"Was better than you were, I just had really lousy luck, remember?" Kaya said, playfully pulling at one of Ronnae's pigtails. "But I remember Billy was going to try to 'keep things professional' and all, and then he got look at you and it was over. It was really the cutest thing ever."

More than that though, the way the two of them were had gotten Kaya through a lot of the bumps of her own relationships: it had given her hope. And then, when they had the children, Kaya could do nothing but celebrate them, keep them close to her heart, and she reached over and pecked Ronnae on the cheek again.

"And they love you back."