Chapter 8: Kindred

White Light. Blinding white light. That's all I saw as I opened my eyes and rubbed the sleep out of them. My brain was not functioning properly at all. Probably due to the lack of oxygen in my body. I then remembered blacking out to a very pissed off, ready-to-murder Kiran. I sat up hoping to feel the wall where I had collapsed on behind me, but all I felt was something soft, like a blanket. I looked around after shaking my head and stretching my back out. I knew I was some place I knew because I smelled my Chanel N°19 perfume potently. I looked down and I saw that I was in my own bed. Down pillows and all.

"Morning love," Ariana called out from across the room. I began to get out of bed.

"Morning?" I stopped and gripped the footboard of my bed regaining my balance.

"Yes Noelle it's the morning. Wednesday morning." She laughed like the telling me the day of the week was some inside joke. "So how you doing?"

"I'm fine. Just have a pounding headache."

"Here," she said calmly giving me a glass of water with two doses of Alieve.

"Thanks Ari. So what the hell happened to me?"

"Besides the attempt on your life?"

"Yeah besides that."

"Well you never came back so I went out to Hell Hall and there you two were having at each other. She took one look at me and ran."

"And that's when I passed out?"

"Yep. So I called Cromwell and had him help me carry you back here."

"Oh," I said almost embarrassed.

"But you're alright now and that's all that matters!"

"Mhmm. Thanks Ariana for doing that."

"Don't worry Noelle. That's what good friends are for."

I smiled and a chill went down my spine. I thought back to what Kiran had said to me the other night as she pressed the gun to my head. Good friends? At least Ariana would be there for me, even if no one else would.

"Now I suggest you hurry your ass up and get ready 'cause breakfasts over and class starts in 20."

"You've got to be shitting me Osgood?"

"Sorry Lange, but I shit you not!"

I literally ran to my closet and flung open the door. I grabbed the nearest set of jeans which just happened to be my new Vigoss ones. I stepped in and grabbed a cute white polo and a coral pink Ralph Lauren blazer. I threw them on and went to the bathroom and spent the next five minutes sweeping eye shadow, eyeliner, and mascara on my eyes. I spritzed on my delicious Chanel numero 19 perfume and began to brush my long dark brown hair. It took me all but a couple minutes to straighten out the kinks in it. I was almost ready. I walked out of the bathroom and saw Ariana who was in a tight black skirt paired with a gray Lush tunic. Damn. I chuckled to myself as I grabbed some jewelry out of my chest and put them on. Silver Gucci dangling earrings with a necklace to match. Ariana turned to me as she put her PC laptop into her Kate Spade bag.

"Whoa there Noelle! You clean up well!" I had to smile as I grabbed my L.A.M.B. bag filled with my binders and notebooks for the day!

"It's a talent!"

"Alright Miss Ego just cause you didn't die last night doesn't mean you're invincible."

I turned in my Dolce Vida gladiator platform shoes. I saw her look at me over her shades.

"I never said I was."

"Implication tells all love," she said smugly.

I sighed and took one last look in the mirror as I grabbed my iPhone and tossed it into my bag. Ariana opened the door and we were met with a warm burst of air. I breathed in deeply as we started out across the campus toward Gwendolyn Hall to the math and science buildings. I hated these days when I had Intermediate Algebra and AP Biology on the same day. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved Mr. Carter and Mr. Cross. A lot. I just hated the subjects with a burning passion. I saw Amberly and the Twin Cities race across the quad out from the cafeteria to join us.

"Hey Noelle, since you missed breakfast I picked you up an egg and bacon sandwich!" She held out her hand which had a nicely wrapped sandwich and a glass bottle of Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino. I took it from her and put it in my bag to eat in class before the bell rang.

"Thanks Amberly. You're amazing!"

I looked over at her and gave her a genuine smile. She beamed as if that was a sign of her winning the next Mega Millions lottery. I had to roll my eyes and continue walking. We got to the door and London Simmons opened it for us as we made our way to room 108 for Algebra. I walked in and sat down at my desk which was on the right-hand side towards the front. I opened my sandwich and ate that first before anything. When a friend holds a gun to your head and you black out, you get kind of hungry and energy needy. I scarfed it down and was just throwing the wrapper away when Mr. Carter walked in wearing a Ralph Lauren polo and khaki style Dockers.

