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Dan Richards's turn:

The voice on the phone said "Pine Grove Baptist Church. May I help you?"

"Yes ma'am," I said. "This is Dan Richards. Is Pastor Jones in a position where I can speak with him?"

"He's in his study," she said. "Just a moment."

There was pause, then a click. "Barry Jones. Can I help you?"

"You might be able to help me. Dan Richards here," I said. "Wanna feel you out on something."

"Well, hello, Dan. I hear your business is booming. What's up?"

"Got a question. Exactly how ecumenical are you feeling these days?"

"Depends," he said. "I'm curious, though. Throw me something."

"I got a couple of young friends who want to get married ASAP. Like Saturday. I need an officiant."

"Uh ... okay ... You know what I'm gonna ask next."

"Sure. She's Jewish. Not practicing very hard. He's from one of those Ozark splinter sects. Kinda close to Baptist..."

"How old?"

"She's nineteen. He's twenty. She's a music major. He's in mechanical engineering."

"Kind of short notice. Not..."

"Brother Jones, they're quite likely both virgins. Couple of geek kids who found each other."

"Parents?"

"Her dad's a high-powered Houston lawyer. He's living with his uncle. They'll sign the license."

"Both the kids are over eighteen. They don't need parents to sign, but it's nice to know. Uh, so where? I don't know the schedule for our activity center. I can check..."

"We have a meeting hall in our new building. We'll do it here, if you don't mind."

"Just as uh ... unusual as when I married that last couple? Let's see ... Bill and Donna?"

"About the same."

"How're they doing, by the way?"

"Expecting a child. His first. Her second."

"Yeah. I remember her daughter. I hear her name from time to time. Youngest doctoral candidate anybody seems to remember."

"That would be my Cindy. Her friend's a year older. Same program."

"Strange bunch you have there."

"Don't I know it. So you'll do it?"

"I'm writing it in my book right now. Do I get a chance to talk with 'em before the ceremony? You know, make me feel all pastorish and all that."

"Lemme get 'em to send you a set of choices. And Brother Jones?"

"Barry," he said.

"Okay. Barry, that boy, he makes that delightful lady who answers your phone sound like a Shakespearian thespian."

"Oh, that's our Kate. She does carry an accent, doesn't she? Seriously. Worse than that?"

"You'll meet 'im. He might even look you in the eye. Boy's bashful around strangers. Kara's got him out of his shell."

"Sounds like a good couple. And I need to get over there and visit your new building."

"Please do. You're welcome to just walk in. We'll be glad to see you."

"Okay. Next time I'm up the road in that direction. Take care, Dan. And God bless."

"Thank you, Barry. You, too."

I leaned back in my chair. Cindy looked at me. "See! That wasn't hard!"

"No, actually it wasn't. Get with the two lovebirds and tell 'em that Brother Barry would at least like to meet 'em some time this week."

"They'll work it into their schedule. Kara's organized. Bert..." she giggled, "He's the giddy one."

"Cute's an over-used word," I said. "But definitely 'cute'." I tossed an arm back and ran my fingers through that sassy hair.

"You..." she sighed. "Don't need to be starting something."

"Just a tiny little physical token of the myriad ways I adore you. And Kara's gonna get that from Bert."

"Already does," Cindy said. "At least the touching and caressing part. You're right about the virginity, though, if either of 'em's to be believed."

"They don't look like liars."

"Nope. I'm jealous, though..."

"Why're you jealous?"

"Kara's asked Susan about bein' a virgin on her wedding day. She didn't ask me."

"Well, baby, you're pretty busy sometimes. Susan was probably available, that's all."

"Yeah, maybe that's it."

"Are you working or studying?" I asked her.

"Is there a difference?"

"We get paid for the first one."

"I'm doin' the second one, but it feels awfully workish."

"What's the topic?"

"A little excursion of thought."

"Enlighten me."

"Vial of tritium gas in a nice, stout little chamber with an aperture. Magnetic paths. Heat recovery. I toss a hundred watts of laser at it, I can account for the heat input from the laser and I know I won't see magnetic energy. Wonder if the tritium gets excited?"

"Alan," I hollered, "Cindy's threatening fusion again!"

"Shhhhhh!" she giggled. "And Nikki's in on it."

"It hasn't been tried?"

"Of course it's been tried. But I'm thinking..."

"You're gonna try this on university property?"

"Oh, I dunno. They get soooo wrapped up with safety and environmental and government red tape. I just want to excite a little tiny bit of tritium."

"They don't want a crater where Auburn used to be," I said.

"I think we have a handle on the potential energy," Cindy said.

"What about radiation?"

"Gee Oh Ell."

"Huh?"

"GOL. Good ol' lead."

"Are you sure I can't interest you in a doctorate in Elizabethan poetry?"

