Brady parked the Ford at the driveway and they all followed him to the front doorstep. He took out his house key set and let them inside. Brady's pare...ts often let him have friends coming over to his place for Friday Night sleepovers.This wasn't the first time Charles had been to Brady's place. He had been here but only a few times. Brady's house was large, though not as large as Charles's. Brady had two younger sisters who had their own separate rooms and his mom and dad shared the same master. He took her into the basement by the direct entrance. When they got into the little apartment, Amy sighed, "Wow, Eric, this is really nice!" I know. Sophie and Warren really did a good job down here before they moved out. And they bought a lot of new furniture so they left me most of it." He pointed toward the couch. "Sit down." She did, and Eric sat next to her.He took a deep breath. "Look, I suck at this. But something happened this week. When I came off the bus Thursday and saw you. While we all loved each other before, we also had space to go and hide away from one another. Now, we are joined together in that love and in a common space of the Circle Project. Being together like this will take work, a large boatload of communication and sharing, and for some of us a further change in mindset and lifestyle.“So, lastly, I toast to us. The daring few who choose to live together in this unique arrangement. Please remember a few of our watch words: love, tolerance, honesty,. . Good boy.”“Of course. Even if we never got to play again, I would've kept it forever.”Bethany blushed. For such a young man, Alex was quite the charmer. She didn't know if it was his theater training or just natural ability and genuine warmth, but she'd have to be careful. It would be easy to develop feelings for him and she wasn't sure she wanted that. Perhaps that fear was part of the reason she'd looked for new play mates to begin with.The difference between him and her more recent dates.