Christmas was worthless if Lisa was mad, and she was key to pissing off the girls. I missed her already. I pulled out my phone, and it read nine ocloc.... Any day now, we can chill down here. I was anxious of what could happen, but flustered. It seems more and more now likely that this was all dip and my sisters fault. I hung there for about fifteen more minutes, then I went to look for everyone. Matt was showering in my parents floors shower, my sister was in my shower, and the girls were. She could see his earnestness and she knew immediately and deep within her that this was right, that she at last had found her life partner, her soul-mate. "Yes my darling, I love you too … and I don’t want it to end either. Are you fully aware of what you are saying, you are still a young man of 25 and at 43 I am old enough to be your mother?" She knew she did not have to ask this, but she did anyway. James’ response was to bend down and kiss her lips, initially with a softness that. He drank more and then eyed me again. ‘Are you sure you know what you’re getting into, Ann? I mean, I do worry about you sometimes, getting hurt. He doesn’t seem like a nice guy, just one of those out for young stuff.’ ‘Will you stop?’ I asked. ‘You don’t know him. Now, onto other subjects,’ I said, breaking the conversation up. ‘You were in college once. I need help with my calculus – would you be the man who could help me?’ He laughed. ‘Sure, sure, no problem. When?’ ‘Saturday night, 9 p.m.?. She looked directly at me but made no indication she saw me sitting at the crowded bar. I was unsure if she even noticed me as I sat at the bar and played video poker.I quickly finished my drink as I followed them to the parking garage where they paused between two large SUVs. CJ looked around once more before turning to Marcus and their passion grew as their lips met and the kiss seemed to go on forever. I heard the beep of a car unlocking and saw the flash of the taillights on the black.