You have grown into a fine young man."Greg reached out to shake his grandfather's hand, finding his grip was still firm and steady in spite of his age... Greg then introduced Mandy and Traci and of course Jenni. It was the infant who broke the formality of the first meeting by leaning out of her mother's arms toward the older man, her arms reaching for him. They could tell that Nicholas was shocked at Jenni's trusting nature, but he took her in his big arms and held her close.Heather also. Barbara had said she couldn’t be sure of everyone who was going to the party I was going to, but there were a couple of women she rather liked and no one I had to strike off my list. She refused to tell me who the nice ladies were. ‘You’ll have to find out, won’t you?’ It was a party for singles, so there wasn’t any issue about going by myself and showing up alone. I quickly discovered that out of the twenty or so people there, there were no real couples, though there were a couple of pairings. We were in the car heading for the house I grew up in. I explained to Amy that I was less than a week old when Scott and Marsha Travis adopted me. I was 14 when they spelled out all of this to me. It didn't matter - I've been calling them Mom and Dad, for as long as I can remember. I grew up being an 'A' student learning from Scott about business and girls. He even gave me 'the talk', although I had some friends who told me their version of girls and sex. I liked theirs better!We pulled up to. “Let’s go!” Lucy headed to the door, “Captains, you have the command!”“Yes Sir!” Brien, Teri, and Fannie all said together then looked at each other.“Dee Cee, where’s the moon?” Mona asked.“Directly overhead.” Dee Cee reported.“Lieutenants, walk around this ship, make sure there are no holes in her.”“Yes Sir.” The three said with one going one way and the other two going the opposite way.“Dee Cee, check all systems and any other preflight scripts.” Lucy motioned to the door for Mona.“Halfway.