”“I recommend less talking and more eating. You two only have ten more minutes before we become fair game.”“I’m almost done, and Emanuel sho...ldn’t need too much longer”.“Precious, can I turn back around?”“Of course. Laura, do be careful – ice is known to be slippery.”“Of course. That’s why I wear ice skates though.” Emanuel relaxed as the two girls giggled.“Maybe they were abducted by aliens and switched for the two sitting there.”“You mean aliens really exist?”“Amanda, stop putting such. "Do you know how much work we'd have to do to make you presentable in that costume?" She picked it up, smoothing out the short skirt. "I mean, it's easy for me to wear that football uniform; no real work required there. But to get you ready to wear this cheerleader outfit - I just don't know." She looked at me. "How badly do you want to go to this? We could just stay home, you know." "Joey's leaving tomorrow for Europe. We won't see him again for almost a year. As his only brother,. More than we would have preferred in some instances.”He nodded. We all sat down on facing love seats. Jam and I were holding hands.Jam said, “Mom, Dad, we’re getting married as I had told you. We’ve found that we love each other and work together well. As you both knew, I was afraid that I would never find a woman who could keep up with me. I have found one who I have trouble keeping up with. Jar is that woman. We’ve talked about it. We want to be married in the church. Jar will be given away. They had a hasty noon meal in the wardroom before Shearer had to be on deck again for the Afternoon Watch. Mr. Ogilvie reported that Mr. Dumfries was awake, but weak and confused. Mr. Clements opined that Dumfries had already been quite irascible during the fitting out at Deptford, but to Thomas that seemed to be just hindsight. After all, everybody was short of temper when a ship was fitting out.At 4 bells, flags rose on the flagship and orders were given for the fleet to go about in.