"Okay then, I'll talk about situation two. You go out on dates as wedicussed, far enough away, and you wind up making out in Greg's car outin a lover'... lane somewhere. Or at the cottage. At the cottage is fine,but anywhere outdoors, even in a car, is off-limits. Too many bad thingscould happen. The best of them would be that the police catch you and getall of us parents involved. I don't want that. I'm sure Steve wouldn't,either."I couldn't argue with her. As I had mentioned before, there were. "I have to get going or we won't be ready for the cookout. Are you sure you can't join us?" I'd love to but I promised my cousin that I would spend the day with her two little ones. They would be so disappointed if I didn't make it." Okay. However, sometime this week I want to sit down with you and talk about a proposition," Jennifer said."A proposition? What proposition?" Oh, just some things about college, you, Jimmy and I."Shelly's eyes opened wide. "Can't we talk now?" She asked. I think he sensed my sincerity and did not take any sarcasm from my statements. He said ?You are welcome. In the past several minutes I have been thinking about you and I do like you. You are like someone if I wrote up everything I wanted, it would be you.? Due to my one hope for salvation, I wanted to maximize his feelings for me so I went all-in. I said ?Thank you, sir, it makes me feel special to be the right one for you.? He said ?Does it really? Do you feel special right now?? This. " I expect so," replied Ned, pensively. "I can't think what else it could be."A little later Ned left to drive over to the next village where his Uncle George and Aunt Miri lived. Despite the fine day and the wonderful scenery he once again felt the weight of the world on his shoulders, and he again ran through the events of the last few weeks.Lia had been the love of his life so far. From their first date, a trip to the museum and art gallery in the nearby seaside town, and their meetings in.