Would have been nice, but I suppose itsfor the best," said Kelly.As always, it was Mary who answered the door to let them in.?Come on in, Alicia's ups...tairs. Would you like drinks?? she said.?Yes please," they both replied.?Ok then, I'll bring them upstairs," said Mary.?Hiya," said Alicia as they entered her room. ?I was going to concludeLord of the Rings, but I've got something else to show you, or more tothe point, for you to listen too.?She showed them a CD case. ?Got it yesterday. Only just. I had gotten undressed and was in bed thinking about the situation with Shirley, trying to think of some way to let her know it was really okay, when I drifted off to sleep. It must have been about ten or ten thirty when I did that.Joyce got into bed, and it kind of half woke me up. When I felt the bed moving again, over on my side, that woke me up the rest of the way. There was no mistaking that it was a naked Shirley that moved up against my back. I must have groaned out loud, or something,. We were lucky that the other two casa were both leaving for the holiday. The Swifts had actually offered to pay for all four of Casa del Agua to fly to Florida for the holiday. Sandy was a bit nervous because she'd never met Doug's and Doreen's parents. She was also worried about her father, but we stepped in and asked him to join us for Christmas dinner.Elaine and her parents were going to her brother's home for Christmas Eve and then leaving first thing Christmas morning to come to. The girls started to talk about their favorite singers until one of them pointed out two boys who had come in after us. "Look who's checking us out, girls! Ritchie Pearson! He's on the baseball team. I wonder which one of us he is interested in?" Well, I sure didn't want any boy interested in me!. I had only been a girl for less than an hour! I wasn't ready to become some guy's girlfriend. I would have been quite happy with a little kissing and hugging with Jason later that night. .