”“Elle, I can’t help it! Isn’t it wonderful to be in love? He’s so sweet! And he loves us, I know he does.”Elle looked skeptical. “H... loves you! He’s seen me, what, for about fifteen minutes? How can he love me?”“Don’t forget how Daddy met Momma Donnie. They were in love almost instantly.”“Emma, Daddy was in Momma Donnie almost instantly! They weren’t exactly politely having breakfast together.”“Well the only thing is to have Eamon spend more time with you; and me, too. We’ll have to. I was a little uncomfortable with how much she was staring at it.Then came another round where the girls had to kiss a guy. The other two girls were already hooking up with the guys, and one couple even got up and went into another room for more privacy. Before Stacy could even decide who she wanted to kiss, Steve leapt forward and attacked her with his tongue. She was still in my lap, which made it quite awkward, and I had a close view of him groping my girlfriend's bare tits as he shoved his. Start texting her during the day, every day. Tell her you love her. Tell her you miss her. Hell, tell her you hunger to see her. That's going to be your homework. Now, can everybody get some vacation and come home in about a month?"When they all agreed they could do it and we settled on the dates, I told them, "If you have your Mom happy that you're showing her love and she's addicted to your daily phone calls and chats by the time you get here, you're as much as in. That's your homework. Get. " We giggled and then hi-fivedeach other.Five hours later we were walking into the hotel room in Chicago withCaptain Liggett. Per usual, I could feel myself getting wet in mypanties and the butterflies began to take flight in my stomach. Icouldn't imagine what Claire was feeling. Captain Liggett took offhis jacket and threw it on the chair. He looked at me sternly andsaid, "Whiskey." Yes, sir," I said softly and immediately made my way to the mini-barto make him a drink as he instructed. .