Tommy and the gang going on their own plan, and Rick beign talked into coming up with one.  The meeting may be a meeting of the minds - or a clash of priorities.  In eitehr case, it will be interesting to see it develop.

One of the joys of reading your story is how you talk about it as if you do not know what is coming either.  That indicates to me that the story is writing itself, and is not from a story board laid down before words hit paper (it may have started out that way, but it has taken a life of its own).

I enjoy reading, but for the first time, I am seeing the process behind the writer, and that is as fascinating as the story itself.