Lena looked at the clock. 6:50. She smiled inside with great sastifaction. Getting the 4 teenage girls out of the house with 10 minutes to spare. She gave herself a pat on the back. And she actually did it! Then looked around to see that nobody had noticed and became immediatly embarrased for being a "uncool mom". But hey, what can you do?

She relaxed into the couch and as if it was on cue, the first time Lena gets relaxed all day. Knock, knock, knock.

"Tibby..." Lena growled to herself. Knowing her excessivly punctual friend needed some form of conceling, but immediatly regreted thinking the horrible thought when 3 seconds later she was wrapped in her best friends arms.

"I can't believe it's time." Tibby whispered to Lena's collarbone.

"I can't believe it either." Carmen said as she walked through the entryway and joined the now group hug. Lena sputtered as Carmen's pouf-to-the-max soccermom haircut got in her mouth.

"Do you have them?" She asked Carmen quietly. Lena still only talks quietly.

"No, I gave them to Bee a while back. Probably the only one of us that can still fit in them. I thought she still needed them."

"You are right." Tibby agreed.

"Let's go sit down. It's chilly." Lena becconed. And she was right. The crisp, mid-September air was blowing through the open door.

"Wait!" A voice they all knew too well called as Lena was shutting the door. Soon another group hug was created around Bridget. More like a supporting wall of her best friends. Keeping her safe like always.

They gathered around the dining room table. Pants in the center. All sorts of health food snacks sat around them and they all gave Lena grief for not having any junk food around the house.

"Our girls...they will have amazing adventures." Bridget said, holding back her tears.

"We sure did, didn't we?" Tibby agreed, carefully placing her supporting hand over Bee's.

"Do you..think they are ready for them?" Lena was hesitant.

"They are." Carmen knew. She saw it. She saw them in their daughters. And it couldn't have made her any happier. "They are deffinatly ready."