“I much appreciate you letting us sleep, Mikhail. I was still super tired when Mrs. R got us up a little after eight,” Zupena sweetly said.Just th...n, Coach Jacket blew her whistle and yelled for her girls to hustle and get the rest of the volleyball equipment set up for their ten-am practice. I quickly gave both girls a soft kiss and wished them a better practice than we just had, before heading off to the varsity boys’ locker room.On my slow walk down the back hallway, I thought back to last. We were still arguing when Dad got back. I didn't realize how long he'd been gone."Dad is a peaceful guy. He doesn't get mad often, but when he does, watch out. Someone else I know is like that, too. He told me to get a couple of glasses of water and he told mom to sit down and shut up. It was awesome. When I got back, he told me the same thing. That was not so awesome, but I understood."Then he told us he'd been over here and talked to Jay. He said he saw Jay's side of things much clearer now,. In it was a bunch of grapes. She giggled.“I think I can.” She giggled again and grinned.She took a grape from the bunch as I held them out. She inserted it as she had done with the Ping-Pong balls. I bent over with my head between her legs and my mouth open, ready for my tasty snack.“Oops,” she said as the grape sort of fell out on the table.“I guess we just have to try again,” I said as I picked it up and inserted it for her. I hated to see her have to do all the work.“I don’t want to crush. I had known Dan for such a short time, but I already knew that avoiding him was something I didn’t want to do. I doubt I could if I tried. ‘I don’t do this kind of thing, sleeping with random men.’ ‘I’m not a random man, Em. At least, I don’t have to be. Yes, this happened quickly but did we do anything you didn’t want us to do?’ Dan lifted one hand and tucked my hair behind my ear. I shook my head. I had definitely wanted what we did and I definitely wanted more of the same. Dan slid his hand.