You know I do." Yeah... I know," he said, kissing her once more. "I just wanted to hear you say it."Shannon approached the counter with Madeleine besi...e him, Igat asleep in her arms. They had originally intended to take a daylight flight because Madeleine had never flown before and she wanted to be able to see everything, but Shannon hadn't wanted to wait another day, and he'd called the airport making arrangements to leave that night.A boy with a two-wheeled cart brought up their bags, with. "Would anybody else like to play a little more?"I don't know if it was taken for granted that the guys were up for anything. It was a fact that all three of us were 'up' for something. But we seemed to be waiting for agreement from all the girls.Sheri leaned in, and took the bottle from in front of Jill, and took a long drink, then set the bottle down. "I'm in."They both turned to look at Robin."Are you kidding? Do you even have to ask?" She laughed out loud, a full bodied, tit shaking laugh.. As soon as work finished on the Friday, I dropped into the localcharity store. There I bought a lovely bridesmaids dress, the only onein a size 16. It was made up of meters of the shiniest dusty pinktaffeta, which tied up at the back with a large bow. I then took itacross the road to the drycleaner, who assured me that it would beready Saturday afternoon.Sunday morning presented me with another dilemma, what to wear. I musthave tried on at least 4 different outfits, starting with a simple. "I frowned. I was calling about the marathon thing, which wasn't anything earth-shaking at the moment.Aimee noticed the pause. "Please, Master. What's up?"I sighed. "Do you know anything about the Maui marathon?"Aimee answered immediately. "It's next month. Are you thinking of running, or are you asking for June?" June, actually," I answered. "She thought the climate may be too hot for a long run. She's not really an endurance runner." The marathon starts in the morning. A little later than.