"Alright people sit down and settle down. Take out your chapter ten homework and zip it while announcements are on."

I pulled out my binder and flipped the tabs to the homework section. I opened the three ring and withdrew my packet which I had surprisingly finished. Hallelujah. I'd get my full points today without having to toggle with the Grade-Book system that Easton though was so foolproof. HA. Bullshit passwords. When the password to it is 'EAcademy' it doesn't take an Einstein to break the code. Headmaster Cromwell then came on the PA and talked about Parent's Weekend that was happening within the next two weeks. I sighed as other people came on to talk about sports updates and club meeting that needed to be rescheduled. I just needed to know what room detention was in, not the entire world news for the day.

"Detention will be in room 209 of building B after school today. Again 209 for detention," Dean Marcus said a little too pleasantly.

I wrote that down on my hand with my Bic pen.

"Okay class what problems do we need to go over from the homework?"

I raised my hand.

"Yes Noelle which one?"

"Uhm can we please go over number 47 on page 310?"

"Sure thing Lange," Mr. Carter said as he went to the board to explain it. I actually listened and got where my mistake was. Negative times a negative always equals positive. God. I had to get that in my head. We were doing some sort of distance problems involving absolute value and the negative signs were confusing the hell out of me.

"Thanks Mr. C. I get it now."

"No problem so who else has questions?"

He looked around the room and spent the next 10 minutes answering homework questions. I had gotten all the rest and so I just sat there doodling in my notebook waiting for when we would begin the next section. I looked across the room and saw Josh and Taylor passing notes. God those two were closer than Josh and Reed had been. I stared at them until Josh turned around then whispered something to Taylor. I seriously hoped that they would get over this whole thing. I missed having Taylor help Ariana and I with homework. All because of the Reed Thing. I shook my head and focused my attention back to the math problems Mr. Carter was going over on the board. It seemed to take hours for some of the people in our class to just solve for X. But then again everyone learned at their own pace.

"Kay pop quiz people. It's easy. So just do it and turn it in. All you need is a pencil and calculator. Everything else needs to be off your desk."

I sighed as I put my books under my desk and took out my Texas Instruments calculator. I got my quiz from Ariana in front of me who whispered, "Don't screw it up then!"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head as I looked down to start the quiz. I flew threw it. Most of it was review about factoring polynomials and binomials from the previous chapter. I finished and smiled at the last question: Who's your favorite math teacher at Easton? I laughed inside and wrote Mr. Carter on the line provided and put a smiley face next to it. Ariana, Amberly, and I all stood up at the same time and turned it in to the front desk.

As people were finishing up the quiz, my mind wandered off. I started thinking about Dash and him being off touring Yale and their lacrosse program. I loved Dash from the moment he asked me out freshman year. I still did. So what the hell was I doing hooking up with the headmaster of our school? I put my hand to my temples. I guess I could love two guys at once. I mean it happened before to other people. Yes it was wrong because Crom was our principal, and that he was about 15 years older than me, but we both had obviously gotten over those two facts. Then why did I still feel so damn guilty? Answer: because if someone, especially Dash (my supposed boyfriend who thought that nothing could or would ever come between us) ever found out, I'd not only lose him, but I'd lose the presidency for sure. Worse expulsion from Easton, the place that had made me the Lange I was today. I had to keep it on the down low with Crom. There was too much at risk if I didn't!

"Noelle. Uhm Noelle. Come back to us! I need you to try this problem on the board." Mr. C said sarcastically so everyone started to giggle.

I shook out of my trance and looked up on the board. Thank God it was just solving for linear equations. I knew how to do that. I walked up to the whiteboard, did the problem, circled the answer with the black Expo marker, and sat back down without much thought at all.

"Good job Noelle. Even for someone who hardly pays attention in this class."

"Thanks Mr. Carter. This class is just too interesting to listen the entire time."

"We'll see Lange how that quiz went then," he said with a grin on his face.

I laughed and heard the bell ring. Finally!

"Alright class. Homework is notes on chapter eleven. See you Friday!"

I put my Algebra binder away and walked out with Ariana and Amberly. AP Biology went by quickly as did lunch. All I remember was Gage being a dick to Trey about something, but I wasn't really paying attention. Go figure. Spanish III seemed to trickle by slower than a snail on Tylenol PM. I just wanted to get detention over with. The sooner that was done, the sooner I could go to lacrosse practice and blow off some steam for what Kiran did. The final bell of the day rang and Ariana grabbed my wrist and pulled me around the corner.

