I look forward to the next time we get together.”I smiled at her and squeezed her hands, “Hein’s idea appeals to you, then?”“Very much.” S...e leaned in close, again. “I may attack Niels when we get home.” She giggled.I smiled and glanced at him. He was watching us intently as he spoke to Hein. “You may not need to attack him.” She looked over her shoulder at him, then back to me and smiled.We rejoined the others in the living room. I moved to refresh everyone’s drinks and Hein got the consensus. I spent a lot of my time wining and dining them as well as being kept completely off balance by their comments and actions in that I could never dare take them for granted on anything. Mages being inveterate gossips meant that my groups ‘scandalous’ behaviour, in that fully qualified Mages were involved formally with a journeyman, brought us a lot of scrutiny, a little criticism (which we ignored) and a few ‘well dones’ from our friends.If anything the ladies managed to improve upon my. He forced himself to get out of the car and walked up to the front door.He pushed the doorbell.Jessica Redstone was upstairs in her room, studying. Her parents had gone out to a movie this evening and the big house was quiet. She was an only child and being an only child in such a big house could be lonely sometimes. Her parents had let her put her bedroom at the top of the house on the third floor where the rooms were fewer and smaller. It was almost like her own mini house on top of her. " You mean this is all because of those damn Catholic rituals? Let's just get married by the Justice of the Peace," Jordan quipped.Angel shook her head, "My family will expect a church wedding. Let's just not get married."Jordan grasped her firmly with his good arm and pulled her close, "Listen to me Ms. Pirelli, we're getting married in the church then and that's the end of it. You'll wear a white wedding dress and we'll have the biggest damn Catholic ceremony east of the Mississippi."Angel.