We had a pleasant evening, talking through our meal about nothing in particular and enjoying the company. Jason and Stephanie were very affectionate, ...eveling in the freedom of not having to hide their relationship.When we split up, we promised we’d see them after the holidays and watched them drive away.We decided to spend the night at my place since there was food for breakfast. I warned her that I was an early riser, but I might be convinced to sleep in a little. I was working tomorrow. "Well, you know how Janette wanted to have four flower girls at thewedding , well since Sharon's accident we have tried to find areplacement -- so we can have four girls to balance with the fourbridesmaids -- but we can't find anyone who is available and whocould fit into the dress we had made for Sharon," mom explained.I started to get a sense of where this was heading. "But you can'tmean..." I started."Now, hear me out," said mom. "You are the same height and build asSharon, and you know how. It hurts like hell, but it doesn’t need stitches. A half pace less to the right and it would’ve rearranged my lungs. I left my armour behind today because I’d been warned they wouldn’t let me in the Embassy with it on.The medic disinfects and bandages the wound while I say, “Sergeant, you know they wouldn’t have let anyone with a gun anywhere near them. Also, I was able to get four bo-shuriken away in the time it took them to fire three rounds. I had two in the air before the first round,. The boys showed up late Friday afternoon just in time to tell us they'd be around for dinner. The gentleman that Shane brought with him was a handsome devil named Dustin who played baseball with Shane. Like Shane, Dustin was twenty years old and perusing a degree in engineering but was in a different category.A lot of their classes these first couple years would be the same I supposed, so they probably saw quite a bit of each other. As we sat down to dinner, I noticed that Dustin would let his.