My girlfriend Victoria and I were top players on our college's softball team. She was a catcher as I was third baseman. We had the best batting average of any player in our team's division and saved a few games with terrific defensive plays. Our team was well on its way to winning a playoff spot.
One evening after practice with 10 games left in the year I got a text from my guy friend Jamie Wang, who was the left fielder for our school's baseball team, telling me and Victoria to right away come to his room in the hotel our teams were staying in before our next games. I texted back why and he said he would explain it when we get there. Our other players and coaches had more practice planned, so we told them we had to go now due to a family emergency, which they approved.
After changing out of our uniforms, we got to the hotel, where I knocked on the door to Jamie's room. He opened it, let us in and told us to sit on the bed. He shut the door, sat on a chair facing us, and looked upset, confusing us. Victoria asked what was going on as he said we were going to be in huge trouble. We did not know what he was talking about until he asked if we used money from our sports scholarships to buy gifts for each other instead of paying for college expenses like books and dorms.
