Candy placed the wine on the back edge of the tub, took Gracie’s hand and stepped into the tub. Standing together in the tub, they embraced and kiss...ed passionately with tongues dancing. After a few moments, Gracie pulled away and slid down into the bubbles and water, holding Candy’s hand as she followed. “Oh, this feels so good! What a great idea, Gracie, thank you.” “I thought this would help us calm down and really enjoy each other,” Gracie said as she lifted some suds and water to Candy’s. * * * Stan: And, every time it rains, it rains, pennies from heaven. Jake and Dave: Shoo-be-doo-be! Stan: Don’t you know each cloud contains, pennies from heaven. Jake and Dave: Shoo-be-doo-be! Stan: You’ll find your fortune falling, all over town. Be sure that your umbrella is up-up-up-up-upside down…. Trade them for a package of sunshine and ravioli. Jake and Dave: Macaroni! Lacy and Frank Mullins looked at each other with delight. These guys were great! As one, they got up and danced. Other. Apparently he wasn’t mad at me. “That won’t happen again,” he promised when he was done kissing me.“Um, could you clarify which part of that wouldn’t be happening again?” I asked, not bothering to conceal the desperation in my voice. “Haha! I was thinking of the part about my annoying little brother being a freak. The rest…well, I hope we can do that again soon. At least, until you find a boyfriend at your new school,” he said morosely. “Well, I was kind of under the assumption I didn’t need to. “I was actually just about to call my office in Chicago,” I said, trying madly to remember the drinking age in England. “It could take a while.”“I’m in no hurry. I can wait! I’ll be in the lobby!”“I’m not sure,” I said warily.“Come on; have a drink with me. Please?”It sounded as if I wasn’t going to be able to avoid seeing her, unless I wanted to lock myself in my room and eat room service. That wasn’t a particularly attractive idea, but I also wasn’t going to promise to have drinks with.