She reached for his tie, gently tugging on it until it fell to the ground. He began to slowly slide his hands up her shirt, just to have her push them...back down. Giggling softly, she ran down the hall to the bedroom, knowing that he would chase her. She loved to be chased. She let out a burst of laughter, hearing his heavy footfalls on the cherry wooden floor, and elevated breathing while he chased her. She made it just in time to jump on the bed before he could snake his arms around her waist.. "This was sounding even more wonderful, if a bit far-fetched. "Did youput any makeup on?" You know me - pretty clothes and makeup are myfavorite topics!Betty smiled, "Yes, I did. I had nail polish, eyeliner, mascara,lipstick - the works. You should've seen their faces! It was priceless.I got a lot of offers for dates after that, let me tell you. Theteachers thought it was all a big practical joke. Anyway, there were alot more opportunities to dress in public, but they were always inconnection. "The girls took to her immediately, after our history was explained. I sat, watching them chat, smiling with pleasure. She came to dinner at their invitation, looking exquisite in her gown. There was an air of sadness about her, the reasons becoming clear over an after dinner drink for us, juice for my girls. They often complained about how I treated them. "We're not made of glass, honey, we'll be fine." I always explained they more like precious china, and couldn'd be replaced if they were. Ever since he had married Molly almost twenty years ago, Danny had made a daily effort to stay removed from the thoughts of the violent past and carefully avoided discussions of politics and religious matters.Against his better judgement, he allowed his sixty-five year old brain to return to those years of the Trouble and he sifted through his eye-witness perspective to see if there were glaring holes in the reporting in the present-day newspapers. They had made a complete muck of the bombing.