.. me?" Austin finally managed to say. Austin didn't have the dreamy looks of a Danny Garrity but he didn't have that nasty personality either. Austin...was pretty average looking tenth grader with a little more acne than he probably wanted. He was also a real sweet heart."I would be honored to be your date to the Homecoming Dance," I replied."You ... you will?" Austin gasped. His smile grew and his chest puffed out. "Cool! I guess we can talk next week about when my mom or dad brings me over to. "What is it?" Beats me," Joe answered. "Maybe some kind of cider press. See the hole down here. I bet that's where the juice would drip."JoJo studied the hole. "I don't know," she said. "I guess we could make it into a planter."Now Joe laughed. JoJo could make just about anything into a planter. "Forget it," he said good- naturedly.Next was a table of knickknacks and odds and ends. "Hey," said JoJo, stopping. "Hey," Joe echoed. They stood in front of the knickknack table staring at the alarm. The food was starting to smell irresistible and I was indulging in it. He baked a big chocolate cake for the church. We both set up the Christmas tree next to the tv cabinet. A huge green tree, with lights on all colours, stars, balls and santa socks. I set up the table for the dinner and a candle light dinner while he went in my room to change.He came back and I served the food with the red Italian wine. The food was delicious and I could have praised him for chicken all night. I cleaned up. ..It was the right thing to do, wasn't it?I hesitated.What the fuck was wrong with me? I thought furiously to myself. I am twice their age! This whole idea is ill conceived and perverted. Children should not be born in this environment where 8 women all share a single man. It was absolutely insane, and they were sure to grow up like serial murderers, slum lords, or politicians or something.Right?"Everyone!" I heard Janice shout from the next room. "I have news! It's finally a plus! I'm going to.