"We don't have the laser," she said. "I want a hundred watts, to start."

"Stoppit!"

Little girl voice (from the girl I married at fourteen) "You never let me have ANY fun!"

We escaped the office together in search of the ultimate hamburger in a college town, went back to work, made the afternoon, her mouse-clicks alternating with mad spates of typing. That's 'dissertation' stuff. Not nearly as scary as adventures in nuclear fusion.

On the downhill side of three PM, her phone rang.

"Hi, Kara." Pause. "Yeah. Uh-huh." Pause. "No, nothing special tonight." Pause. "Yeah, I can shove 'im out the door for a while." Pause. "Oh, he'll mope for a bit, but I'll reward him appropriately later." Pause. "Okay. After dinner." Pause. "Love you, too. Seeya!"

"And that was Kara, I'd guess," I said.

Giggle. "I love you being right, you know."

"You're the best 'right' I can lay claim to."

"Claim?" she giggled. "Maybe we need to play that 'innocent servant girl' game Tina told me about."

"Uh-huh." In my head, I laughed, though. One of the worst-kept secrets among us was that Tina held the title of the world's worst role-player, not that any of us were seriously into games, but Cindy did her 'sweet and innocent' thing from time to time. It was easy for me to believe Cindy because I remember her sweet and innocent just a matter of a couple of years ago. "Don't make me save this file and throw you over my shoulder..."

She giggled. That happy titter has melted me since the beginning, the first time I cracked an off-the-wall joke, testing the range of the mind I thought I saw when we first started hanging out together. I heard her chair pushed back. "You know, I need a break. I know what a GOOD break would be like ... If you promised to work really hard tomorrow and I promised to study really hard tomorrow, do you think we could have a tiny little interlude?"

I waved at Alan on my way out of the office. Cindy was right behind me. In the sun... "You know, you promised to use your powers for good, not evil..."

She grabbed my hand. "I promise to be VERY good..."

Forty-something guys aren't supposed to still be ruled by their peckers. Sad. Cindy's entirely capable of making me forget everything for an hour with her. Or two.

Still a perfect, youthful body. Flawless skin. Those darned freckles like a constellation around the green eyes. She pushes herself into my arms. I feel those smallish titties mashing against my chest as we kiss. I clasp her head between my hands, holding her so I can look into those eyes.

"You. No man has a right to dream of such as you, Cindy."

"You and me. Meant for each other. You're the reason I am who I am. Hope you like it."

"Like. Love. Adore. Worship. Not enough words, baby."

"You told me that with your eyes first, Dan. I read it in your eyes before I heard you say it. I knew. I was crazy, I risked everything, trusting what I read in your eyes."

"Those are stars. You put them there."

All this while we're undressing. Three years of constant practice. We know each other like, well, like Jo knows her flute or Kara knows her violin. Cindy can play me like an instrument, from pianissimo to forte. Little darlin' starts out in my head.

The score for the round stops at Cindy – 3, Dan – 2. She's in a favorite place, lying prone on top of me.

"That does clear the mind, doesn't it, darling," she said.

"Yes. And several ducts."

"Ewwww! How clinical!"

"You, my dear, know exactly what you do to me."

Giggle. "A two-way street, you know."

"God, yes..."

"Well, now I think I'm mentally prepared to discuss the impending marital relations with Miss Kara."

"You sure that's the subject?"

"Yep! She told me. She says she's gathering data. Trying to understand..."

"I thought I understood once, too. Then I met you."

"I'm not all that," Cindy said. I know, though, that inside that amazing head, she does know that she's everything – to me.

"You are."

Cindy's turn:

After dinner. "Where's Dan?" Kara asked me.

"At the office. We sort of took a long break this afternoon. He's catching up. Very conscientious, is my Dan."

"Long break," Kara said. She still has that 'shy' thing going, although I see it disappear, mainly under two circumstances. The first is when she puts her violin under her chin. The second is when she's around Bert. I'm thinking that in both cases, she is a virtuoso.

"Yeah ... Part of the spectrum. You know what I mean."

"I think I do. That's sort of what I wanted to talk about. I'm nervous."

"Why? You're marrying a guy that adores you. I know you, and you wouldn't let him within ten feet if you didn't feel the same way."

"That is all true. But Cindy ... we're both virgins. I'm scared."

"Of what? That it'll hurt? I've heard some people ... But I wasn't one of them. Forgive me for being blunt, but have you ... your finger? Anything?"

Her face reddened.

"Okay, that's a 'yes'. I'm thinking you're not stupid, so you know about hymens and all that."

"Yes. Susan asked me the same thing."

"Susan's not stupid, either. So I guess she told you that if you had any left, you sort of..."

"Yes," Kara said softly, almost whispering. "I ... uh ... stretched it. Maybe too much. Bled a little."

"Did it hurt?"

