The scorpions were in the mountains with camouflage netting over them. I was in a wart hog, up near the forest, when we saw a blue blob in the sky; wi...h me were my warthog driver and gunner, then another warthog. The second I yelled, “get us out of here it’s a trap!” the other warthog exploded in a fire ball of blue plasma and orange flames; our warthog turn and fish tailed out of there. The second we did, covenant ghost, came bolting from the tree line, the covenant banshees cam zipping over. తన చేతిని నా చేతి మీద వేసి గట్టిగా ఒత్తాడు. ఇప్పుడు నేను జాగ్రత్త గా ఉండాలి. వీడు వర్జిన్ అయితే బెదిరిపోతాడు. అందుకని నెమ్మదిగా నవ్వుతూ, వాడిని అడిగేను, నీపేరు ఏమిటి,ఏం చదువుతున్నావు అని.“నాపేరు విజయ్, ఎం.బీ.ఎ.చదువుతున్నాను ఆంటీ”అన్నాడు, నా సన్ను వైపు చూసి గుటకలు మింగుతూ.మాకు చుట్టుపక్కల ఎవ్వరూ లేరు.“ఎప్పుడు చూడనట్టు ఏమిటి ఆ ఆత్రం చూపులు?” అని కొంటెగా అడిగాను, విజయ్ తొడ గిల్లి.“చూడలేదు ఆంటీ” అన్నాడు.“అబద్దాలు చెప్పకు” అన్నాను అతని చేతి మీద చిన్నగా కొట్టి.“నిజం అంటీ, బూతు సినిమాల్లో, బుక్స్ లో. She'd had little contact with her roommate, only having met her twice. A tough old bitty twice Doreen's age, she'd made no secret of her dislike of the night time parties and was usually already asleep by the time Doreen made it back to the room."I need a shower." Doreen said to herself as she began to strip out of the clothing she had so hurriedly put on only twenty minutes before.The hot water felt good against her skin as the fog in her mind began to clear. She began to remember images from. "What do you think?" she asked."It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." I whispered softly. My mind was in a total fog by then. I might not have said those exact words, but it was something like that.She let me stare at it for a long time. We didn't say anything, but I could hear our breathing getting heavier and faster.Finally, she closed her legs and stood up."You do it now," she finally said. I wasn't sure what she meant, but I assumed she wanted me to do the flashy leg crossing thing.