"Kiran got detention today because of tardiness to class, so be careful Noelle."

"You've got to be fucking kidding me?"

"I'm not Noelle. Just get it over with and I'll meet you when you're done."

"Alright see you later!" I breathed out exasperatedly.

Something told me that Kiran just did that to get under my skin. But I waved it off and practically ran to building B so I wouldn't be late. I got there and saw Gage, Trey, Cheyenne, and a whole bunch of other people I hardly knew. I didn't see Kiran anywhere, but then I hadn't seen her all day. I looked to the back of the room and froze more solid than if I had seen Kiran with a knife in her hand. It was Ivy. Ivy Slade. What the fuck was she doing here? I snapped out of it and walked over to her my mind filling with a million and one questions.

"Ivy?"I asked a little too questioningly.

"That's me Lange!"

"What are you doing here? I though you transferred to Barton Prep this year?"

"I did. The school just didn't like my attitude and bitchy behavior so they sent me back here."

"Hmmm so when did you get back? I said trying to keep the conversation light.

"Last night actually."

"Oh! So you back in Premberly or what?"

"Nope they put me in fucking Bradwell with the all the goddamn freshman."

"Ouch girl! I'm so sorry about that!"

"To hell you are."

"Excuse me?"

"You know what I am talking about Noelle. Billings wasn't exactly the open invitation I was looking for!"

I sighed and reminisced to a year ago when we made her break into her grandmother's place. All the memories of her grandmother lying on the floor and Ivy crying out to us to help her flooded my head. And I had just left her grandmother die in her arms for the sake of my collected reputation. God I was such a fucking bitch to her. No wonder she hated my guts.

"That was the past Slade. Things are a lot different now."

"Hmmm really? 'Cause is doesn't exactly bring my grandmother back to life does it Lange?"

"You're right it doesn't, but you need to know I still feel guilty for turning on you like that. That's not something a true Billings girl should have done!"

"You. Guilty? That's a total oxymoron!"

"Yes Ivy. I beat myself up constantly for doing that to you."

"You're not just saying that Noelle to lure me back to those gates of hell you call "home"?"

"I'm done with lying. All it's gotten me was time in jail and an attempt on my life."

"Someone tried to kill you?"

"Kiran did. Last night after some crazy party at Ketlar was raided by Cromwell."

I could have sworn I heard her laugh almost manically, but as I looked into her dark eyes all it read was sympathy.

"I had no idea. But Kiran. Kiran Hayes?"

"Yes her and over the whole Reed thing! And yeah only you, Crom, and Ariana know."

"Ah that little recent scandal I've been hearing about! But you alright though?"

"I will be as soon as I find a way to deal with her."

"You will Noelle. Since when does a Lange not get their way?"

"Can't argue with that Slade."

She smiled a genuine smile at me. For once something in my life seemed to be going right. I looked around. Still no sign of Kiran. Hmmm? Ditching detention would just get her more detention. I heard Ms. Naylor, the dean of student services and education, come in with Headmaster Cromwell in tow right behind her. I took a seat in the nearest desk I could find right across from Ivy. Crom was the first to talk.

"Instead of having you sit here doing nothing for an hour, you kids will be cleaning the cafeteria until it's spotless since our janitors are taking a couple days off."

I winced and looked over at Ivy who wore the same repulsed expression on her face.

"And what's better is that hardly anyone cleaned up after themselves at lunch. So y'all will have plenty of work ahead of you!"

I looked to him with an incredulous look. He shot me a look back that said something to the degree of 'don't worry I'll help you out of it.'

"Really Cromwell you're making us clean up shit from the rest of the school's population?" I heard Gage blurt out across the room.

"Yes Coolidge and if you don't watch your mouth, I'll add another two weeks on top of this."

That shut him up.

"Kay people get your butts down to the cafeteria. Mops, cleaner, and rags are awaiting you!"

I heard everyone groan and complain as we all got up and made our way out the building and across the campus towards the cafeteria.

"This is a fucking joke right?" I turned and saw Cheyenne and Ivy come up next to me.

