Carol sat up front with Jake.“You may know that Carol and I have an arrangement.”“What? No. I don’t know anything about that.”“Carol and I... have sex. In fact, we have a lot of sex.”“You jerk. What about Julie, Kara and my mom?”“Carol and I have been together about as long as Julie and I. You don’t know that they come as a boxed set?”“How would I know that?”“Well, I can’t help it if you’re not very observant. At least you realize that Carol and Julie have been doing it like bunnies for the last. But, the pain of loss, of putting Mom and Dad to rest and Aidan's eyes, so loving and caring, and the love she'd carried for eight long years, the dreams of kissing Aidan, of feeling Aidan's love, had finally overwhelmed her. Despite all the amorous and lecherous advances she'd had from men and women, she'd never been attracted, never been interested. There was only one man she loved. And, when he'd held her so gently as she cried letting her agony out, when he'd looked so deeply into her eyes. . They're meant for each other, at least Brandon and Meredith are. Zach and Christa... I dunno about, but they know how to make it work. Even if they aren't, like, The One for each other, it's pretty clear they still love each other, and they can make up in effort what they lack in chemistry." In effort," she asked."Mmm," he said. "Well. There's a saying people use in countries where they have arranged marriages. They say to us, 'You marry the person you love. We love the person we marry.' Love. Olivia read on... "I was just leaving the Victoria's Secret holiday party, you know at the 21 Club, and I was trying hail a cab when a cold blast of air blew up my skirt. I heard a lusty chuckle, kind of juvenile sounding and a sack was pulled over my head. It got strange after that. True, I had a few drinks at the party, but not that many. I must have passed out, because the next thing I knew I was draped over the front of a sleigh that was pulled by a bunch of deer on steroids and some guy.