa to eat, drink, watch the game and listen to the chatter. He found Adam's description of how he watched fascinating, he'd never thought of it like that although he did see patterns and envisage what would happen next with some accuracy. Maybe he did it unconsciously. He'd never been particularly interested in 'Spot the Difference' pictures, but now he thought about it, that was because he found them very easy!

   more and More players  came in, Sims walked into the room and asked , out loud, so..what's the score?

   Colts  Just scored... 14-0. early thrid... they got some breaks, short field  Touchdowns  , Cowboys  are playing them Touch... their left Corner?.. Machins  , or  whomever  lines up on him, is going to have a field  day.. that cowboy reciver is turning him inside   out, they just aren't  throwing to him?  to worried  about the  RB's  yards  I guess? I dunno.. we'd have score  three times on him..

 Sims got  a plate  and went to the Buffet and got  some sausage  and  wings, as well as a slice of pizza and a Beer,  the sat  down in an armchair  to watch the game... the  Colts 2nd possession  the team began to throw the ball more... the left corner was , now getting  tagged  for 1st downs, while the  other  reciver  took slants  and  they used   Screens.

 The Long drive ended witht eh  RB getting a 'gift' Touchdown after  tryign 3   tienms  from 1 yard out..

 Lucas   , who had  just walked in snorted,they shoudl have  let the other back  in..he would have scored the first time...

 Adam shook his head,..cowboys are wasting alot of cap space on that RB.. so they go to feed him.. doesn't matter  if it took him three shots to score... the headlines will say  he scored a TD and pro bowl voters  will write his name  down.

 The third Quarter ended  with the Colts   ahead  14  to 7.

 Sims   nods  , pointing to the  TV with   a chicken wing, If they want to win this game and stay  even with the Giants, they're  gonna have to forget the Run game  and  throw...

 Heather got up and got some snack food, she was a little depressed over Peg , so she got food she normally didn't get she looked and then asked if they had any icecream, she was pretty down, but like Adam said she had football and her teammates. Once she finds out if they have icecream and she gets some she will head over to the table and look at the guys and says," Yeah I need to indulge a little I will work it off tomorrow." She chuckles and just relaxes and digs into her snacks and drinks the glass of wine she got.

  the  game changed  on  an INT for a Touchdown,.. cowboys where  jumping up and Down, the Colts QB was shaking his head when he  came off the Field.

  Santos?  Worth?... you see that?  they should have had  2 more, just like that in the 1st half, but they  kept laying off... That Colt QB has a decent  arm, but those  deep outs  are shaky

 with  6 minutes left and the score 14-14...the  cowboys forced a Punt, move the  ball down field with runs to thier   RB  and then a screen or  two, with 1:10 left in the game,  TheCowboys hit thier  tight  end crossing across the goal line  to put them ahead.. The  Dragons   jumped up and hoote  and shouted...

  the clock  ran out..and the Cowboys  won.

 That';s   good..gets us breathing  room!..they are 2 1/2  games behind us  with 6 games to go!

Worth  nods,and they have to play us at our house in a couple weeks.

 Mik says,That means we can lock up the division!

Adam stands and picks up his   glass and  plate to take to the  counter where the buffet is,Yeah?..don't get too cocky... we still have to keep winning , or  it  doesn't matter  what the Colts  do...on the other had, if  we do keep winning, it doesn't matter what the Colts  do!

Cominbg back he got his back pack ,bag  and notebook,I'm heading up for a shower and some sleep..any one what to come with me, I'm calling the college at 8:00AM, see if they let us in..if  not,  I'm just gonna  work out in the  tiny gym here  and go from a run through the streets

Ben also got up and drained his glass of wine.

"Sounds like a good idea - as long as you mean sleep and not watching more football films until you fall asleep on the keyboard!"

 Heather put her stuff away she was excited the Colts lost but the whole Peg thing had her a little upset but she was slowly getting over it and concentrating on football now. Heather then said," I have nothing planned see you in the morning Adam I will be down here at 8 and see what the school says, and we can go from there."

 Adam turned  as he stood  by the elevator,..but me and the Keyboard..we have something special!

Worth  shook his head,you are a strange  dude, Bronk...strange dude

 ......

 the last group of players  to come home, were Cruz,Rodgers  with Tibbs  and  Steele...Wills   who was  down Jacksonville getting worked on by the Docs. And Bing and Emma  came  back..everyone was accounted for.

......

 the hotel was  quiet, the owners began to  set up  the various  meeting rooms . The hotel was  Dragon central fore the Hotel, and that was  fine with them..a  whole  week of no 'empty' rooms since they were all paid  for, leaving  some suites  empty for visitors   later in the week

 Heather then headed up to her room, she didn't see Emma and Bing come in though. Heather got to her room she figured she was rooming with Emma, she didn't know which bed she wanted so Heather would let her pick as Heather got undressed and went and took a long hot shower as she thought about everything that has happened in the past week.

  The  Night  Goes  by pretty quietly.. some folks have a   wake up call for breakfast.