"Yeah. A bit."

"Better now than on your wedding night."

"Night?" she giggled, transforming. "We may not make it out of the parking lot."

"Kara!"

"Kara, nothing! Just like today. 'Long break.' I know you're being polite and all, but I know what it means. I see the black blocks on the community calendar and I KNOW. And there's a LOT of black blocks and that means either you all are being horribly abused, or you all LOVE it. And Cindy, forgive me, but you do NOT look abused. I see sex in that context, and I WANT it. With Bert, naturally, but I want it."

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Beck’s turn: First thing I did when we got home is call Mom. “Hello, my lost daughter,” Mom said, using her best ‘poor me’ voice. “Did somebody go into the hospital? It is not yet Saturday.” “Mom, your GRAD-daughter...” ““GRAND daughter,” Mom corrected. “My grand-daughter the millionaire...” “Your grand-daughter the research scientist...” “What has become of her now?” “She’s holding a letter in her hands that says she’s graduated college with a degree in engineering.” “My...

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Teresa’s turn: Mom’s totally destroyed. I’m standing on a pedestal, a seamstress, a REAL seamstress, is taking measurements for my wedding dress. “Mom, stop crying, for heaven’s sake...” “Every time I think about you getting married,” Mom sobbed. “It’s the expected progression in life. Grow up, leave home, get married...” “Finish college is in there somewhere,” Vicki said. She’s my co-conspirator. We’re getting married the same day. She’s tagged my little brother, a big surprise, since...

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Susan's turn: I'm waiting for the aliens to show up. Here's how I figure it will break down. Nikki and Cindy will work with Terri and Rachel on the Star Wars squirrel denial system. They'll actually GET that 95 gigahertz transmitter, and in the process of modulating its output so that it only severely annoys squirrels instead of cooking them on the spot out there in the yard, they'll transmit a signal into space where it will be picked up by an alien spacecraft. The aliens will come...

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Bill Carmody’s turn: Yesterday’s wedding was a delight, especially watching my NEW daughter (!) and Cindy, my original daughter, looking and acting very much like twins. Can’t help but grin, just thinking about it. Both of ‘em have a little fire in their eyes, and when they’re together, you can nearly SEE the sparks flying between them. Couldn’t have asked for a more unlikely development, right up to matching green dresses they bought together for the wedding. And my phone buzzes --...

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Tina's turn: "What's so funny?" my husband asked. "Stoney and Jo are coming back and they're still flyin' that Pitts." "Did they buy it?" "She says 'no', but two trips, you gotta wonder." I giggled. I know the real reason. A combination of scheduling conflicts and weather had kept us from holding the weekend airport social and landing contest. The social, however, now had a few outside participants. I mean, it was bound to happen. We don't exist in a vacuum. On any given...

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Cindy’s turn: 0700 for a wake-up. The alarm caught me when it went off. Sometimes I’m drifting between sleep and awake, but not this morning. I finally got to sleep, found out that Dana’s a kicker, so I kicked back. When the alarm went off, I let it roll for a bit, listening to the whines and other sounds of the gang waking up. I killed it, turned to get out of bed, but was a bit slow. I saw a T-shirted Rachel flash by muttering “bathroom...” Well, at least with two rooms we can split the...

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Tina's turn: I keep telling myself that Bot-bot is not a real pet. I only wish I knew what was going on in my little girl's mind. Parse that statement, won't you? I have a stepdaughter who's ten years younger than me, who is probably past me in some ways, academically speaking. I know she does things with technology that all of us in the community wonder about. What went on in her head that caused her to take a mobile squirrel repeller platform and convert it into a pet? Yeah, I know,...

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Tim's turn: I'd be a janitor for 3Sigma after seeing how Vicki and Kim fit in here. I'm THAT happy. That whole 'divorced dad' thing is horrible. I mean, you talk with your daughter on the phone once or twice a week, trying to stay up with what's going on in her life, and then you get a week or so for Thanksgiving or Christmas and you get a few weeks in the summer. A week was BAD. I don't know little girls. Until this past year, I didn't have my own place, so we cribbed up at Mom and...

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Donna's turn: Do you know how to bring on pure pandemonium in my daughter's little community? Let me tell you. Saturday nights are the big night for music. Everybody's usually there. Well, sometimes we add Stoney and Johanna, sometimes Jason and Susan are off visiting one set of impending grandparents or the other. This particular weekend, though, we're all together. Me and Bill, we have our own swing there. So we laugh and sing and dance and then there's a break and my Bill stands...

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Terri's turn: I really DO love my mom. I'm speaking of my natural mom, the person who carried me for nine months, then gave birth to me. I did not and still do not understand why she left Dad for Mister Martin. I know both men and there's no comparison. Tina tells me that there are things that go on in people's hearts and heads that are not easily defined. Defined. If you define 'step-mom', it means the woman who marries your dad. That's Tina. Dictionary definitions are so...

