“Perfect”, he said, smiling and then looked at his Son who also had a big grin on his face. “We’ll see you then”.“They were nice”, Hayle... said as they closed our door.I couldn’t sleep that. Deep down I knew nothing bad would happen, but the “what if” scenarios kept going through my head. What if she rob us? What if they try to hurt her or… no! Nevermind. I finally fell asleep around 1AM.The next day I went to my morning class, but the thought of my girl being there alone with those guys. I pulled the Hawaii brochure out of my pocket. On the back of it, I’d made a list of places I wanted us to see and things I wanted us to do.I said, “I got this while waiting on your plane. Our first day’s activity is to spend time on the beach at Waikiki—you can’t visit Hawaii and not go to the beach.”Jenny agreed with me. I handed the brochure to her and she saw what I’d planned. On the first day I’d drawn smiley faces, and on our final day, I’d drawn frowny faces.Day 1: Meet Jenny :) :) Day. "Yes," I said as softly as I could, "just moved here from the country." Well then," said Chris jovially, "you should get your cousin to bringyou to a party we're having at my house on Saturday week. You too Tessa.It'll be fun - there'll be heaps of people there to meet. Though I'mguessing Kev here might want Alannah all to himself ..." Don't be an idiot," said Kevin lightly, his eyes still fixed on me. "Shecan meet whoever she likes - and then choose who to be with." And you reckon that'll be. . 'I was walking on air' ... they all touch but don't encompass that feeling. Her hand in mine ... I just ... felt wonderful.Don't misunderstand me. I knew perfectly well our relationship wasn't going to be plain sailing from then on. As I said to her, no-one bounces back from a background like hers overnight.We walked through Whitely Woods, aware of the sound of the brook flowing over its rocky bed and the birds declaring their territory around us. A little way down the path, we were on our.