"No Mom, please. I already feel stupid enough."Elena doesn't trust her.Gavin's certain he's right, although he can't understand the feeling."I wanna g...t out of this bathing suit though, and maybe drink some hot chocolate," she says."I can make you hot chocolate," Anna offers, and runs towards the house when Elena smiles and nods at her.Turning in Gavin's arms, she locks eyes with him for a second, and experimentally, uncertain whether he's hoping for success or failure, he reaches with his. There’s a place not too far from their house where everyone goes.”Julian stopped and took another swallow. I refilled his glass and topped up my own.“You sure you want to hear this, Dad?”My turn to laugh. “You bet, Julian. Your mom and Mama Sarah want to hear it, too. Too bad they’re out.”“OK. Here goes.“The place wasn’t too busy and we we found a table right off. Far enough away from the music but close enough to the dance floor.”Julian touched my forearm.“It’s an ‘all-gender’ place, Dad, you. It was just the heat.After I finished the mowing, Miss Foster invited me into her cool house for a glass of lemonade. I was dripping wet with sweat. We stood in her kitchen. She handed me the glass and then ran her hand across my chest, lingering for a moment on my flat tummy. She said that I was very sweaty and could use a cold shower to refresh myself. She showed me the shower, the one off her bedroom, and I routinely locked the door before I stripped naked. The experience was indeed very. After she finished we all pitched in. I was a little surprised at how helpful Hailey was. I'd kind of expected her to stand around and just hit on Luke or Ricky. Or both.Or maybe Robbie. I didn't think they'd connected during the road trip but wasn't sure. Robbie wasn't seeing anybody right now. I think she and Luke fooled around a little just for fun since his last girlfriend had dumped him just in time for Christmas. Maybe she and Hailey would be good for each other.An image of Robbie and.