And are you still expecting your companion, sir, or would you like to go ahead and order?”You restrain yourself from snapping at him. It's not him y...u're pissed off at, it's her. “She'll be here, she's just running a little late.” He smiles and nods, then disappears.It's a beautiful restaurant, right off the beach, and with a great view of the sunset on the ocean through the floor-to-ceiling windows along the west wall of the dining room. White linen tablecloths, crystal glasses, all very. "It's just that... you see, it is so hard. Look at the girls over there, all wearing small, tight tops. Some are even pierced in the bellybutton. They like to look provocative, but they would never let you touch them. They always wear bras and they are really so shy if you try anything with them. But you look so different. I have never danced with anybody who didn't wear a bra, and where you could see the outline of her breasts so clearly. It's just so nice and..."I don't know what he had. Almost everyone asked about Hugh's vacation to Ireland, and Erin was so convincing about how wonderful it was - mentioning all kinds of places that Hugh had never seen, that several of the staff started, right then, to plan their next vacation."What now?" Erin asked.It was now 1:30 PM. Erin had just finished a tuna fish sandwich from the local deli."Well," replied Hugh, "I guess we better get it over with."'It, ' of course, was the meeting with his boss. The boss had left a voice mail asking. “They got married because they wanted to get married.”“Oh, yeah,” Danielle said. “Sorry, it takes me a while to get my head out of my butt in the mornings. Don’t mind me until I’ve had my second cup of coffee.”“No problem,” Hailey said. She reached out to tousle Danielle’s already unkempt hair.“I thought you and Phil might want to stop and see her before we go to pick out the tree,” Beth said. “I know that you picked up a present for her.”“I’m going to go get Phil’s butt out of bed,” Hailey.