"I looked her squarely in the eye. "Honey, I know what that fluid will do. AndI'm willing to do it, for you."Kate's tears of happiness were replaced b... tears of joy. We embraced, andbegan planning our new life together.-----We both agreed that we would finish out the school year, and then make thebig changes in our life. I would take the potion; we would move to thenorthern California community where Kate had inherited her grandparent'shome; and we would do our best to find teaching jobs. Zakat and Matatu took their place in the lead and things were about to move. Katia walked back to us after fetching her pack and I was astonished by its size."Shaeta, ask her to put that on our travois. I don't want your best friend walking around with a bent back," I said."It isn't that heavy, it's just bulky, but if you can carry it also I'm sure she will let you," Shaeta said."Of course I can carry it." Carl wants you to put your pack on our travois, Katia. He's worried about your back,". She walked over to where I was sitting.“Hi!” she said. “I Love the fedora.”“Hi! Thanks.”She just looked at me expectantly. I got up and motioned for her to follow me.“Where to?” she asked.“Someplace we can sit and talk in private.”“Talk?” she smirked.“Yes, talk.”She had a confused look on her face, but said nothing. We walked towards the apartment building and when we came to the lobby door, she stopped.“Where are you taking me?” she asked, a bit nervously.“My boss has an apartment that he. We were totally embarrassed. We felt out of place with our clothing and were speechless. "Cat got your tongue, Curt?" Christy chirped. "Oh Lynn, you look so lovely tonight," she added. "Let's have a drink and relax." Doug chimed in and said, "We hope you're okay with our attire. We don't get many occasions to wear these. We had so much fun at your place, it just seems right." "Yeah, Doug. You two look great," I replied. "Okay, then. Let's take our glasses out to the pool. We catered a buffet so.