^About 7:30pm the phone rang and Donna answered it. It was Sensei Nigel wanting to know whether I was coming to class on Thursday evening.I very profu...sely said, "I'm REALLY sorry, Sensei, but I have something else really important that I have to do on Thursday evening." I thought it best to be non-specific, leaving out details like, "I'm marrying my 13-year old sister and 16-year old girlfriend."He seemed disappointed, but I assured him that I was DEFINITELY going to become a regular student,. “I haven’t even been told the charges against me, Counselor,” Howard said when I was facing him again.It was a pleasure for me to recite the litany of charges Cardis had the constable slap Howard with. They included: inciting a riot, assault on a lawman, disorderly conduct, communicating a threat and the topper — mayhem. Howard was purple with rage when I wound down the list and told him the constable recommended no bail be set. I let him vent for a couple of minutes, then told him what Cardis’. He followed it down and watched for the fallen tree and the almost hidden offshoot of the small lane that he wanted to turn on. The lane led to a small clearing that they had discovered the first summer they had been dating. They never saw anyone else around the clearing and they considered it their own special place.Austin had come here before going to pick up Kelly so everything was already set up when they arrived. He had laid out a couple of blankets and several large pillows underneath. Just imagine what they must be serving as 'Haute Cuisine'! God, I am so glad we didn't stay for lunch."Rick tossed in, "Yeah, no joke there. But, does this expedition qualify us as the... 'Bun-Bun' brigade now?"At this, Mike howled out while grasping his sides, "Oh my God, the 'bun' is the lowest form of humor!"Elven and Dwarven confusion met in the glancing look that passed between Elnore and Galden. The silent messages flew, 'Must be that 'creativity thing' was answered by a raised eyebrow.