My heart sank. I loved her very much but I knew my love for her wasnt like her love for me. I knew she meant she loved me like I love Katie. I didnt s...y anything for a long time. Ash……. I love you……….very much……. I stuttered slowly. But your in love with some one else. She finished for me looking down. Im sorry baby girl. I put my arm around her. Its ok, I already knew that. I know you still love Abby. Well that was partly true. I did have feelings for Abby too. Dont be sad. I kissed her again.. . deep in thought.”“About what?” she asked gently.About what? What could I possibly be moody about, being fourteen and on vacation at the beach? I thought for a while, but I could only think of the pier girl, over and over again. Suddenly I was wrestling with every emotion again. Damn. I had to get her out of my head before she drove me mad. I glanced at Julie. Julie ... She’s here, right now.“I don’t know,” I said at last. “I’m sorry I’m being such a downer, though.”“No you’re not a downer.. I was rewarded with a resounding whack to my head. I almost managed to dodge the blow. It stunned me and I sat down hard on the floor. Mom continued to thrash about on the bed for about a minute. She seemed to be fighting something.I grabbed one of her flailing arms and was rewarded with a slap across my face. There wasn't enough power in the slap to knock me down but it did sting a little.Mom continued to thrash about for a minute. All of the blankets ended up on the floor. As soon as she lay. It was also the first time they had spent any real time away from the flickers or alone together for that matter. They both chuckled after a couple of hours when they realised they were conscious of the fact that Basil and Petal were not with them. They both decided it was pointless worrying about them. Basil and Petal weren’t clueless and having the new wives who knew the general area was also a bonus.They did discuss if they should take the flicker wives back to the city with them or not..