...Her hair was up, but loose. She'd obviously freshened up her make-up. She was wearing that skirt I used to love so much, and theblouse. The pretty ...ow."We need to save labor," she said. "Who wants to get out early?"We all raised our hands. Bad news for some; good for the lucky,chosen ones."Chris, you hang back," Jo said. "Everybody else get out of here.Go. Before I change my mind." Loser," one of them said, as they scarpered for their belongings.Jo let them out and when she came back I. A few of them looked familiar but I couldn't place them. Others I had no idea as to who they were. I printed up a hard copy so that the others could look it over when they got back and then started going over the program chips again.I finished the one I had been working on earlier and had just completed another one when I heard the door rattle. Arming myself I checked it out but it was just the others returning. I should have known it was them as Amanda, the Hearth spirit, had not said. Those were some of the best words I had ever heard inmy life. "Come meet my family!" Amanda exclaimed, causing the small circle of myfriends and family who had formed around me to break up. Through thegaps I saw many people watching us from inside Josh's section. Beyondthem many others were watching from the adjoining sections that wereonly separated by a waist high barrier. They looked surprised to see meso close.I followed Amanda into the VIP section, allowing her to lead me past myfamily and. I’m thinking of making nice with my parents, too,” Ariel said. “I love living with everyone, but we won’t even be able to get to school in the fall if we stay out here. And we need to start making more of a contribution to your grandfather than just cooking.”“We really have to get started on a place to live,” Jas said. “I’ve been looking through housing ads and it’s expensive. I found a five-bedroom five-bath townhome for just a thousand a month. Turned out they expected to rent each bedroom.