Maybe the doctor won't mind staying with me for a little while."I have been set up. Not to sure why though. "I will keep Dominic company. I had nothin...g planned for today."She takes my hands. "Thank you Doctor." She says. "You will take good care of him, won't you?" She stresses the will and looks earnestly into my eyes."Yes of course I will." I answer."Thank you." She smiles a relieved smile and then goes out to round up the girls.I turn my attention back to Dominic."Can you cope with a little. He walked around behind her and played with her ears. She had such pretty ears, with such sensitive back edges. "Miss me?" she asked as she finished the fifth waffle. "I missed you." She covered the sixth with syrup and dug in. He combed his fingers through her hair, feeling the chewing muscles move every time his fingers passed over her temples. "I could take a quick shower," she continued. "I took enough of them the past two weeks." Let me have the peasant this afternoon," he answered. "You. Mark protested that he didn't have anything nice or pretty to wear. Buthe thought he was in trouble, not for wearing the dress and stuff butfor wearing his mom's things without asking her. A young lady neverborrows someone else's things without asking. Mark went up stairs andtook off all his mom's clothes and was standing there naked, not knowingwhat to wear. Mark's mom come to his room and asked him what was wrong?Mark told her, there was no pretty clothes here, and look at those pant,I. I don't know. Cause I wasn't even there. Are you okay?" Yeah. I'm fine. I was just naked," he laughed. "I'm kinda glad you weren't there." Really? Why?" Never mind." What?" Nothing," he insisted. "Are you still coming over tonight?" Yeah," I nodded into the phone. "I guess so, um ... I think my mom wants to come with me." Your mom's coming over?" I guess," I said. "Um ... Is your mom there?" No," Josh replied. "She went to Portland. My Aunt Carol is sick or something." Oh." Why?" I just.