"I wish it were Chy, but you know Crom."

"Sometimes I wish I didn't!"

"Don't we all?" I lied. "So why are you here?"

"You didn't hear? I totally cussed out this chick in my French II class first period. She was being a totally bitch to people who weren't "getting" the material."

"Damn Chy didn't know you were like that?"

"I usually am not, but that chick was not getting away with doing that!"

I laughed and rolled my eyes playfully as we approached the doors of the cafeteria. The smell of today's lunch; hamburgers and fatty French Fries lingered in the air. I walked to the furthest end with Ivy, Cheyenne and Gage. I grabbed a bottle of multi-purpose cleaner and a rag as I went.

"So Lange, what are you here for? Oh right for letting us have alcohol at the party last night."

"Just be thankful that you got to have the party."

"Oh I am. I have never felt so pissed in my life."

I rolled my eyes and threw away a pile of trash from the freshman area.

"Lovely image Coolidge. So what about you?"

"Trey and I got into a fight at lunch today over Astrid."

"Astrid?"

"Yeah apparently she told me that she'd go out with me, but I found her and Trey practically doing it at break today."

"And so you felt like lunchtime was a good place to punch him out?"

"He was fucking humiliated and that is just what I wanted."

"And you wanted detention too then I'm assuming?"

"That I wasn't counting on, but hey I made my point. That's all that matters."

"Vey mature Gage. Very mature!"

"Don't you forget that Lange."

"I'll try not to, but I can't promise anything."

All of us including Kiran, who kept a good distance between us continued to wipe down tables and sweep the floors from all the shit and crap that was strewn all over. People really needed to learn to pick up after themselves. I made a mental note to help start a project for a cleaner campus. I sprayed a table with cleaner and wiped it down as the PA came on.

"Noelle Lange to the front office please. Noelle Lange."

I looked up and set the bottle and towel down n the bucket it came from and went to the bathroom t wash my hands. I fixed my hair and lip gloss as well and smiled. Cromwell. My savior. I felt bad about leaving everyone else to do this, but they were the ones who had cussed someone and punched someone out today. Not me. I practically ran to the front office and when I got there I saw that no one was there. Perfect. I walked in and knocked on Crom's door.

"You never need to knock Noelle. Just come in whenever."

My heart melted. I stepped in and closed the door gently behind me. I turned around and sighed.

"How's the cafeteria coming love?"

"Great actually," I said as I walked over to him dropping my bag on the chair by the widow which was locked and shut tightly.

"Well this is the type of detention that you wanted right?"

"Of course. Getting dirty this way is a lot more of what I had in mind."I said a bit too seductively. Maybe raunchily was more like it!

I saw his eyes light up as I approached him by his desk. I smelled his Old Spice mixed with Calvin Klein Obsession. I reached up and put my arms around his broad, muscular shoulders as he cupped my face lightly. His lips were on mine faster than I imagined. Fireworks shot through my body as he kissed me. My blazer came off and we stood there kissing and feeling each other up for what seemed like centuries. He came up for air.

"Back room?"

"Sure thing," I said dazedly.

He pulled me with him into the back room which had the couch, bed, and mini kitchenette. I drunkenly let him pull me on top of him as a million zings bulleted through me as he caressed my stomach. Our bodies seemed to move in synch with one another. He undid my polo and I undid his. He helped me work my jeans off and he kissed every inch of me that there was humanly available. I laid there next to him in my Intimacy lingerie set. I moaned a bit as he grasped for my breasts. I let him.

"God you're beautiful Noelle!"

"You too," I mumbled out, even more love drunk.

"I love you more than I've loved anyone in my whole life!"

"Hmmm I love you too Cromwell."

"Call me William Noelle."

I laughed silently.

"Alright Will!"

Something about being with an older, more experienced man just felt so damn right. Especially with Cromwell. I mean William!

I heard a knock at the door. We both sprang up quicker than sunflowers on a beautiful spring day. I pulled my jeans back up and hurriedly put my polo back on. We stood there for a sec after we have both gotten dressed again and smiled at each other.

"That was a close one hun."

"Like we'd get caught. Remember who I am?"

"How could I forget."He said winking at me.

I smiled as he planted a sweet departing kiss on my lips. One that just made me yearn for even more. We walked out to the actual office and I picked up my blazer and tossed it on top of my bag. I looked around and picked up some papers and started to collate them for Crom's meeting that night with the Board of Education

"Come in," Crom called out.

