--------------------Waking up left me with a strong sense of d?j?-vu and it wasn't anybetter than the last time. My entire body was still extremely s...ore anduncomfortable, a fact made even worse by the fact that this time I'dbeen unconscious on the hard floor rather than the soft sand. Ofcourse this time I didn't wake up with sand in my mouth either.I got back to my feet, using the wall for balance and wondering howlong I'd been out this time. That just led to me wondering what I wasgoing to. Never again were we going to allow ourselves to be caught by surprise the way we were that time.Our shows settled into a delightful routine, and Carly became more and more integrated into the family. She and Jack became inseparable, and we were all just waiting for the word on the wedding. Elizabeth and Jed were quite happy with the match, so they cooperated with the two lovers, stopping just short of letting them use the same bedroom.It became official about two months after the great. The cream filling between the car chases and explosions. The sort of thing parents aren't supposed to let their children watch, which is why it didn't start until midnight. It was a Friday night, and like most kids our age it was a date to stay up late that night. That was our ritual on Friday--a couple of comedy shows and then the late night movie. Friday nights for our folks was a celebration of the end of the work week. They'd skip real dinner and go on to cheese trays and cocktails, the. Sven, up on the aft thwart, had positioned himself on the boat's lee side, so as to help the sails hang and catch the wind better in the light breeze. It didn't seem to be making any difference."Lee-o", he muttered as the boat got to the end of the beat, and slowly round they came and almost immediately started to lose ground again. Facing back Kate squinted along the deck line and laughed, "We're going backwards again!" It was difficult to read her expression, her eyes hidden behind.