Each of the girls in turn would take a quicklook over our way and join back in the conversation. I could see ithappen right before my eyes, I had bee...n made and four potentially drunkgirls were trying to get the nerve to come over to us. Miss Penny saw ittoo and had a wry little smile on her mouth saying, "Just follow my lead,this could be fun."Finally the bravest one of the group split away and started walking over,about two steps behind the rest of the group followed. The first girlplanted. Following the doubles, the team coach tried to recruit Karla for the national team, but again she begged off.Now opening her eyes she looked beside her at Barbara and said softly, “Big Sister, you’re incredibly beautiful. Did you know that?“Coming from the woman who is on her way to becoming the most beautiful woman in the whole world, I’ll take that as a compliment.” Then changing the subject she said, “You know what? It’s actually fun driving here in Prague. Never in my life have I. I’ll walk with you.”“What about your car?”“I’ll walk back later and get it. It’s not far.”“Fine. I’ve got to get my stuff first.”We didn’t talk at all on the way back to the common room, or on the way out of the building. I was still angry and she could probably sense it. I don’t know if she was waiting for me to speak first or if she didn’t know how to start.“I got warned off you again on Monday night,” I said.She didn’t answer.“I told him it didn’t matter since we didn’t seem to be friends. “And where would that put us? We’re a half-hour from Houston in a Pilatus, prospective loads can show up at any of a dozen satellite fields, and WE get to live here in our own little corner of paradise.”“Yeah, Dad ... Remember what they say – anywhere in Houston’s an hour and a half from Houston anyway,” Deena chirped.“True,” Bill sighed. “Less I have to go there, the better off I am.”My Bill hates driving in Houston traffic. We’ve made several trips, goals for museums, restaurants, the.