Let's eat before it gets cold."We had a wonderful family meal, everything was delicious, and Jen brought out homemade apple pie with a big scoop of ic... cream on it. We were all full.Dad said, "That was the best steak I have had in a long time, I'm going to come watch what you do the to get it that good."Jen said "I told you I love to cook" It shows," I said.Mom and Dad helped Jen with the dishes. I started to but they ran me out of the kitchen.I got the smart phone and looked at my e-mail. Wow,. I grabbed my carbine and whistled up the dogs to follow along. I then signalled to Shell and Samantha to follow along. They quickly fell in behind me as I retraced our route down towards the waters that flowed through the centre of the valley.Shell was ecstatic once we got to the water's edge. The young alien woman had brought her trident along and you could see the excitement as she scanned the water for sign of anything that might be swimming about. While Shell focused on the water, I focused. "Mom why is the smell so strong? I don't remember it smelling this strong back at the doctor's." Ginger stopped mixing the dough for a second. "Oh I'm sorry honey I was just thinking about that. Do you want mommy to wash up before you start doing your thing down there?" Kevin's brain was so intoxicated with her fumes that he spoke before thinking. "No mom I actually like the smell." Ginger looked down at him with sort of a discomforted look, but then smiled "We'll don't worry baby it's. . well, almost. Neither of us got any early acceptance letters from our major colleges, which was not really a surprise to us. We did the rest of the necessary paperwork needed for the colleges' financial aid, and then concentrated on our normal schoolwork. There were no changes in our grades - she got A's and I got A's and C's - and open disgust, still, from some of the teachers. Now, I knew I had to talk to Marie, but it wasn't until the weekend that there was some time for that kind of.