Another Moment

Yamaguchi-sensei was driving the van and I was in the passenger seat. The Ie boys basketball team was in the back, talking to themselves.

"Joshua?" One of the students said suddenly.

"What?"

"I want you." He said.

"I need you." Another piped in.

"I love you." The third boy sang.

"That's the kind of talk that would get you beat up in the states," I laughed and resolved to get Elvis Presley off the noontime music rotation.