Downstairs, Daniel and AJ were talking until Daniel looked at his watch. "Oh. We better get a move on. The High School Reunion is tonight and we have to find a motel to stay in."

AJ asked, "Oh you two are going?"

Daniel nodded. "Yeah. She wanted to see some of her old friends."

"I guess we'll all go together then."

Daniel smiled. "I better go get Les. Hopefully she didn't fall in."

AJ chuckled.

Daniel ran off up the stairs into the guest room. He saw me lying on the bed sleeping. Daniel walked over to the bed and shook me slightly. "Les. Wake up. We have to go."

I opened my eyes slightly. "Huh?"

"We've gotta get a motel."

I nodded and stood up. "I must have dosed off." I stretched.

"Ready to go?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

AJ drove me and Daniel to a motel that afternoon. Daniel went inside to get the papers signed and the key to the room. Back in the car, AJ asked me, "Les, you are a lucky girl to have a nice guy like him."

"Yeah. He's a great guy."

"You two planning on getting married?"

"I don't know. I wanna get married to him."

"But…?"

"But, I don't know if he wants to. I mean, I'm ready for commitment. Ready to settle down and have kids. Just not sure what he wants."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"What's that on your necklace?"

"This is the locket with my mother and father's pictures in it."

"What's with the ring on it?"

I chuckled. "Daniel gave this to me. It came from a cereal box. I put it on my necklace because it didn't fit on my finger." I chuckled again. While looking down at the plastic ring, I mumbled, "A great man that I don't deserve." I then turned to look out the window to hide the tears in my eyes. Daniel was on his way back to the car. I opened the door and stepped out.

Daniel said, "We're in room 110." Daniel passed me the key.

I nodded and sniffed.

Daniel looked at me. "Les? Something wrong?"

I just shook my head and walked off to the room with my luggage. Daniel stood there and watched me walk off. Daniel then looked in the car at AJ. "What's wrong with her?"

"Call me when she's in the shower or something so she won't hear me telling you."

Daniel nodded and grabbed his luggage out of the back seat. "Thanks."

"Anytime." AJ then drove off.

Daniel then walked to the room. He walked in and sat his luggage by the door. I was sitting on the bed looking down at the floor. Daniel walked over and knelt down in front of me. "Les. Tell me. What's wrong?"

I shook my head. "No."

"Les…"

I looked at my watch. "We have 6 hours before we have to get ready for the reunion. I'm gonna get 5 hours of sleep and an hour of getting dressed and ready."

Daniel looked at me and whispered, "Ok."

I scooted back on the bed and rolled onto my stomach. Daniel decided that he too should get some sleep. He got up and laid next to me on his back. A few hours passed and Daniel looked over at me to see if I was still asleep. I was, so he picked up the phone and dialed AJ's number. "Hello?"

Daniel whispered, "Hey."

"Oh. Daniel. Hi. Is Les in the shower?"

Daniel whispered, "No. She's sleep."

AJ whispered, "Oh."

"Yeah."

"Well…when we were sitting in the car, I asked her about the locket and ring on her necklace. Just before you came out from getting the key to the motel room, she mumbled "A great man that I don't deserve"."

Daniel sat quietly and listened.

"And she was talking about commitment. She's ready to settle down and have kids."

Daniel stayed quiet.

"She wants to settle down with you."

"Oooh."

"Yep. She doesn't know what you want yet. So…"

"Yeah. I understand. I'll talk to her. Thank you. "

"Ok. See ya in a few hours."

"Ok. Thanks again."

"Sure. Bye."

"Bye." Daniel hung up the phone and went back to sleep.