" Thank you, my dear," Minerva replied. "Do you think I should warn them, or is it likely to make them too nervous?" Warn them, Madame," Li Kuan said...."They'll handle everything well, no matter what, but don't surprise them unnecessarily." Wise words, my dear ... wise words indeed."2 PMElsewhere at the estate, a thousand last minute details, most of them involving the safe transport of presents out to the site, had popped up and Madame Cornelius had previously thrown the entire problem over to. "We called your parents and they are keeping the kids. They said they'd tell them something, but not about this... not unless you want them too."Carmine stood up on shaky legs and shook her head "no". "I'll tell them later. When I know more." She stared at the parents of her soul mate and clenched her eyes shut, took several deep breaths and asked, "What happened?"The group moved inside and the door was shut behind them, by who, no one knew or cared."There were a couple of kids joy riding last. The sex was alright. There was something missing from the usual grind we had. Maybe it was the distance or maybe it was that we just didn’t have it between us to have good sex. But all the other pieces were there and so we carried on not talking about it. For months we would go to classes during the week and see each other on the weekends. She’d come down and stay with her folks and we would do some freaky stuff in coffee shops or in the alleyway behind it in the middle of the night. When I. "Are you ready Sam?" he asked softly. "It's okay with me if you're not."She looked up at him and smiled back. She then looked over at Bobby, and while looking in Bobby's eyes she answered Dave's question. "Yes. I'm ready."Dave looked over at his friend and raised his eyebrows in a silent question. Bobby smiled at Sammy, looked back to Dave, and gave an almost imperceptible nod.Julie's coke fueled mind was confused by the interplay that had just occurred, but she refused to let it bother her..