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Nikki's Turn: Mommyhood hangs over us all. Don't get me wrong, I am in no way disparaging FOUR new mommies. Let's run down the list. Susan 'n' Jason have little JW – Jason Wallace, named after him and his dad. Alan and Tina have Katherine Genevieve – after nobody in particular, but Terri is forbidden to call her Kathygen. Johanna and Stoney have Randall Stonewall, and Mister Bill and Mizz Donna have Cindy's half-sister Elise Ann, a whole two days old. I'm likely to be the next. My...

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Still Nikki’s turn: I squeezed Dan’s fingers. “A bit of bad luck, this,” I said. “Baby, be so kind as to hand me my iPhone. I need to get the news out.” Dana’s turn: We’re a pretty connected group here. I mean, everybody’s always texting and posting updates during the day, so when I got one from Nikki, I knew where she was supposed to be – on campus with the munchkins. I thought I’d see another ‘you won’t believe what Terri (or Rachel or Vicki) just did’ post. It wasn’t. I’m at the...

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Derek’s turn: This is trouble. Wonderful, happy, delightful, ecstatically wonderful. But trouble. I knew what was going to happen when Rachel called me to help her feed Dana’s cat. Empty apartment except for me and Rachel and the cat, and the cat gets petted while I’m sitting next to Rachel and the cat leaves and Rachel turns to me. I like kissing her. I like holding her. We talk about everything. Tara says we’re too young to have a past, but I’ve lived through a car wreck and the loss of...

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Cindy’s turn: It was just another morning in the office when the phone rang and as Maddie was occupied, I answered it. “3Sigma, this is Cindy. May I help you?” “Cindy? Good, it’s you I wanted to talk to.” “Hello Mizz Patel. What’s going on today?” “Would you mind if I drive out to your office? I’d like to talk about something in private.” I noted that she didn’t have her normal happy lilt. “Of course it’s okay. You’re always welcome here.” This was unusual for her though, so I added,...

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Tara’s turn: We did it. Derek and I talked. He agreed, but honestly, I’m the adult in this equation, actually his legal guardian, and he would have had to go along with my plan. However, a certain pre-teen Jewish princess seems to have gained my little brother’s eye. I think that if we HADN’T decided to move, he might’ve hitched a ride back here. The apartment. Cindy and her Dan used to live here. It belongs to the corporation. They told me I could paint it any color I wanted, but honestly,...

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Dana’s turn: I’m lying in bed in that wonderful cusp between awake and asleep at the end of a very good day. Cindy’s done her presentation at NASA, and to my knowledge, they haven’t yet recruited her for a space mission. Nikki’s been, well, Nikki, and she’s a superstar in her own right, maybe a little more sane than Cindy, but those two are a binary system, both bright in a way I never witnessed until I found her sitting across the table from me and Ed one night at dinner. And...

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Nikki’s turn: I managed the stress of Mom’s interaction in my life quite well, I thought, right until Mizz Donna met me at the plane and hugged me. Then the floodgates opened. “What was I supposed to do, Mizz Donna?” I sobbed. Poor Dan. He’s standing behind me, wanting to do SOMETHING. “Darlin’,” she said comfortingly, “You did the right thing. World’s full of assholes. I used to be one, so I know...” I heaved a wordless sob. Mizz Donna was hugging me, Dan’s hand was touching my...

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Kara’s turn: The world NEEDS a pregnant fiddle player. That’s what I told Dear Old Dad when I broke the news to him. “Dad,” I said, “I have a wonderful, successful husband and it is only right that we present you with grandchildren.” I heard a definite sigh over the phone. My dad. I’m trying really hard to conjure (one of Johanna’s words) a vision of business-suited Dad bouncing a grandbaby on his knee. “You make me regret that I didn’t make myself a bigger part of your life, Kara...

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Nikki’s turn: We’re still talking about new toys, right? Cindy was PIC for the flight back from Colorado with the new plane. Fair enough. After all, Cindy IS ‘Cindy of the Skies‘. When we landed, though, we had the entire community standing there waiting on the arrival. It’s a big deal. Cindy exited first. Me? I stood in the door, my butt still inside indescribable luxury and newness, and said, “Okay, who wants a ride?” We have seating for eight – one of their ‘executive’ options – plus...

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Cindy’s turn: Tina started this volume. I get to finish it. Christmas season. Or Chanukkah, because we have a sizable Jewish contingent now. It’s been quite a good year in a million ways. Okay, SEVERAL million ways, financially speaking. 3Sigma’s original business, engineering, is now engineering and construction, and we regularly berate ourselves because we’re bursting the seams on our SECOND building since the company started. Millions going into various accounts, and some of the happiest...

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