We sat at the kitchen table, ate and just talked."So how are your dad and mom?"Aw there OK. Because they both teach they get the summer off and genera...ly we go somewhere together but this year they got this offer for a summer seminar in England and I couldn't go, so here I am. Even if I was old enough I think being home alone would be boring, I mean I would really miss having them around. You know what I mean."Yes honey I do I still miss your Uncle."I guess that surprised me although I don't. Well I was meeting James at Panera's near my apartment. He got to the parking lot before I got to the patio. I got a message that he was parked by my scooter and I replied that can't be because I walked. Then I got a message he was behind me and when I looked around there he was in his car. I went over and got in the car because he was blocking traffic... so much for good intentions. I kissed James when I got into the car, just a quick soft kiss on the lips, and again when we were waiting to. "You ought to feel right at home then."Bill glared at him, making Carl laugh again. Carl was a little chubby and wore a pair of glasses. Being a math majorhe sometimes got teased, but he was confident enough that others teasingsnever bothered him at all, and he was quite capable of laughing at himselfwhen the occasion warranted, or teasing back.Dennis Quinn, being a running back for the school football team, didn'tquite fit the stereotype of a jock. Being a neat freak got him teased abit. And so Davina continued to mope around Wilburly Hall until Lady Maude finally ran out of patience.“Thomas, Davina has at least three hours until Freddie arrives, so for goodness sake man, take her somewhere and cheer her up!” Davina looked up at her mother and for the first time that day she smiled: “Do you mean—”“Yes, Davina, I mean—” A suddenly very happy young woman stood up and took my hand and almost literally dragged me upstairs with her. She opened my bedroom door and as soon as it was.