As things progressed the next day, he asked LuAnn out and then the rest of us. It wasn’t surprising that he would ask Lulu (I love that name) out. I... was surprising that he would ask Tina and me.A couple of days later, we had an amazing first date. I’d never been on a date and it exceeding my wildest dreams and we ended up on the deck of a nearby empty beach house. It was very dark and I was still feeling adventurous. I thought that it might be my one and only chance with him. We embraced, and. I have my mommy and daddy.’ After she said those words, she smiled and kissed my forehead. I suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out. Moments later, I blinked softly and opened my dark green eyes. It almost felt like it was all just a dream, until I looked down to see Katie’s little doll Marigold in my arms. I smiled lovingly at the good-hearted little child that will forever be in my heart, even after such a short time knowing her. Looking around me, all I could see was my bedroom covered by the. Although I amnot keen to spend another day at St. Anne's I do want to get down to theboathouse to check on Jessie.Passing Lily on the stairs I tell her I am going down to the boathouse.She eyes me with suspicion. "What could you possibly want down there?" Science project." I smile my sweetest smile. "On what lives in thewater. I have to keep a record every day, once in the morning and once inthe evening." I spent most of last night coming up with that one."OK dear, don't be late and don't mess. He might as well have exclaimed, melodramatically, "ah, lost youth!" And he certainly played to the themes on Denise and my minds.Denise and I exchanged a silly grin when he wasn't looking, and almost in unison we both said something to the effect of "me neither."We broke into laughter at this and then there was a comfortable silence. Almost as if on cue, the door of den reopened and Lissa and Marie both trouped out, and positioned themselves standing in front of Denise."What's the joke?" asked.