"You went to the last dance with Ted," she'd said. "Find another boy for this dance." Mother, it doesn't work like that." So stay home." She had; Ted ...adn't. A couple broke up at the dance, over Ted's dancing too often with the girl according to some stories. Anyway, it had ended with Ted and Cindy as a couple. Lori had been out in the cold. "So find another boy," her mother had said. She did, but Dave didn't kiss like Ted did.So, now, she started off on her "baby-sitting" assignment, but the. " Which brings up the subject of getting all of you tested. None of you girls has been tested to establish your Magic Rank. With your Talents, it won't be a problem to pass the tests, especially with all of the studying that you have been doing. We'll have to make time for it, but later," he finished with a smile. Gretchen and Petra weren't smiling. In fact, they didn't look happy at all."We don't know much Magic. How can we pass these tests?" Petra asked in a sad voice."We'll help you learn.. "If you could remember the base that we came from, you could think of it then most of this would be over. I can see though, that you have no recollection of it or home." Archabald said a little sad."Why, do I have a feeling of foreboding if I actually went there?" James said with a hint of sarcasm."That I do not know sir, I am only here to help you to remember, among other things." Archabald said.James could only shake his head though that produced another sharp pain. "Wait a minute, you're an. "How are we going to do this?" Susan said, abruptly leaving the subject of baseball."You mean, see each other? It won't be easy. If you were living alone, working days or something, you could show up at lots of games and we could leave together, after." But instead, the only time I can leave here is when Arlie's home." Too bad I don't play for the Cubs," Dan said. "Lots more day games. Many more free evenings." Setting aside the little detail that then you'd be living in Chicago," Susan said..