For the past six weeks, since the day of my birthday party, I'd been thinking about Eileen. This was going to be my first date ever, and now it was my...turn to start worrying about all the things a boy worries about on his first date. By the time I was dressed and ready, I was a nervous wreck.My mother wound up driving us over to the movie theater. It wasn't that far, and normally we would have just walked there, but Kate wasn't ready to leave until six thirty five. I couldn't make the palms of. I watched as he approached the neighbor’s porch with two large bags and ring the doorbell. My neighbor opened the door and the man disappeared into her house. A few minutes later, he came out and jogged back to the truck jumping in and pulling away from the curb onto his next stop. I wondered how expensive the service was and smiled at the prospect of never having to grace the automatic doors of the grocery store again. After finishing my watering I went inside and searched the web for the. The lightning bolts were sizzling and cracking as they struck, and I was utterly terrified.Fleeing to my parent’s room I climbed into their bed and Mom held me as I shivered and shook, paralyzed by fear. Even my father was concerned that night. The storm finally began to abate, and as I gradually overcame my terror I became aware of the softness of my mother’s body as she held me, my face was against her breast, and my body was pressed tightly against hers, and as she stroked my hair murmuring. It was to be a single show and would be a double length, similar to the pilot we did with Heaven. Not only was its broadcast almost a year away, the contents were top secret. Only members of the clan and employees would be allowed in. Rhonda arranged for two more camera operators who had to sign nondisclosures. We modified the set and created an actual runway. Heaven flew in the night before and coached all our women on how to use the catwalk. It was cool to see the ladies of the clan truly.