As she finished her water, I said to her “ please don’t worry, you can stay here in my flat for today, I’ll get the carpenter to open the door i... the morning”. She was hesitant and said she will go to her hotel and stay there. I made her realize that she is wearing soiled clothes, drenched with sweat. She realized that it’s not a good idea to go to the hotel with the current attire. I told her to be comfortable. I asked her to follow me to another bedroom and gave her towel to have bath along. “Jean, you need to accept that Meredith is growing up and she has made up her mind about a few things,” Sam said without rancor. “You can accept those decisions and support her or you simply can accept them. What you can’t do is make them for her.“Meredith, you need to understand that there are some decisions that we will not be comfortable with and we will do our best to change your mind.“And there are some things that you’ll simply have to accept as being unfair to you. Brock, well, you’ll. She beamed. "Thank you, Luke. I am lucky to have you as a friend." He whispered, "Alexis, I want to be so much mor-" She silenced him with a finger against his lips. "Shhhh. Please, Luke. Do not make this any more difficult than it already… oh… what are you doing?" He kissed her finger tenderly. Up and down, drew his hand across her hips and up the slender hourglass, over her silky bare shoulder and upward to caress her cheek, softer than anything he'd ever imagined. He took the very tip of her. Mike and Jean were a couple of houses away and Tommy and Susan were across the street. Jake and Ray lived a few blocks away in an apartment they shared. As it got later into the evening Paul made us dinner. He showed me the house and where everything was. He was neat and there was a place for everything. I asked Paul if he had a shirt I could borrow as I didn’t come prepared for this and didn’t have anything to sleep in. He smiled and said of course. I followed him to the bedroom. He went.