I’d even brought a chilled bottle of sparkling cider and some champagne glasses. Laura, for her part, was wearing a sundress and looking spectacula.... Afterward, we went to the city to watch the big fireworks display, with a blanket to lay out under us and another to draw over us if we got cold. I’d thought of everything, and somehow everything went perfectly.As it was getting dark, she grabbed my hand and said, “Thanks for doing all this. I’m having a really good time.”“Me too.” We were. .. But, it’s a school night. Your mom never lets you out on a school night.”She shrugged. “I told her what day it is. She understands and made an exception.”Ten minutes later we’d found a spot in the car park just off High Street and were winding our way through the early morning shoppers until Clarissa stopped outside a florist. “Here we are.”“Where?”“Just need to go and pick something up.” She whirled around and disappeared into Eden Flowers, me trailing in her wake, slightly bemused.“Good. Sometimes, I," and I puton a serious face and lowered my voice, "I do this too." And we bothlaughed. "When they came up with this stupid idea, you didn't say,'hey, what the hell do you think this is going to accomplish?' I expectmore from you." Yeah, I tried," she laughed. "But then she said, 'thanks but this is adiscussion for the family.'" She didn't!" I didn't need to see the look to know that she did. "I'mgoing to talk to her. That's unaccept..."She laughed. "You don't think I know. Dad took his time making sure each part was put into the correct position. He would do one part at a time, making sure that was done correctly and was complete before moving on to the next section.I was doing the same with the dirt bike, being much more basic I was able to do everything myself. Yes Dad did check over my work to ensure I had done it correctly, but he was letting me do all the work myself.Like Dad, I couldn’t spend a lot of time on the bike. I could only progress after watching.