Once we got over our laughing fit, I took Cal’s hands in mine.“I suppose that means your Mum’s all right with what we’re doing,” I said.“B...tter that than totally against don’t you think?”I agreed with her.“Our first time together where nobody is in danger of going to jail,” I said quietly.I don’t think it was too much of a disappointment when she discovered that no, I couldn’t stay up all night, not that we didn’t try, but unlike what you might read in stories, we real people don’t tend to stay. "She smiled and lowered herself onto a chair."Breakfast?"She nodded. Okay. Not very talkative this morning."Muesli? Tea?"She nodded again, with another smile.I got the necessary items and put them on the table by her, boiled the kettle and made tea.She took a couple of mouthfuls of the cereal, sipped her tea. "Geoff?"Oh! She speaks! "Yes, pretty lady?"She frowned then and didn't speak for a minute or two, holding a spoonful of cereal just above the bowl. "Do you think I am a ... a ... slut?". ‘I guess not.’ He took her face in both hands and gently kissed each closed eye, the tip of her nose, and the corners of her mouth. Hungrily she opened her mouth and he covered it with his. She reached behind him and tugged his shirt from his jeans. His shirt was too tight for her to reach through and touch the bare skin of his chest so she leaned back to unbutton his shirt. After each button, she kissed his newly revealed skin. There was a diamond of dark hair in the centre of his chest, she. They all seemed incredibly hungry.Understandable, since they technically hadn't eaten anything in severaldays.Then it was off to the great room, where Pierre had Amber sit in afolding chair before a floor-length mirror. He yanked at her hair,twisted it, did it up with pins, curled it around his thumbs, andflattened it out with his palms, all while going over the details of howAmber could get herself beautified for her big day tomorrow. Lola, Zoe,and Jackson piped in with their own opinions.