Home in the quiet house (how ‘quiet’ can any house be with a seven and four-year-old?), my thoughts reverted back to wondering, hoping about where...Addie would be spending the night.Oh yeah, and about that conversation Addie had had with her mother. I just couldn’t even begin to bring myself to imagine our parents swapping spouses!A little after nine that evening, my phone chirped with a text message. Then before I could even get it, it chirped again. The first was a picture of Addie and Nick. Just as he slipped his fingers in, they heard a jeer from their friends walking closer.“Seriously, I said get a room not a damn beach!” they heard his brother shout as a warning to their impending interruption. Somehow, they managed to make themselves look presentable, looking at their friends as they appeared over the dune as if they were simply having some alone time. Looking at the smirks of their friends' faces, she knew they all knew exactly what they were up to.She remembered how. Did you keep yours?" No. I ... er ... um ... what or ... er ... who is moving this boat?" Joy asked, expecting the answer."We are," a voice from behind, answered.Joy turned and saw a beautiful Russian girl, her blond hair cascadingaround her angular face. The mermaid's eyes were a sparkling blue, andshe was smiling broadly, two sharp incisors visible. Then, a youngElizabeth Taylor lifted her face from the water, her violet eyessparkling with humor. Behind her, three identical mermaids also. So&hellip, what do you want to do? Anyone could have told she was apprehensive to having him in her house. For Conner it was expected. You wanna watch a movie? Or go swimming? Im up for just about anything. Conner let her take control of the situation. He wondered how that made her feel and decided that he actually wanted to know. Well, up for anything huh? Lets just go swimming then. I wonder what hes thinking right now, smiling like that? Maybe hes imagining me&hellip, Conner pulled himself.