He stood up from the piano, taking his glass with him.  He followed Mike out to the deck.   There were only a few lights from the house, so he could easily see the stars in the night sky, scattered like diamonds upon a black velvet curtain.<br/><br/>"Wow," he said, looking up.  "That's not something you see very often, in the city."<br/><br/>He swirled his drink around in its glass and took another sip.  "You should have been born a fish," he jibed.  In response to the question, he shrugged.  "You and Katy are more than welcome to join us if you want," he said.  "It's just something I do--try to wake up early and go running before it gets hot.  I figured that it might be fun to exercise as a group, to get into a routine of doing something together."