"Well, no doubt about that. Lucy has been on cloud 9 since Selena called. She has other friends, but she really does think of Selena as her sister. Lu...y's family is quite screwed up. Her father was never around, always on the road working and her Mom was strict. She doesn't have much sense of family. There's no real closeness once she got away from them." Jeromy explained."Well, we like being Lucy's family. I know she thinks of me as a father figure, and that's OK. I was glad to help her out of. " Of course you liked it. It was a PUSSY!" said Steve."Damn guy, that was awesome. I spent a month at camp up in Maine with nothing but guys. Then we went to visit my older sister in Italy. She's doing some kind of art bullshit over there. We saw all these museums. We traveled all over Italy. The thing I liked best was the coliseum where they killed all the gladiators and the Christians," Jake said."Jake you're a Christian aren't you?" Steve asked."So?" My female cousins are so damn stuck up. I'm gonna need you here with me. I can't take care of this baby alone. This really was a huge surprise to me too. I really didn't believe I could be until I really started feeling bad and took the test. As I waited for it, it just felt like hours. I didn't wanna say anything until I knew if it was positive or negative. Are you surprised too Steve?” I asked. “Of course I'm. I mean we only had unprotected sex once. But who cares how many times we did unprotected, it's not gonna change the fact. "I've been pretty fortunate," I said, trying to sound modest.Fortunate, my ass! Hell, I was hitting .332 and leading the league in doubles."I understand you women are on the Maryland softball team." You must have been here the night we were introduced," the blonde responded wryly."When all of you trooped down onto the playing field before the game, I paid attention!" I said, smiling."Yes. Samantha said that you asked about Patti."Oh-oh! Caught already.I looked at the still-silent Patricia Wyman.