Chapter 56

"That is true Dev," Rebecca confirmed.

"Okay, I'll try to remember that about the kid."

The rest of the meal was without incident and before long tables were moved back so the dancing could begin. When the first strands of music were played Rebecca and Devin eagerly took to the floor. Mary stood and held out her hand to her new husband. Father tried to beg off citing his bad hip, but Mary would hear none of it. Taking his free hand, she simply tugged until he got up and followed her to the floor.

After the two couples had taken a few turns around the floor alone, other couples began to dance as well.

The nursery attendants led their charges out soon after the dancing started and the mid age children that were still in the dorm rooms followed an hour or so later. It was at that time that Catherine and Vincent as well as Father and Mary took their leave. However, each time Devin suggested that he and Rebecca also retire for the night, she begged him to stay and dance some more. The third time this happened Devin realized that it was because she was nervous about what was to come.

The old Devin would have had a quick probably bawdy comment to offer.

The new Devin had no idea what to say.

The old Devin would have assured her he knew what to do with a leering wink.

The new Devin had no idea what to do.

The old Devin would have swept her up into his arms and carried her off ready or not.

The new Devin knew that would be the worst thing in the world to do.

Then Devin realized that the old Devin would never have been married to this wonderful woman and living in the tunnels once again.

That was when the new Devin suddenly knew what to do. Pulling her to a quiet corner he took both of her hands in his and waited until she looked up at him to say, "Becky, I know you are worried about our first time together, but I want you to know that I will go as slowly as you want, stop at anytime you want, and not start again until you want. Hell, we can even wait until tomorrow to make love if you want, even though it might kill me…but that would solve the problem once and for all."

"Devin Wells! I want you to stop talking about dying right now! Haven't we been through enough of that?! You are right that I am worried about making love with you, but not for the reason you are probably thinking. I know that you have been with other women and I am worried that I won't please you like they did because I have no idea what I am doing!"

Devin had to fight not to laugh, but a small chuckle escaped nonetheless. Rebecca tried to pull her hands away as her face registered her hurt. Seeing this, Devin rushed into speech, "Becky! Please! I wasn't laughing at you! It was just that what you said was so absurd!" Again he saw hurt in her eyes. "I keep putting my foot in my mouth don't I?! What I was trying to say was that I was never in love with any of those women so there can be no comparison to you my love! You are my first, my last, and everything in between! You have nothing to worry about at all!"

"Oh," she uttered on a soft sigh.

"Now that is settled could we get out of here?" he asked with a tender grin.

With a sweet smile she nodded and started towards the door.

The nursery was completely ready and Catherine was due any day now. Because they knew the exact date she had gotten pregnant it was easy to pinpoint her due date. Catherine's maternity leave had started last week and she couldn't help but worry about what was going on Above.

Joe was still drinking although he was keeping it to weekends when he was off work. During the week he would put in twelve to sixteen hour days to avoid going home.

She had seen nothing of Jenny in months and she had even stopped returning Catherine's calls. She was truly worried about her friend.

To be continued…..