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says
they’ll take it slow, but they have it bad and that’s good.  She was
getting concerned about them.  They’d become jaded about women, not
finding one that would last.  Miss Lili adds she couldn’t be more pleased
with their choices.  We have nothing to say.  Miss Lili has given us
her stamp of approval, whether we want it or not.
    But Miss Lili isn’t through
yet.  She talks about how Bob’s smitten with Shay, too.  How they all
find Shay well mannered, fun, out going, handsome, and loving.  She
praises Maria on her parenting skills.  Maria thanks her for the
compliments for and of Shay.  Bob, in his playing with Shay, thinks he’ll
be athletic and academic and he should know with a B.S. in education and a
minor in child psychology.  Steve has a B.S. in agriculture with a minor
in business management.  He wanted to be a rancher, but became a fireman
because it was what the town needed.  Steve is actually the Fire
Chief.  They trained to be firemen in different places, Bob in Atlanta and
Steve in California.  The two came home and putting their training
together, formed the fire department.
    We talk ‘til two o’clock.  Two
hours for lunch, unheard of before today.  We check the schedule box and
start to work on the next newsletter.  Steve and Bob come in at five fifteen. 
We put the dogs out and notice Miss Lili was right, the boys are in good
spirits today.  They’ve always teased and made jokes, but today they’re
quieter, in a loud way.  They’re smiling, and beaming, too.
    I go in to check the new puppies
and Chaucee.  They’re getting along very well.  I go into the office
to find Bob and Maria in a kiss that embarrasses me.  I back out, before I
interrupt them.  All the puppies aren’t totally house broke yet so I clean
some of the kennels.  Steve comes looking for me.  He put his arms
around me and pulls me to him from behind, kissing the top of my head.  He
turns me and kisses me gently, causing the lightening storm in my
stomach.  When he pulls away he says, “I’ve been waiting all day for
that.”  During the kiss, I’d heard the door from the office open and
close, but I couldn’t break the contact.  I guess I’d waited for the kiss,
too.  This time, I find my arms around him when the kiss is broken. 
“What are you doing tonight, besides the obvious here?  It’s Friday night
and I’d like to take you out.  I’m sure Bob’s going to ask Maria out, we
can double.”
    “I don’t know.  When I finish
here, I’ll need to shower and change clothes.”
    He looked me up and down, “That’s a
picture you should never’ve put in my head.”  He smiles and steps
back.  Maria and Bob come in to find out if we’re going out tonight. 
“I don’t know,” Steve answers, without letting me go, “she hasn’t answered
yet.”
    “By the time I get through here,
get home, shower and change it’ll be almost midnight.  It’ll be too late
to go out.”  I can’t work out a way to get it all done sooner.  Maria
suggests a call to my mother for a change of clothes and, maybe, Mom and Dad
will let the dogs out at nine, for me.  Maria wants to go out with Bob, I
can hear it in her voice, but not alone.  “That’ll be quite an
inconvenience for Mom and Dad, but I’ll ask.”  Mom and Dad are only too
happy to help, they have dance class at seven, anyway.  It should be over
before nine so they’ll let the dogs out, no problem.  They’ll be here
about six.  The date is on.  Everyone shows their joy with hugs.
    Okay, I have about an hour to get
things done.  I’ll shower and change at Maria’s and the guys will pick us
up there.
    Mom calls from my house. 
“What do you want me to bring?”
    “I don’t know.  All I know is
we’re going dancing.  I haven’t been out in so long I don’t know what to
wear.”  I look at Maria and get a shrug.  She doesn’t know what to
wear either.
    Miss Lili steps into the office,
“The boys say the