'Grinning at Kelli he continued, 'anyway it gives you a chance to practice greeting each other if you start off covered in clothes. I know I will when...we get to my spot.'They all dressed in the bedroom, surprisingly most found it embarrassing to be half-dressed in front of the others, they had been naked for more then four days without feeling uncomfortable but half-dressed seemed different. Packing a couple of large towels into the knapsack with their lunch Mike held out his hand to Kelli,. She never knew her father, since he had passed away when she was only 1 year old. Around that time, Greg Adams and his family had moved in next door. Since Greg was only a year older than Stacey, they became instant friends. They did everything together, including going to the same school. However, when Greg was 10 years old, his parents fell on hard times and were forced to sell the house, and move to another part of town. Greg and Stacey's friendship continued, but as they entered puberty,. She is still in shock and slowly closes her bathrobe. Ben didn’t witness any of the antics between mother and son, and Marilyn is not going to try and explain it. She retreats to her bedroom and puts on proper attire. Todd leaves the bathroom and quietly returns to his bedroom to pack for his trip back to college. Ben finishes the crossword puzzle and then goes to his golf game. When Todd finally comes down to leave for school, his mother gives him a big hug but is too embarrassed to say. ” She was trying for a reasonable tone. She might have tried for some reasonable words, instead. An apology beyond a blithe “sorry about that” would have been a good start.“You also told me that you’d fix it.” That was the bottom line. She’d said that she would fix dinner, and she hadn’t.“Well,” she evaded, “I don’t expect you to be able to cook. That takes the ability to understand a cook book. I do expect you to be able to warm up two slices of meatloaf.” Now she was being patronizing..