The next day Gil and Katalin spent an hour and a half in the morning where he helped her review some of the material in the American history and government textbooks. In the afternoon before dinner they practiced martial arts for two hours.
By now they were taking turns being the aggressor and the defender in each of the three forms. Afterwards they cooled down and took showers at their homes, re-dressed, and had dinner with the Szarvases.
Katalin grinned. She keeps them when they get too old to race instead of getting rid of them. I like that about his friend. You could tell they like each other. He paused to reflect on how to reply.
Then the next day we spent some time at the beach. Her house is right on the ocean a little ways above Santa Monica. I got to meet some of the neighboring families. I have a normal life with my Mom and the parties and premieres are the special events. Katalin had a thoughtful look on her face at that and nodded.
He wondered why. That was the routine for the next few days. He and she were on such easy terms with each other, and their two families with each other, that it sometimes seemed as if they were all part of the same extended family.