Someone walked in the room, but I turned my gaze downward to the papers and started to staple them together and put them in folders. This was some presentation that he had to give.

"Oh, why hello Wallace. How are you?"

Wallace? As In my father? I looked up. My assumption was dead on accurate.

"I'm great William thanks. So how's everything going here?"

"Budgets are tight, but I've got a meeting with the Board later tonight."

"Sounds good. Let us know if we can help you out."

He turned toward the desk and spotted me.

"Noelle?"

"Yes Dad."

"What are you doing here honey?"

I sighed. I really didn't want to tell him the real reason, but I knew I had to. The truth shall set you free. I put the stapler down and gathered the folders into a big pile.

"This is part of my detention. There was a party at Ketlar the night I got back and I didn't stop and think about the rules of the school. There was alcohol and I knew I shouldn't have allowed it, but I did."

"First night back and you're already causing trouble?"

"I know. I should have thought it through and I'm really sorry Dad."

I heard him sigh then look to Crom then back to me.

"Don't let it happen again Noelle!"

"I won't"

He turned to Crom and they talked more about the finances and upcoming fundraisers. I could have sworn something about inviting all the alums for a reunion dinner was brought up in their conversation. I put the folders and papers in the file cabinet behind Crom's desk.

"So could I bug you and ask you to write up an off campus slip for Noelle for tonight?"

"What for Wallace?"

"I want to take her out to dinner. We haven't talked for a while because of everything that happened."

"Alright she's free to go. Just have her home before ten."

"Will do," he said to Crom then turned to me. "Kay hun get your stuff and let's go. We've got reservations at La Mar at six."

I walked and grabbed my bag and blazer from the chair as my dad walked me out of the office. I looked over my shoulder and saw the glint in his eye. I felt my phone buzz and I pulled it out and looked down at the screen.

Cromwell: Same thing later?

Me: How cud I say NO ;)

Crom: Haha I'll be waiting 4 u love!

Me: Alright. Don't wait too long.

Crom: I'll wait till the day I die :]

I smiled and put my phone away as we got into my dad's new BMW Z4. He drove to the restaurant downtown listening to the local news station. Talk about boring, but his was his car, so whatever he wanted went. I looked out the window at the familiar street signs and buildings as we drove through downtown. I quickly texted Ariana.

Me: Hey Ari sry my dad came over and is taking me to dinner! Won't be back till l8r!

Ariana: Hahaha that's so like ure Dad Noelle!

Me: Mhmm ya but detention was killer though!

Ariana: Wht did they have u do?

Me: Cleaning the entire cafeteria :/

Ariana: Sounds like craploads of fuuuuun! :]

Me: Oh yeah shitloads of it! Well I gtg so cya when I get back kay?

Ariana: Alright. TTYL!

Me: Thx girl byeeeee!

I put my phone away as we pulled into the parking lot for the restaurant. I remembered having my mom's birthday dinner here a couple years ago. I smiled as we got out of the car and walked into the place. The host automatically took us to our table. When I got there I froze mid step. Kiran was sitting right there with her mother Lillian Hayes. She turned and froze mid sentence and just stared at me. Wht the fuck was she doing here? I hadn't seen her all day and now she decides to show her face? Her eyes narrowed at me as my dad motioned for me to sit down. Of course right next to the girl who had pulled a gun and almost choked me to death the other night. I clenched my teeth. I looked over as my dad kissed Kiran's mom's hand and sat down and asked the waiter to get them a glass of Tin Roof Merlot.

"Noelle. It's been so long since I've seen you. You're even more gorgeous than last time."

"Thank you Mrs. Hayes. You're too kind."

"It's just so good to get together like this."

"Yes. This was such a lovely surprise seeing you two here."

I looked at my dad with a 'you knew about this' look. He smiled giving me the answer of 'yes' with his eyes and composer.

"Well now that we're here I'll cut straight to the chase of why Lillian and I decided to do this."

"We thought now that Kiran and you are older you should know something important." Mrs. Hayes said and took a sip of her wine from her glass. I hadn't even touched any of the bread or water placed before me.

