I let my lips just touch to hers before we parted. Her eyes were staring into mine, a puzzled look on her face. Then Dawn was at our side, "You two ma...e a lovely couple you know. You okay, Sylvia?"For a moment she hesitated, then she seemed to make her mind up, "Oh, yes, I'm fine, thank you." She surprised us all by giving first Dawn, then Dina and finally me, a big tight hug.Dawn looked at Dina, "There you go, I told you so, all one happy family now, welcome to the fold, Sylvia." She. The meet went great. Our level eights took first and our level sevens took second, though Kelly and Cheyenne tied for first all-around, something that neither of them was happy about. We had nines and tens too. They did good, but we didn't have enough to make a team score.It was fun, but I didn't get out of the gym until after ten. I collected Tami, and we took a short walk, short because I was beat, then we came home. Tami's mom had, accommodatingly, gone to a concert in Seattle with friends,. When he was about ten feet away, the old man finally looked at him."Hello Carroll," the old man said. "It's a beautiful day isn't it. A lovely day for a bike ride." Don't call me Carroll! My name is Killer!" he roared. "Who told you to call me Carroll, old man?" "No one told me, Carroll," the old man replied. "Are you enjoying the beautiful weather?" The only thing I'm gonna enjoy is teaching you some respect for me and my gang," Killer growled. "And my name is Killer!" Now Carr?er,. " She did what?" Faith croaked, looking aghast."Nothing," Joce hissed. "Which is exactly what Nyx will be getting for the rest of the year if she doesn't learn how to play nice."There was a heated interplay of looks between the Twins that made Faith and me uncomfortable. The end result was that Nyx apologized and was more civil for the rest of the conversation. Yet it annoyed me that Faith left before we could get the conversation back on more friendly terms. My annoyance only grew when Nyx.