Let's grab ourselves a drink and go through to the sitting room and do it."They did that and Lottë snuggled up as close as she could. The Irvines wer...e understandably shocked at Robin's news but also sympathetic and relieved at the prognosis. Henry said that he would be delighted to act as best man again adding that he would probably get into the Guinness Book of Records. Matty invited them and Daphne down for the following weekend."Bring your pens," she ordered. "Invitation cards. Have you. He was friendly and had a good sense of humor. But he seemed sad tonight, and Katie felt sorry for him."Okay, Bill. And just for the record, I don't think you're an old man." Well, thank you, young lady! That makes an old man feel good!"They both laughed at that.Bill moved closer to Katie. She felt his hips against hers."It's been a long, long time since I was out late at night under the stars with a beautiful girl by my side."Katie didn't say anything. Where is this going?Bill moved closer,. Their eyes met, Izzy smiled turning a shade of pink, Ben smiled and nodded his head at her slightly. Then they knew, they were on the same wave length. Getting to third period was agony for them both. Getting through third period was even worse. Spending an hour in the same room without being able to touch? Ben found it hard not to return Izzy’s stares. Thankfully after third period came first break, Izzy hung back with a ‘question.’ The door banged shut after the class filed out, the tension. "You keep telling us we can't tell anyone that Uncle Ben is our father - except for our brothers and sisters." That's right," Gwen said with a comforting smile, "you can talk to your other brothers and sisters about your Uncle Ben if they're old enough to know the truth, but no one else." At least we don't have to be careful about calling him Uncle Ben," Teena said with a sigh. "Everyone knows he's really our cousin and they just think we're calling him uncle because he's older than us." That's.