We fielded a merciless barrage of good-natured teasing. Oddly enough, it actually seemed like our friends had been rooting for Elizabeth and I to hook...up, which frankly mystified both of us. I’d screwed around with practically every girl there, but our friends had never before made such a big deal about it. Only Amy gave us a free pass, and that was just because she was so focused on surviving her hangover. Poor Amy. The girl really went through hell that morning. She spent hours hugging the. I was the last house in the whole block, no subdivision that had the individual MagGen systems. I had been working a long series of overtime days trying to get enough money to become independent of the power companies. Now that I had been able to put out the $10,000 fee to purchase and install the generator at my power coupling for the house, I was happy. Now I could sit back and enjoy the benefits that will come with it.Not really knowing what to expect, I was standing out as far as I could. " He tells Diane. She laughs and walks back out into the kitchen. Roger stands and follows her."Come on then Tom. Finish your yarn. What happened next?" There was a car parked the far side of the car park and just one person in it. Couldn't at that point tell who or what they were. I opened my door slightly. About a quarter open and just carried on sitting there. The drivers door of the other car opened and this chap got out. He walked across the car park as if going to take one of the. He started shaking his head slowly. His shoulders came up in an unhurried shrug.Finally, he answered. "I don't think so." Hmmm," I hummed."Ashley, will you marry me?"I smiled. "Jeff, will you marry me?"We both laughed and I buried my head in his chest."So, how do we do this?" I asked."Dinner at my house. What's your poison?" Ohhh, I loved Sam's chili. Can you make that?"He smiled. "We can make that. Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" No, but what's wrong with tonight? I can't wait. The.