Andy laughed, and said "Jeff!!  Why don't you make a big ice-chest along the table to set all the frozen and refrigerable stuff for everyone else?"

Oh. I thought it was kind of weird she'd show up in cat-form, but meh. Whatevs.

Ozzy smiled, "Yup! You are indeed."

He then turned to Jeff and said, "Jeff, bro! You're just in time. I just finished cooking the meat, bro. The apron says it all. This shit is going to be delicious!"

  Candy stepped out of a cab, strolling into the yard with a couple big bags.  She called "I brought some pies for everyone, and doughnuts and hard candy!!!"

Jeff made an ice chest with his ice powers to keep the frozen things frozen. He smiled and waved at Candy as she came up.

  Candy kissed Jeff, then set the chocolate silk, lemon meringue, and key lime pies into the ice chest.  The apple, cherry, and peach pies she sat on the table.  She said "Hope we got hungry folks!"

Ozzy grinned, "We have how many teenage guys around here? I'm pretty sure we'll finish most of it off. How are ya, Candy?"

He started to look around for Clarissa, wondering where she was at. She was hardly the shy type.

Aaron pulled himself out of the pool after Bella following her towards the food.

Jeff grinned shortly after Candy kissed him.

"Heh...she...she does that a lot," he said, chuckling.

  Candy giggled, and said "I'll have to blip so I can get MY swimsuit.  Nobody mentioned it's a pool party!!"  She gave Ozzy a friendly shoulder-bap, and swiped a bratwurst right off the grill.

  Clarissa came padding out in her own bikini, a pretty soft lavender and white item, which let her show off Crystal Rose too, (she was currently decorating Clarissa's back) with a pitcher of something pink, glasses, and ice.  She said "I have sweet pink lemonade for anyone who wants it."

Ozzy grinned and said, "Thanks, babe, sounds wonderful. Grilling is thirsty work!"

He then turned to Candy and said, "You may wanna finish cooking that one, Candy. The done ones are over here."

  Candy grinned, and seared her brat a bit, then slapped it in a bun with a giggle.  She said "Thanks Ozzy.  So how did you get assigned chief cook and bottle washer?"

"Aside from my mad cooking skills? Im staying here, and I insist on helping out. I know Megs doesnt need the money, but Id hate to be a leech when I can afford to help, you know?" he said with a grin.

  Clarissa giggled, and said "Not to mention Megs has like, your dream kitchen, with everything a person who cooks would love to have and then some.  I didn't even KNOW there were so many kitchen gadgets in existence!!"

Ozzy grinned and replied,"Very true. I am an artist, and the kitchen inside is the perfect studio. And with the interior decoration project, my creative side's been running wild!"

  Andy had a bite of his steak, and grinned, speaking via mindworm.  {{Yeah, lets you run rampant since she asked you to, right?  Nobody can complain about an artist working on commissioned pieces!}}

Jack took both burgers and put Penny's requested condiments on hers and also putting the fixins and his own. He took a seat next to her at one of the picnic tables placing her hamburger in front of her. {{So how long you want to wait till we tell everybody the news?}}

Aaron took both a burger and a hot dog sitting down next to Bella, he flashed her a grin before he began eating.

  She located her burger with a smile, and answered {{Oh, let's give everyone a chance to eat.  I do want a couple burgers.  I'm hungry!}}

{{I'm sure you are, you are eating for two now.}} Jack flashed her a grin as he started eating his own burger.

  Penny nodded, giggling a little, and she asked {{Do you think that they'll be happy for us?  I know I'm delighted.  It's brought us a lot of good changes.}}

Bill took a burger for himself and sat down with Darren. {{You do see what she's wearing love? Hell look at what HE's wearing. It's like they're both showing off for the other}}

  Darren chuckled, and said {{Yes.  I see it.  You have to admit, he DOES make nice scenery.  I'm all yours, but if someone's going to flaunt it, I'm not above looking.}}  He patted Bill's thigh, and then leaned over to offer Bill a potato chip with a kiss.

In reply to Seer (msg #73):

{{We can only hope. We've got to be ready for someone questioning our decision though}} He reached over putting a hand on her shoulder squeezing it lightly as he ate his burger with one hand.

In reply to Fluid (msg #75):

{{Yes, he's cute, and he has a killer body, I admit that. But that's kind of WHY I'm concerned, that and Bella's looking to flaunt just as much as he is.}} Bill ate the chip from Darren's hand before kissing him.