He coughed. "Well, you know how some girls can be...a little, rough..."I nodded but then my eyes widened as I realised what he was trying tosay."Eww, ...ad," I exclaimed, blushing. "It's not like that. I mean, yeah, Ilike both of them, but I just want one of them to ask me out. Maybe evento prom." I know, honey, I just wanted to make sure." I know that Carrol likes me. And I'm pretty sure that Mel does as well.Why won't they ask me out?" I pouted. Dad felt sorry for me and put ahand on my. We left it at that, both sorry the weekend had taken a decidedly negative turn. I made some notes as to the steps I thought needed to be taken, the questions to be asked, and then put my pen down.I went for a beer: time to put aside matters I could do nothing about for now, and compartmentalize them to drag out tomorrow; now I could watch BBC News and get ready for dinner.I did, and I did; deciding, unusually for me, I would wear jeans and a nice, ironed, collared shirt from Thailand. When. ‘Bout waist heigh, acts like he’s thirty.’ He looked over in the direction of Lance, who had found an old flame, as usual, and he grinned. ‘We were jest headin’ to the hoe down. Why don’tcha folks git those horses put up and join us?’ Lacey couldn’t believe it had actually been that long. Tyler was married and had three kids! God, what had she been doing all this time? She smiled gently and then glanced to Wesley before answering. ‘Well that would be up to Wes and Lance, of course.’ Without. The pitter pat of little feet,” said Ed. As soon as Beth had mentioned a baby, he knew that the missing part had been identified.John asked, “So which of us would you like to be the father?”Thinking about who would be the better sire for the baby, Beth didn’t really know. John and Ed were both outstanding human beings. She suggested, “We could let nature make the choice as to whose sperm reaches the egg first. Personally, I want you both to be the father to the child.”Surprised that Beth could.