"Everyone but Jenny jumped and cheered. The look on Jenny's crimson face was priceless, a mixture of wonder, joy, shock and fear. She accepted kisses ...and hugs all around. John manoeuvred Jenny onto his lap. He managed somehow to isolate them from the celebration going on all around them. He shared his joy, his pride and excitement at the news. It was very sweet of him. Jenny was deeply moved. John's stock went up with all of the women.Again, the adults settled themselves. Heather chirped,. HI..WHAT'S UP?"HE ASKED MEJAKE AND ME HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS FORMAL RELASHIONSHIP..GREETING EACH OTHER AND FEELING AWKWARD AROUND EACH OTHER."NOTHING MUCH..SO ANY WAY C YA..GOIN OUT WITH GINA" OK..C YA AROUND" HE SAIDIT WAS LATE WHEN I RETURNED.GINA STAYED BACK AT THE PARTY.I WAS PRETTY SLEEPY WHEN I CAME BACK HOME."HEY..WHO IS IT?"HEY JAKE IT'S ME..KEISHA.".I COULD HEAR JAKE COMING DOWN THE STAIRS .OH FUCK! I THOUGHT HE WAS WEARING NOTHING BUT A TOWEL..I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS HOT..BUT HAD NEVER. “If I have to choose between my reputation as an uppity prude and mind-blowing sex, it’s not that hard of a choice.”Nick sighed. “All right. It’s not like we have a lot of secrets here anyway. I really should have built the apartments with thicker walls.”“You can add sound baffles to your bedroom,” suggested Pilar. “Or if that’s too obvious, you could pipe white noise like ocean waves into the hallways.”“Does white noise work?” Nick asked.“Not as well as physical baffles,” said Pilar. “It won’t. I kept her guessing. I kept changing the subject and she kept coming back to it. When we were finished with breakfast and coffee we went back to the hotel. The desk got us some help and we moved the luggage to the curb where we loaded it into a cab and then went on to the ship.It was after one and we were able to check in at the dockside purser's office. He put wrist bands on us and explained that we used them to access or purchase anything and everything on board. We left our major luggage.