Of course we do. We need a little time to get ready to be perfect little hostesses, don't you know? But that should take no time at all." I can use th... time to get my secret paella ingredients and be back by 5:30. Can we bring anything?" We have a limited supply of 'adult beverages" in the house because only Allison and I are old enough to drink. I do have some soft drinks, beer and hard lemonade, but that is about all." Let me go feed some habits and keep the ravenous beasts from chewing my. “What say I take you out somewhere nice tonight?” he said, pulling her clothed self down onto his naked one.“So we can have that talk?” she purred.“Yeah. You can – can - what’s the word? - premier that little black dress of yours. I know you must be dying for the chance. You haven’t even let me see it on you yet.”She hesitated, that warm expression clouding slightly.“Everything okay?”“No - Yes, yes, everything’s fine.” She recovered swiftly from whatever had afflicted her and hugged him. The thought of a night drenched underneath a single sheet didn't appeal to Emma or Jamie, and Lauren could only guess that it was uncomfortable. By six o'clock the light was fading, and Jamie rummaged in the garage for paraffin lamps. He found two, a big red monster with cobwebs over the handle and another smaller black one. He shook them both. Half full.Lauren wandered into the house and prepared a cold meat salad and pasta while she could still see, then beckoned the others inside. They sat. That pert little nose framed by flawless cheekbones. The smilethat bedazzled those that bore witness to it. And although Sarah and hermother both had been blessed with good hearts, whip-crack smarts, andcharacters that made each of them a joy to know (at least the majority ofthe time Sarah's father amended), Sarah did not seem to have any of thewild streak which her mother exhibited when she was her daughter's age.Sarah was about as straight-laced as a girl could come in this.