"She laughed lightly, jostling against me. It was a contented laugh, and so I held her tighter."Still trying to save the world, mind you," I said. "Ju...st in bigger chunks."Sherri lightly punched me in the side, so I kissed her forehead."I love you, too," I said.She laughed, harder this time. "I may someday regret teaching you to be more assertive." Maybe," I said, "but not tonight." True, not tonight. Not after everything that's happened in the past year."She snuggled in closer and my mind. To make up for making him feel bad I took him to the toy department and let him pick out some toys he wanted. He grabbed a few things he wanted that werent ruined from the roof caving in on them and we wandered the store for a bit just grabbing random thing I figured we could use. Soon we had a cart almost full and we were now back in the boys department again. Hey squirt lets get you some new undies and stuff while were here. You pick out what you want. I told him. He walked around with me. "Yes you are." Am not." Are too."That got a grin from her, but then she frowned."Why don't you like looking at me like this?" she asked."I do like looking at you like this," he said, exasperation creeping into his voice. "I'm just not supposed to, that's all. It's frustrating." What if Mom said it was okay?" asked Mandy."Do you really think she would?"Mandy sagged. "No," she admitted. "She'd probably ground me if she found out I got naked in front of all these people." I expect she would," he. Would you need a drink”? Neil nodded in yes and she smiled at him, walked over to the fridge, took out the big pitcher of lemonade. Turned her already opened robe, revealing that she was not wearing any bra underneath; she took a tall glass and poured lemonade for him and handed it to him. “How have you been this summer”, she asked Neil? He took a sip, placed the glass on the counter as he answered that everything was just fine. College was off for summer and he was glad to be home. He smiled.