I know Kevin wants to curl up in front of the tube watching NASCAR tomorrow. I could probably stick him with the kids and we could go someplace, just ...he two of us." Talked me into it," Vicky smiled. "Any idea of where we could go?" Oh, there ought to be something. Maybe ride up US-12 a ways; that's a nice trip on a bike, good road without being real busy until you get a ways east. We could probably find a restaurant somewhere. As far as that goes, maybe we could ride up to Kalamazoo, and see. While Rachel was looking for a vase-substitute, Mark arrived. Then Alf and a few minutes later, Gordy and the twins. I just greeted them, gobsmacked. They were similar, but not identical. They were nearly two meters tall and were broad-hipped and large-busted. They weren't 'black' at all. More a yellow beige. They were wearing tight tee shirts and shorts and smiles."I'm Audie; that's Gerri. You must be Patrick."I nodded and closed my mouth. "Welcome." I took Audie's hand. "You have met Jimmy.". ‘I’ll be back in a month or so, so there’ll still be two months that I’ll be home,’ he said back, putting his arm around her shoulder. With his free hand he grasped the handle of the suitcase and they went out together. That evening his family and the Van Devanters, plus Brian Lacy (Pauline’s boyfriend) went out for dinner at an Italian place a few towns over from where they all lived. Pauline looked very happy with herself, both over her impending matriculation at Harvard (coupled with Brian. ”Well, except for one time. But I wasn’t going to say anything about that to my mom!“We know her. We trust her, and you two are never alone. This girl’s parents have to be there.”“OK, Mom.”I told Becky it was OK if her parents could bring me home. She said she was sure that would be fine. I asked about them being home and she said “Trust me, there will be several adults here, plus my parents.”“Cool. My mom is paranoid about stuff like that.”We both agreed our parents were a bit much. The odd.