" Great. I'm so looking forward to meeting her. I can't believe the change in you. I can't wait to see the girl that brought about that change." Wasn'... all her, Stanford's a great place all around," I said. "Though, yeah, she's a lot of it." So," Mom said, "should I be preparing the guest room for her, or will she be sharing your room?"I always knew the parents were cool, but this cool?! "Well, it's your house," I said."Brendan, you're an adult. You have a girlfriend. She's welcome to stay in. As a matter of fact it was my plan to not even turn it on till I needed to call someone.When the store opened, I rode the bike to it. I purchased the phone and one of the new AA battery chargers for it. The two together would fit in the palm of one hand. The phone gave me a sense of security that would most likely be worth the price.With the phone situation resolved, I stopped for lunch. It wasn't at a restaurant that time. I stopped at a grocery store Deli. From it I bought a tuna salad. Mark backed away a few steps and tried to calm his facial muscles down, but to no avail. “I—I um…” Mark stuttered a bit, trying to recover from his confusion, only to notice that the food was starting to smoke. “Oh god, it’s starting to burn!” He ran past the smirking Brent and turned off the heat. He slid the omelet onto a ceramic plate and handed it to Brent. “Here,” Mark said, avoiding direct eye contact. “I have to go to class, so…” Brent laughed. “You haven’t even finished eating your. It had had its teething problems- and brian had been working hard. He was driving down the motorway towards home- he was meant to be staying in the city overnight- but decided to suprise his wife Carrie on their 10th anniversary. He picked up the box on passenger seat and opened it- one hand on the wheel. Inside there was a beautiful pearl necklace. He couldnt wait to show her and see the look on her beautiful face. The face he loved with all his heart. A few minutes later he was driving down.