. the kids ... Heather...” came out in a rush, and she pulled the screen door open and stepped inside. Turning back, she asked, “Call me? Please?�...�Peter grinned and leaned in, for a much quicker kiss. “I’ll call,” he promised.A few days later, Peter called, and Lauren invited him to dinner. He found this an intriguing invitation and showed up at her door at six the following Friday night. A rich smell pervaded the foyer as he stepped inside and leaned forward to kiss her. “I thought we were. " Mike said. Once inside, Mike grabbed the afternoon edition and pinning the badge to the front page, folded it up. He then handed it to Altman while saying, "Hey, check out that headline Agent."Opening the paper, Altman was stunned by the beauty of the pin laying there. Then protocol took over, "Mr. Kilian, though I do thank you for the thought, I still can't receive gifts from the public. It goes against the very foundations of what make us the FBI." I know you can't accept gifts Agent, so. " I can listen to it all, but I prefer Classic Rock and Hard Rock. 60's and 70's stuff mostly."As we talked Lynn was touching my arm or hand often. We had some drinks, and hers had a maraschino cherry that she kept toying around with in her mouth. I soon discovered that she was teasing me with it."Are you going to eat that cherry or what?" What. Like what you see? Did you know that I can tie a knot in the stem with my tongue?" Yeah? Well, I've been known to tie and then untie a knot in a cherry. "Um, so after a while, Moira and I got out of the water and lay on our towels. We talked a bit about Gary, and how he's just Gary. It's not like he doesn't care, he just focuses on the one he's with at the time but he's easily 'distracted', she said. I just thought I'd hold his attention for more than, like, three days!" Well, Gary's ... Gary," I said, wryly."Hey, that's exactly what Moira said. And then Gary brought Malia - that's the goddess's name - over to us and told us he'd invited her.