" Ashlee's mouth dropped wide open as shelooked at Aunt Stephanie. "These are all lies Mrs. Seymour! I neverwent in your room or took your pantyhose!"..."That's enough Ashlee, thetwo of you are clearly guilty and you will pay the penalty for yourerrors in judgement. I'll take your Fashion Club credit cardsimmediately!" The stunned girls looked at each other with mouths wideopen. After a few snaps of Aunt Stephanie's fingers they began to beg."Please Mrs. Seymour, I need my card for the NYC trip,. ”I nodded. Karen looked like she wasn’t satisfied but hadn’t thought of what to say yet. I thought they had their thinking about as well worked out as they could. The future just held a big question for them after next Christmas right now.We returned from spring break and started our class routine again. When we had time, we started on some other issues. One was watching the renovations on the house. It was fun to watch the destruction and later building.Another issue was a new car for us. Mine. ..!But sure enough, Gemma pulled back the curtains to reveal a blue sky withpatchy white clouds."It rained overnight, did you hear it? But its going to be a fine dayaccording to the weather forecast," she said. "The bags have arrived too.They must have come when we were at dinner. They are in the luggagespace behind the door." How long have you been up?" I asked."Oh, only an hour or so," she said "I thought I'd let you sleep in. I ama bit of a 'morning' person though!"An hour later, showered. It's heartbreaking. But worth it. I continue to drag the sharp edge of our love across my throat every single day because the way you make me feel is incredible.Our time has come. You have been sent to your room and are free to chat me up. We start by going through the highlights of our nights since we last talked, only a few short hours ago. But it seems like an eternity. Pleasantries exchanged, we start talking life and plans. What’s the plan to see each other tomorrow? How long do we have to.