Re: Rooftop picnic
"A bit, but they're all grownups." Well, Richie would simultaneously be a grownup and a newborn in a few months. It made Maria's head hurt if she tried to think about it too long so she tried to think of the versions as two separate beings.
"I do have a certain idea of what teenage and early twentysomething males are like, yes. Lizzie seems to have picked out a quality one who will treat her right, and there's a whole group of people who will make his life hell if he doesn't." She picked up a drumstick and nibbled at it.
"All we can do is be there for them and be ready to offer a helping hand if they want it."