" Thank you," replied Rusty, Sarah and Aoife. "We enjoyed your company, as well. I suspect the dinner conversation was a bit unusual."The three lieute...ants laughed, before Lt. Smith replied, "Yes, it was. It was a pleasure meeting all of you and spending the evening with you. It is not often we have dinner in the same room as the Prime Minister and his wife, much less sit at the same table with them. As to the rest, it was a learning experience. The choir's performance was just icing on the. Then she said,"What are you doing?"She did not raise her voice, but her stare did not flinch either. Laura stared back, trying to equal the steely force in Shontay's mesmerizing eyes. But it was very hard to control her anxiety at having made a huge mistake."I... don't know," she said, her outward calm concealing a wild turbulence inside. She pulled her head back. "I just... wanted to. Something about you just made me want to."Shontay had not smiled throughout the encounter. She still did not. "But I don't. Really, I'm I don't know. I guess I'm getting into it and it's sort of fun." We'll see what happens tomorrow," I said. She was quiet again."Yeah. It's going to be scary going out in public, huh?" Yeah." I thought about it."But at least we'll all be together. It's not like being alone." Yeah," I said. The company DID help. I couldn't imagine my fear and my feelings without them. Maybe I'd feel like some kind of pervert.I was thinking like that when I felt her move next to me,. Tom had decided to stick to soft drinks, not only did henot want a hangover on his big day, well second biggest day, but hewanted to keep his wits about him. They had a quiet drink, it was not theintention of the girls to embarrass Tom or Bill, just like on Jessica'shen night. Well quiet, in not being raucous, but but did they talkexcitedly."I've booked a table at the same restaurant we went to last year and it'stime to go," said Kelly. They walked to the restaurant arm-in-arm withtheir heels.