Big Huge Guy

Hugh Guy was a preemie who began life two months early in an incubator. He was touch and go from the start. His parents David and Maureen prayed for him to grow before they named him Hugh.

Hugh grew and grew and reached his adult height of 6 foot 6 when he was in ninth grade. He didn't like being so large. His classmates started calling him Baby Huey.

Hugh grew more and more self conscious with each growth spurt. He had another problem, he was smart. Hugh was the top student in his kindegarten calss and remained that way until he got to high school.

Hugh was not athletic. He hadn't grown used to his body and the complicated mecahnics involved with moving such mass. The football coach Roy Cznrkiks spotted Hugh immediately and started encouraging him to go out for football.

Hugh had never played football. He was a gentle boy. The other kids in his grammar school thought that Baby Huey was their protector. Because of his size, Hugh wasn't challeneged very often. His playmates were safe.

Cznrkiks had been coaching at tiny Mahoney High for a decade with notable non-success. His teams, the Royal Crowns, if referred to at all were known as the Roy Cznrkiks Clowns. Mahoney High had less than 300 boys in the entire school. Not many to choose from.

Cznrkiks figured out quickly that Hugh was not a mean kid, Coach was going to have to use a different motivation to seduce him to join the team. He told Hugh that it would be his job not to tackle people but to protect his little running backs and his quarterback Rick Hessney from getting tackled. His main job was to stand his ground and "just get in the way."

Hugh proved to be gifted at getting in the way.

The Mahoney Royal Crowns began to win.

Hugh began to get noticed.

They stopped calling him Baby Huey.

The small town newspaper that chronicled the former Clowns had a new name for Hugh.

In his sophomore year, they started calling him "Huge" Guy.

When his team made the sectionals the radio announcer added another word.."Big."

By the time he was ready for college and was in fact the class valedictorian Hugh was known as Big Huge Guy.

Hugh hated the nickname.

Big Huge Guy

In his mind Hugh pictured an oaf, a lummox, a beanstalk, a Cyclops, The Attack of the Collosal Beast on a rampage stupidly trying to link up with the 50 foot woman.

Looka dat big huge guy Momma.

That's right, darlin, that's our football star Big Huge Guy.

etc.

Unlike many a diminutive male who years to be taller, Big Huge Guy wantred to be a foot shorter.....Pacino size.

It wasn't gonna happen for the short guy nor the huge guy.

Hugh became more and more co-ordinated. He became gargantually graceful but he didn't feel it.

He felt like a freak until he ran into Haylen who was looking for a tall, gentle guy who felt like a freak and was good at getting in the way.

And thus began their love story.

One enchanted evening.