" H-How you doin'?" Tracy asked."I'm good. I've been, you know, good."It wasn't much, but it was the first conversation they'd had in months."Let me h...lp you with your stuff," I said to Connor, grabbing his suitcase and heading upstairs.As I passed Tracy, she grabbed me by the arm and urgently whispered, "What's going on?! You specifically told me he wasn't—" Change of plans." But there's only two bedrooms! Where is he gonna sleep?"For the first few hours after Connor and Tracy arrived, that. The only thing separating us were my jeans and our underwear. He took his mouth away from my chest, noticing the barrier between us and slid his hands down my stomach so his fingers rested on the button of my jeans. He looked up at me and I could tell he was asking permission. I bit my lip and nodded my head, then pushed my hips up slightly to make his job a little easier.He undid the button with ease, then slowly pulled my pants down to my ankles. I kicked them off as he repositioned himself. "So this is the junk heap I am supposed to drive, huh?" She looked into the car, "well, maybe one of the guys from school can work on it enough to get me around."I had to speak up then, "you don't need to do that, my dad and I already worked on it. This car is good for another 40 or 50 thousand miles."Just then Robin honked the horn, "Come on Mark, you can talk to her when we get back." Sorry, I guess I had better go with her before she makes a scene. It was nice to meet you Rachel. I hope that. "She wouldn't realize it and wouldn't have been made aware of it until a full cardio workup was done. We conducted some further tests this morning and Dr. Rippen is confident that it is a heart valve problem. If that is confirmed, we can do a valve replacement fairly easily. This is a much less invasive procedure than in the past. However, we won't be able to confirm the diagnosis until she has healed from Saturday's operation. I'd say it would be October before we could conduct a full.