“Uh-huh.” “How is that little bugger?” Jake laughed at his own joke, and Nikko did a three-beat ditty on his drums. buggerLacey joined in their laughter. “You don’t have any plans this Saturday, do you?” Jake tilted his head to the side and looked as if he was in deep thought. “No, I don’t think so.” “Well, Dan would like to take us out this Saturday for dinner and a movie or miniature golf or something.” Jake had gone back to working out some chords on the keyboard, and Lacey wondered if he heard her. She was about to repeat it, but suddenly the moment felt awkward and she didn’t know whether to just go back in the house and let the question go unanswered until later or re-ask it now. She looked around at everyone, and they all seemed to be waiting for Jake to answer, including Daryn