  Adam   comes   down  around   7:30  to get whatever there is  to eat, breakfast, or  early lunch foods.

 He  got a paper from the machine out front  and  looked though the  scores  and stories   from the games   on Sunday.

 he sipped  coffee  and had his Cell phones close, waiting for the time to Call the College.

  a few others  strolled in  and  watched  Adam   as if waiting  for the  decision to be made 'right now"

 Relax guys?.. i have  to wait for the   office to open...

 Heather woke up early, she decided the best way to stop thinking of Peg was to work her ass off. She had got up early and headed down to the small gym too work out, she wore a tank top and tight shorts. She spent a good hour and a half working out and building up her legs but also keeping them flexible.  She stopped in time to take a quick shower and then head to the dining room for breakfast, she had a gym bag with her as she walked in, grabbed a plate of eggs, bacon and fruit. Heather had a towel around her neck as she sat down and ate her breakfast, she looked to see what they had on the TV.

Ben was up betimes and went to try out the hotel pool. It wasn't really big enough for serious swimming but he felt refreshed after churning up and down for half an hour or son. Still a bit damp around the edges, he turned up in the dining room and settled down with a plate of bacon and eggs and a large mug of coffee.

   at 8:00 on the Nose.   Adam dialed the Number  and waited for the answer..

  As he did he  saw   Yuto  hustling  to the  front Desk   to meet two men in black suits   who, had a  stern look , even as they shook hands  and Smiled...

 Yuto looked  into the   area from  the hall and Called  for  Heather to Come over.

These are members   of the  NFL investigation team..this wish to speak to you..,..  yuto said   with some mindignation

 One of them looked to the Front man who pointed to  another   waiting  area with sofa  and a TV  down the hall.

 Mr Amota?.. Your Presence   is not required...

 I am the GM.. I will come  with you, to make sure  everything  is  on the even table..yes...

  they went  down the Hall and sat,  The 'lead' man said, I am David , this is my associate , Hank. Our Job is to investigate things that may seem innocent to some, But  , we have to look at the Bigger picture....

 Hank tossed  on the table, some black and white  8X10s of  Heather  with  Peg...we will start  simple? What is your  relationship with this woman...and how did you come to know her ?

...................

 The phone was answered  by a  woman who seemed out of  Breath,Hello?  Canisius College Athletic  department.

 Yeah.. Hi..My NAme is Adam Bronk, i Play  for the Jacksonville Dragons of the NFL.... we are in town to play the Bills. I was wondering, if  we  could use your field to run on the  track...and maybe  throw the ball around a bit?

 I don't Know  Mr  Bronk...let me  Call the AD... I will call you back on this Number...

 Please , Hurry?  this is our off day , but some of us  want to get a workout  in...  If you can't  do it, perhaps   some one else will, and enjoy the  PR that goes with it?

 The woman's voice was a bit stern.....we  ARE..a Buffalo based  institution...MR...bronk.

 yeah?  and I bet all the students you have  , all come  from Buffalo? Be something if   students outside  the area  didn't want to take the chance of being treated like 2nd class citizens...especially people coming up from Florida...or from the east side of the state...

 there was  quiet...

 anyway?  call me back in 15 minutes or  I'll assume you decided  to ignore us, with out some  kind of professional answer.. thank you.... he  clicked off.

 Heather walked over to the men and Yuto, she didn't do anything wrong that she knew of so she was very willing to help out in any way she could.

 They then shower her pictures of her and Peg, oh boy if this was a Lesbian thing she would get so pissed.  She decided to go along and see where it went. Heather smiled and answered, I met Peg at a bar in Greenwich Village, we talked, we went out Friday and Saturday nights, I spent some private time with her, then she showed her true colors and acted like a spoiled rich bitch so I said good bye to her yesterday before we left New York.  May I ask what is this all about my personal life shouldn't be a problem to the NFL, should it?

 Heather had no clue why they where asking about Peg, did she do something bad, or was she getting back at Heather for dumping her. She sat there waiting for what was coming next.

  David, the   Black man who seemed to be  in charge  sat down. He looked at the Picvs   and thought for a moment,

This is the NFL  , Heather.   There is m ore betting   done on the  NFL , then almost all the  other sports  combined... only bettors  with a problem bet on  Basketball and
 Baseball.. we are not as corrupt  as Nascar or Horseracing.. does the name, Carlotta  Dubose
 Ring a bell?

 Yuto   frowned,That is a name, long ago... had somehting to  do with College Football?

