"I mean, you just picked up the phone and in four minutes had me tickets. Why didn't you put them under your name?"I started to answer but my phone ra...ng. I saw it was Greg calling back. I hoped he hadn't overreached on the tickets."Hey, man," he said. "Kellie and Carrie just chewed my ass — again." Oh," I said dejectedly. Melissa was watching carefully."No, Tee," he said quickly. "I told them you called and that you're coming. They made me call you back to see if your friend wanted to watch. Icouldn't help smiling when Tina mentioned all the fun that was to come.First, we went to the shampoo station, where I sat back in the chair,head over the sink, while Tina lathered my hair and massaged my scalp.Then we went to the spa chair, where I soaked my feet, and Tina scrubbedthem, dried them, and applied a nice bright red polish to my toenails.On to the nail station, to get my fingernails done to match my toes.Then Tina went through a variety of colors and textures of makeup,finally. " That will never happen," Lucy promised."We'll see," said Karen. She smiled slyly as if she was withholding some great secret from Lucy. "Kiss me nicely and I'll let you go."Yesterday Lucy would have been totally disgusted with Karen's demand. Now, it seemed the least objectionable condition Karen was likely to come up with in order to be released from her embrace. Lucy knew Karen wouldn't be satisfied with just a peck. She moved her lips against Karen's lips and let the teenager take the. They have more friends than either could ever ask for. But something was missing, something that would make their family complete-a child. ~~~~ When Megan and Josh were in their early twenties and college was finally out of the way, they began trying to conceive on their wedding night, deciding it was the perfect time for children to enter the picture. They weren’t quite as well off as they are now, however, they had a nice home and money in the bank. They had dated since high school and were.