.. ah... !" I paused not sure how to proceed."We would like to get married, Mother O'Connell," Annie said filling in my silence."Married!!?" both of o...ur Mothers demanded in shock."Yes, us too!" Sara added, enthusiastically."All four of you!?" Mother Margie asked still in shock."Yes, all four of us. I guess!" Sean added."What do you mean - you guess?" Mother Katie demanded."We weren't aware that Gus and Annie were ready to get married. We thought it was our idea," Sara told her."You're all still. He doesn't feel safe moving while the garage door's still open though, and decides that it's probably better to wait until they're all inside.Elena's stepdad returns, checks inside the SUV one last time, and slams the back doors shut. Gavin gets on his bike, waits until the SUV's in the garage and the door's headed down, and then pedals for the street.Shit, I'm pretty good at this.Of course, there's no denying that he'd be better with practice. He grins down at Mac, trotting alongside him.Yes. But I’m not a bad musician. Are you sure I can’t fit in the concert?”The teacher nodded and explained.“Normally, it wouldn’t be that hard to fit you into my class, but this year the principal wants to make a bigger event at the end of classes, and asked for a difficult song that none of the students knew, not even me. We spent months training, and we still haven’t perfected it, it’s a very difficult song, I don’t think you’ll be able to keep up with the students who are months ahead of you in. .so suggested that we played hookey. To my delight her eyes lit up and she said, "Oh yes , please." So we headed off to the marina where I knew I could use the motor boat of a friend who berthed it there during the summer. Wow, she said as she saw the gleaming white monster – well only a 38footer – and soon we were cast off, and out of the harbour into the open sea beyond.The sun was out and it was warm, and the fridge had some cold beers and a rather nice Sauvignon Blanc, so I sat at the.