.”“How so, son?” our Dad cut in, his voice showing concern as he looked over at Amber.“Well, these idiots were staring at her. I mean, a bunch...of the guys there looked at her ‘cause she is so pretty and all, but these two jerks made hand motions as if they were having sex with her, and stuff. Amber got pretty upset about it. I stayed next to her the whole night to make sure that she was safe...”“You better damn well should have. Why the Hell were you guys hanging out at a place where a bunch of. Niusha came in pretty soon after we did, looking really happy and sitting down at Deb's desk like she owned it. So, OK, I knew we needed her here– especially if Seff and I were actually going to get the Bremen stuff sorted– but something really rankled, anyway. I mean, Deb was ... you know ... well, the reason why Seff and I were here in the first place, amongst a lot of other things.So I was maybe a bit reserved, even as Seff went into full welcome mode, abandoning her Monday morning trawl. "What's up?" Evans asked."Pregnant women 'practice' having the baby. That is, the uterine muscles contract periodically. For some women it goes on for five months. Weena only began a week or two ago. When they come ten minutes or less apart, it's time to race to the delivery room." I said."One might describe it more elegantly, but that's about it. On top of that, Patrick likes to kick my bladder. That's not fun, either. But it'll be over soon. By the way are you religious?" Are you kidding?. .. And then what happens, happens..."I parallel parked outside a familiar house, unbuckled my seatbelt, and then leaned across the center console to kiss my fiancée awake. She'd traded places with Brooke when we stopped for lunch, but ended up reclining the seat all the way back and falling asleep again while Brooke dozed behind me.DJ's eyes fluttered and she smiled before returning my kiss. And then still groggy, she sat up and glanced out the window. "Oh, we're here already." 'Already' to you.