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"So, Ms Williamson, how do you want your hair done today?" Janine asked her friend.

Kat laughed. "What's with the sudden formality, Janine?"

Janine whispered, "It's his nibs, him that owns the shop, he's over there, just seeing how we work and treat our customers, et cetera."

"Well," Kat replied, "I would really like a change, I think I look too school-girlish with plaits, don't you? I want to look more grown up and sophisticated."

"Ooh er," Janine sniffed. "That's what happens when you work for the nobility."

Kat grinned at Janine. "You know I'm not like that, I just want to appear more my age."

Kat explained what she wanted and Janine set about washing and styling Kat's hair.

Kat inwardly hugged herself. Only a few days ago, Lady Penelope had talked to her and what she had told Kat almost took her breath away.

Mr Jefferson Tracy had expressed a wish that Kat should fly to his family home on an island in the Pacific for a look around and for an interview to see whether both she and Mr Tracy could come to some agreement over her working on his fleet of family vehicles. Lady Penelope had recommended her to him and arrangements were being put into action to fly her to the island.

"There, madam, how does that look?"

Kat was suddenly jolted out of her daydreams and looked into the mirror.

Staring back was still a young girl, but gone was the long hair and fringe. Janine had cut it, feathering it into her face in layers, getting longer until it fell just to her shoulders and turned under slightly. There were also some layers in the back, so that it gave a slightly-tousled appearance.

"You can still clip it back for work," Janine said, "but you can also wear it loose for that tousled, just got out of bed look. It would look nice with highlights in," suggested Janine.

"No thanks, I like the colour as it is, thanks." said Kat.

On Monday morning Kat drove to Foxleyheath to await the plane that was to take her to the Tracy home.

"Kat!" Lady Penelope exclaimed. "Your hair is lovely, it really suits you a little more shaped and shorter."

"What time is the plane expected?"

"Oh, not until noon, but I think I will go through some of the finer details, so that you will know what to expect when you arrive."

Kat felt excited, but with a tinge of apprehension. Going to an unknown destination and meeting people that she had only met once before seemed kind of scary in an exhilarating way. True, she had met the Tracy family at Lady Penelope's New Year's Eve party, but that had been purely on a social standing and she had no idea at that time what the future had in store of her. She tried to wrack her brain to think of the names as they were introduced, but it was no good. She could only remember Jeff and his wife Dianne.

Suddenly the sound of an engine was heard overhead. "Looks like your pilot has arrived," Lady Penelope said.

So, here goes, Kat thought to herself. She went to get her overnight bag and started to follow Lady Penelope out of the mansion.

The jet had come down on a small airstrip at the back of the mansion, and taxied as close to the house as possible. A tall blond man with a ready smile climbed down from the pilot's seat.

"John! What a pleasure to see you again!" Lady Penelope said, holding out her hands and giving John a peck on the cheek. She turned to Kat. "John, I would like you to meet my mechanic, and possibly soon your own, Ms Katy-Jane Williamson. Kat this is John Glenn Tracy, the third of Jeff Tracy's sons."

Kat held out her hand politely. "I'm pleased to meet you, Mr Tracy."

"As I am pleased to meet you, Ms Williamson," he said with a winning grin. "But I'm just John. Mr Tracy is my father."

Kat laughed. "Then you must call me Kat." A memory surfaced. "Oh! I seem to remember your youngest brother asking me why I was named after an animal."

"That sounds like Ty, all right. I'm sorry we didn't meet at the New Year's Eve party, but I was elsewhere on family business." In actuality, he had just begun his stint in Thunderbird Five to allow Alan to attend the New Year's Eve party since he had been home for Christmas.

"John, could you stay for luncheon? Parker is about to lay the table." Lady Penelope asked.

"Lady Penelope, I am under strict instructions from Grandma to eat with you, no matter what meal is offered," John replied. "She thinks I need some fattening up."

John took Kat's bag from her and stowed it aboard the jet, then offered his arm to each lady and the three entered the mansion.

Post by Tawnyangel22 on 01/06/2004

Jeff heartbeat Dianne plain My IR:TNP OTP!

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