Where Am I?

Almost Heaven

Theodore
College was kicking my butt until a tutor was hired by my parents and they didn't realize that Alma Louisa Cook was not the plain Jane in her school photo shoot. She walked in and every guy stopped and drooled. She walked over to me and introduced herself as my new tutor. She took me to my apartment and we set the rules down in writing and soon my grades were nearly perfect because she would accept nothing less. I fell in love with her at first sight. She really didn't need the money she just liked to spend time learning everything from every book and this was a fun thing to do. She already had three degrees and working on the same one I am now. She is two years younger than I am and we spend sixteen hours a week with our heads in books. That's four hours a day and she picks the days. Soon I am able to get my grades to improve and my parents are thrilled and they bought her a car to get safely from point A to point B. She replaced her VW bug with a VW van. My parents hoped it would be a better vehicle but they let it go. She garaged her bug and had it restored. The van she had painted with scenery on it.

Alma
I knew he looked like his dad but with his mom's eyes, but Theo is a knockout and I am just plain Jane Alma and I don't think he will look at me twice. I am working n the same business and law degrees he is working on just to get close to him. I got the surprise of my life when his parents requested that I tutor their son and get his grades up above the standard. He started working very hard for me and his grades went up immediately. We were all business in learning everything we could and we made first and second highest grades in the courses we took. His parents were very generous as well. I am investing the extra money in several areas. I took him on part time sixteen hours now he is my full time student to tutor at 32 hours a week. I have met all his family members and I think they were shocked by my looks. Okay all of us don't look like fashion models.

Grace
When I met Alma I thought that I had the wrong person but it was definitely the right young lady. Now she is part of our family and Theo is waiting until they graduate to date her. I know she stays over at his apartment if they run too long in studying. She keeps things there and Theo provides personal items for her in the bathroom. She has a drawer and space in his closets. She's been helping him with his courses for over two years and he has become second in his classes and she is first in the class and still tutors him full time. Carrick is right by not judging the young woman by her photos. He met her during a lecture before I hired her because she came highly recommended. The look on their faces when they are together makes me think they are doing more than studying. Of course I was wrong. Christian and Anastasia had no idea that I hired this young lady to tutor Theodore. I did it because I discovered he needed help in his studying. Plus he was thinking about leaving college and I talked him into letting Alma tutor him and he agreed immediately after meeting her and I wired money into her account and here we are. She's brilliant and beautiful and has no idea of her beauty. Her brilliance has saved her numerous times.

Carrick
Grace is definitely a meddling grandmother and I think she did excellent at this point. Christian finally found out about Alma and Theodore. He was concerned that he was relying too much on Alma and wanted to see if he could do things on his own and he found out that he could he just needed confidence in himself and Alma gave him that. Anastasia was happy about it and everything we did for Theodore. Ava was given the same treatment as will all our grandchildren.

Two years later
Anastasia
I wait and watch as Theodore changes from his graduation robe and into his wedding tux to stand at the altar waiting for Alma and her bridesmaids and maid of honor. She chose her soon to be sisters in laws and Ava her soon to be cousin in law. Christian walked Alma down the aisle and Theo's best man his brother and his cousins were the groomsman. The wedding was simple and beautiful and very privately done. No one had any idea until Kate posted the marriage announcement the next morning. I picture Christian and I babysitting our grandchildren and look forward to them after Alma and Theo start their careers. Carrick hired Alma and offered Theo a position but he wanted to work for GEH and he started in the legal department and is working his way up. They will pass the bar the next month after their honeymoon.