 David  nodded,she was the wife  of  Brad Duboise... first BAlck Coach to win a NAtional Championship, for Penn State. But she was  also a lesbian and stayed with  Brad   to keep thier    meal ticket at Penn State... in the  end. pictures   came out  with  Carlotta  and   several women..... these women had  people who made alot of money off point shavigns... easy to do when you are the ehad caoch?..don't go for the Field Goal... try on 4th an 1 on yourside of the 50..In the end... Brad made the mistake of trying to play an Honest ganme against  Ohio State..Ohio state  won...and Brad tried to go for a TD, rather then the tying Field Goal..Lots of people lost money..and Carlotta's Pictures  came  out , along with
  letters, e-mails and Texts... Penn State  forfeited its National Championship... vacanted
 3 seasons  worth of  wins and are now just, getting off the  NCAA 'death sentence'... the Price  they paid  was steep, but Penn State  had thier chance, they got away with the  'little kid'  thing some 40 years ago?..but they weren't  getting away with this..Football fans  don't like thier Bets being cheated on... Dubose  could have stepped up..told the NCAA... and things  might have been differant.. he can't even coach highschool now.

  Hank  looked at Heather , and Opened another  envelope, there were a series  of smaller  Black and white photos.. they showed   Heather  and Peg on the Couch Messing around.

 when checked out the area?... those pics came from a  camera  across the street and at least one floor higher, if not from the roof... right through an Open window... Do you know  about the Houser  Family?

 Yuto  swore  under his breath,..They are mob scum... they  buy off small places..and if small places do not sell.. they make things happen

 David Nodded to Yuto,..your back round, Ms Montomery, is clear.. there has  been more then enough PR  from the Soccer incident....people on  TV  mention that you are  gay....But  what we have to know... right now... can the Houser leverage this   into Blackmail on you...

  The AD  Called  Back,Mr Bronk?  You are aware  that our football  program has folded?  we tried to make a  run from the  20s  to the 30s..but the coast was too high and we weren't  very good.

 Yeah?.. but you still have a field there, right?   and a Track... we  just wanted to come over and use it  for  about 2  hours or  so?... we can get into  New Era, until the Bills get back...

 well...i...

 ..and your  pool and  locker room?... you have a gym there too right?.. Kids   aren't back from Thanskgiving break?... Lets  say  5000.00 for us to use it , one day.

 there was  quiet,I..um..well...

 I'll have a team check  with me , when you get there.. you get it when we leave.

 Alright , Mr Bronk... give us  until  any time after  9:30, so i have people in the Gym...

 Thank you... easiest 5000  the school ever made..right?

 Alkright..every one  who is going.. Gym, Pool, field..whatever you want to do..Just behave like professionals!, we leave at 9:15.I have to wait for Yuto  to get us a bus and a check.

 Heather listened to the story about the Lesbian wife of a head Coach, but she didn't have that type of power. Then they showed her other pictures of Peg and her on her coach having fun, then they asked if they could use these pictures to blackmail her.

 Heather was upset and a little shocked and then she said, very professionally, " First do you know who took those pictures, did they work for the Houser's? Maybe that is why Peg was so different after our night together she just wanted to get dirt on me, I also didn't even know she was a Houser until Saturday night, but gentleman I see no reason why I would hide these pictures I tell everyone I am a Lesbian, the NFL knows, the team knows, and most importantly my Mom knows and she is fine with it. Actually getting those pictures out there would actually help my case that I don't like men, and I am actually a Lesbian. So I am sorry if I went the long way around, I don't see anyway that these pictures could be used to Blackmail me. If the NFL wants to leak them I am fine with that so we don't have to worry, but the only thing is do I and the NFL want to be tied to a family like the Housers. That is your call, and if she contacts me I will let you guys know right away, would that be okay? I do not want a incident to keep me from playing football like what happened with my Soccer career, I am willing to help in any way gentleman."

 She looks at Yuto as her GM but also as a friend and says," Sir I am sorry for this and should have done more research into Peg before I went further with her, is there anything you would like to say Yuto? If that is okay with you guys that is?"

 David  ran his  ran through his close cropped hair..no?   the NFL  doesn't  work that way. What we are here for , is to make sure, these  can't be used  to hurt your performance on the Field.

 ... I think, if  Mrs  Montomery was  worried about that? She would  be  more inclined to  keep it  quiet?  Is there  a chance, someone is looking to black MAil the Housers?

 It is  highly  unlucky as it  would be , highly foolish.....Houesers   knee deep in meatballs, if you understand what i'm saying, I find it interesting that she didn't go after   one of the MAle Players....but? maybe she wanted a change of pace? who knows..

 David  stood, and Nodded to them both,we had to get in touch  with you before   the game Sunday, in case  anyone  tries to leverage this. If  anyone is contacted about this matter, make certain you contact us  at this  Number... he hands Yuto and  Heather a  card.

 Hanks   stuffs  all the  photos back in the   folder  that has  Heather's NAme  and   Picture on.

 Thank you both for your time

 Heather smiled and said," No they can not be used to effect my performance on the field, and if Peg or anyone from her family or company contact me I will call you right away."  Heather takes the card and shakes their hands.

 Heather smiles  again and says," Thank you for letting me know about this." After they leave Heather shakes her head and says to Yuto," Sir I am so sorry if this causes any problems for the team, I think i will just concentrate on football and worry about a girlfriend after the season is over which I hope is in February Sir. Do you have any questions or anything else you wish to say Sir?"