" You deserve the best, Mom," I replied, looking into her eyes. Then slowly I moved my eyes down to her lips, getting my face slightly closer to her a... I let my lips move the slightest movement in a subtle hint. Her lips moved a little bit more than mine and her face moved closer to mine. I took her in my arms and we shared our first explicit kiss with a little bit of tongue to be both rewarding and promising."Good night, Mom," I said. "I hope we can do it again next Friday night." It's a. Jeff had a dark look on his face that I’d never seen. It was a mixture of anger, pain, frustration, sadness and I don’t know what else. Dad was smiling. ‘I think we managed to work out our differences about the wedding,’ he said. ‘Don’t be a stranger, Jeff.’ Jeff nodded. Then, ‘It was nice to meet you Mrs. Fine. Thank you for dinner.’ She was effusive, in hostess mode. ‘It was my pleasure. It was just … lovely to have you. Bye.’ They turned and headed up the stairs together. Jeff had managed a. Within days I was cussin’ up a storm with the best of the Drill Instructors. The first day, when our DI told us how it was going to be, one thing he said stuck with me. He walked up and down the rows, staring each of us in the eye. Standing in front again, an unmistakable look of disgust on his face, he said, ‘Okay. I want everyone that thinks he is a man to take two steps forward.’ We nervously looked at each other, and then en masse we all took two steps to the front. ‘Goddammit! You all are. They cut each into slices and we tasted every Strudel. All were delicious and Amy liked them too.I praised the girls, "These strudels are very tasty."Carol replied, "Wendy, we learned to cook from you and we wanted to show you we were good students."I said, "Your exam is excellent."The girls and I laughed.Zoë told Amy, "Mom you can eat them for breakfast."Amy also praised her daughters, "I'll eat them quickly, because these strudels are fine."The girls went to finish their packaging. I remained.