"Lillian and I had a thing back in college, before your mother Claire Noelle, and Lily was pregnant twice. The second time she gave birth to you Kiran. After that we decided to split you because both Lily and I went our separate ways after college."

I could not believe this! Kiran dropped her fork on the salad plate as we both looked at each other. I broke he trance and looked back to my dad and Mrs. Hayes and finally found my voice.

"So after college you two married and that's where we get the two different families?"

"Yes Noelle. We wanted to tell you two earlier, but we could never find the right time," Mrs. Hayes said as she continued eating her Kona Chicken Salad.

This explained why the Hayes and Lange families were so friendly towards each other. And why my dad was so collected and able to talk to Mrs. Hayes so easily. They had loved each other and had gotten pregnant together in college. But that meant that Kiran and I were blood sisters. Kiran then spoke.

"Noelle and I are sisters then?"

"Yes Kiran that's what this means. We wanted to tell you so that you guys would grow close as you continued your educations at Easton."

I nodded and felt my brain normalize again. I turned to Kiran and for the first time I actually saw a smile on her face. Something I hadn't seen since she returned from her latest shoot with Vogue months ago. Mrs. Hayes turned to my dad and started talking and catching up on who knows what.

"So sisters?" Kiran said now fully and genuinely, I may add, smiling.

"Sisters. Never in my life would I think I'd be you."

"Hey we do look somewhat alike."

"True. The long brown hair. The amazingly perfect complexions."

"Don't forget our height."

"That too. God damn I just cannot believe this."

"Neither can I. But it explains where our bitchiness comes from."

I had to laugh at that one. Girl had an excellent point there!

"Noelle?"Kiran quietly then said guiltiness evident in her tone.

'Yeah?" I said warily.

"What I said at the party and last night at Hell Hall, I didn't mean any of that. I was just beyond upset over the loss of Reed."

"It's okay Kiran. You had every right to be upset and want me gone for good. I'm surprised actually you didn't pull the trigger sooner."

"I know Noelle, but I didn't need to go all Ariana on you. I could have handled myself differently instead."

"Don't worry about it. I'm fine. You're fine. That's all that matters."

"Are you sure Noelle? I mean I almost killed you last night."

"Kiran, honestly I probably would have died faster in that jail, than from you."

" True, that place wasn't the greatest."

"You're telling me."

"I just want to make sure that everything is okay between us."

"It is Kiran. The past is the past. What happened happened."

"And the next line after that is because everything happens for a reason."

"You know me way to well you know that?"

"I'm your sister. It's kind of part of the job."

We both laughed and gave each other the biggest hug. A hug that only sisters would give each other. When I first heard that we were family all I thought was "kin-dread", but now there was no dread in this whatsoever. I looked over and saw Kiran take out her HTC Aria phone and push a few buttons. She then handed it to me and I looked down and saw the picture of Crom and me lying together on his bed. I gulped as I did every time I saw it.

"Delete it for me will you Noelle?"

I looked up at her in disbelief.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I was going to use it against you, but now I really can't," she said as she started on her Blackened Ahi Steak.

I pressed the 'Options" button then the 'Delete This Image' one. The screen then came up and asked me if I was sure I wanted to delete it forever.

"You sure Kiran?"

"I wouldn't lie to you Noelle. Well not anymore!"

I sighed and clicked the 'OK' button and all evidence of the thing between Crom and I was finally gone for good!

"Thanks Kiran. That could have ruined me."I said relieved.

"Yeah I know so just keep your little affair thing on the DL kay?"

"Alright. You're not going to tell anyone about it?"

"Nope. Not a soul."

"Thanks again. God I love you so much right now!"

"No problem Noelle. That's what sisters are for."

We both smiled hugely as I dug my fork into my garlic mashed potatoes. Sisters. I loved the way that sounded rolling off my tongue. Sisters.

Author's Note:

Hello Everybody

Thanks for reading and reviewing. I would like some more people to tell me what they think, so keep reviewing! Also Josh and Taylor will be more in the next chapter; just this one was about bringing Ivy back and the consolation between Noelle and Kiran. Any ideas to continue now that you know about the sisterhood? They have Parent's Weekend, Ariana's surprise birthday party, and the Legacy coming up. Also should Dash ever find out about the Com and Noelle thing? Just some questions I've had and wanted an opinion on. Sorry about the grammar and all as always! Love you all!

Jenny Lange