Actually Donna only just became a girl as I consider it. Until recently we used to run around together, play basketball, get muddy, and do guy-type th...ngs. Then she foolishly started growing those bumpy things on her front. They're GREAT on other girls, but they're a nuisance on a sister. Now it's virtually impossible for me to get into the bathroom because either Carol or Donna is in there making herself look even prettier. Good grief, they're both pretty enough already, so why do they have to. How?" Charlotte lowered her rifle not quite knowing whatwas going on but the tension had eased and obviously Rachelknew this woman. "Jason invited us." Jenny told her and as if on queueJason entered the room from the hallway. "It's okay." He told Rachel. "They're friends." After that the conversation broke into a frenzy ofwhys and where's. Jenny explained, as was confirmed byRachel, that they had been friends from before the epidemicand that Rachel had occasionally performed with her in. That didn't mean they couldn't be useful, and if they lived they were going to be useful. I didn't intend to make slaves of them, but I was going to end up in charge of them and they were going to do things I wanted done, if they got to live.Caloe and Shata finally decided they had all the information that I had, and they left me in peace. I was glad about it. I didn't mind telling them what I knew but I didn't know enough about it to matter. They kept coming up with questions that I couldn't. Brenda's parents drove a big honking motorhome they'd just bought. Apparently, once Brenda was moved to Bloomington, Mr. and Mrs. Lenox planned a long tour of the country. Sora's parents hadn't been at the bonfire after our martial arts demo, so they showed up in their travel trailer, too.Contractors started arriving about ten. We'd do as much work as we could ourselves, but remodeling three bathrooms in the house was a job we needed pros for. I gulped thinking about how much the bids would be.