She hadn't been paying attention to tides so asked Nathan when that might be. He said it should be around noon so they had time to get ready before th...ir arrival (including recovery from hangovers). The only person who seemed to be overjoyed about the ship's return was Emmeline.Allison kept urging them all to get dressed as high tide approached. She put one or the other granddaughter at the lookout to let them all know when the launch was on the way in. She briefed them all that this meant Aunt. Hell, he's even grabbed your breasts in the past. You do _not _want to go to his house.“Actually, I think I’m just gonna go home.”“NO!” Lyndsey grabs your wrist with a glare. “You always do this to me! We do what you want to do and then when it’s time to do what I want, you bail! Not gonna happen this time!”“OK! FINE!” You snap, but inwardly you berate yourself. She’s right. You do do that.It takes no time for you guy to get to that party. Mike’s house is your standard middle class house and. I knew both the bartenders - Clint and Becca. They both had been frequent customers at my first job. The service industry was its own little community and most of us knew each other.It was already getting late on a Monday and the bar was fairly empty. There was an old couple in the corner and two guys watching baseball at the bar, but no sign of Derek. “Waiting for someone?” Becca asked. “I was supposed to meet a friend for a late dinner but it looks like they might have bailed.”“Well,. "Hey, y'know, we were talking about Sideways," I said. "I liked that movie so much, I bought the DVD!" I didn't even know it was out already," she said."Yeah, just recently, it came out. Y'know, my older sister saw it when I brought it home, and she hated it. She said she hoped she never ran into any men who were as rotten as those guys." Wow. I had heard it was about some pretty lovable characters." Well. I thought it was! I still think so! --I guess who's lovable and who's not lies in the eye.