She looked around for a moment, he tried to put on his most confident look,and for the first time, he openly stared at her, not a glance from thecorne... of his eye. She made eye contact with him, but just barely, andcontinued to look around. Scott's heart almost broke, he had avoided eyecontact in the past, afraid he would bring to much attention to himself. Buthe was still confident that he looked good enough to at least grab herattention, he was definitely more attractive than most of the guys. I met Cathy at a wedding rehearsal. I was standing up with my younger brother Tom, as he was to marry Cindy, his girlfriend/fiancé for almost 5 years. Cathy was a cousin of the bride and my opposite number in the wedding party. As we were being introduced, I was impressed by her smile that covered her whole person, and her eyes that glittered with the smile.As neither of us had a plus one at the rehearsal dinner, we were seated together. The dinner was something; I never tasted any of it. I was. Walking in the front door I announcedto no one, "I'm home!" I was indeed feeling sorry for myself. Shandy,hearing my greeting came woofing gratefully at me. I almost felt guiltyknowing that I hadn't been calling her.She wagged her tail maniacally as her front paws assaulted my knees. Idropped my bag and bent down to pet her. "How's my favorite girl today?"I asked her playfully. I gave her some lunch and clean water. As she ate,I contemplated my own lunch. There was still a bit of chicken. “I will be, the GED. I have to be enrolled in the Oregon Option Program; I did that online. Now, I wait seven days, and then I wait for the next test to come along. I checked, there is one on January 20th. I go in and show my Application, Driver’s License, and pay a fee. That gives you 20 days to get me ready for a GED test.”“You’re smart – by February 1st; I can have my GED, and we can tell Mom and Dad that I’m pregnant at the same time. If I’m not – you’ll help with that, won’t you?”“My dear.