Hello again, Darma!
You have no idea how your words cheered me up, really, so I'm indebted in you!
Anyway, yes, you noticed two very important things, Uri IS much more accepting now, just think of Silver Creek trip and his vomiting bout and him spazzing for a couple of days.
Secondly, you're right about Uri and Rane; I was talkling with my friend about it, and she said just the same thing as you did, that it doesn't seem Uri's in love with Rane. So let's see later how it'll work out ^__^
The party, unfortunately, is not going to be in the next chap, but the one after that; the next chap still has some important thing to deal with. I'm slowly clearing off the smaller secrets, leaving only the really big ones, hihihi.
Once again, thank you for this comment; I was really down after posting this chap, and you really cheered me up.
Big hugs!
teeta