Humanity has spread across many nearby star systems, colonizing and terraforming where possible. Many planets with existing ecosystems and flourishing...life are found but regrettably no other sentient species have been identified.Jake is a wanderer. The son of a rich man, he could do anything his heart desired. Since he was a boy his fantasies were fixated on adventure and exploration. In 2345 Jake's father buys him a small, though well-equipped, shuttle that is well suited for interstellar. The students, she thought, all liked her. Thejanitors were always around and the school had noproblems. She had no idea that this day would bedifferent.As she walked into her classroom, she turned on thelights. She turned on the computer and began to get thegrades ready for the mid term progress reports. Shepulled up her chair and crossed her ankles. She beganentering the information and never heard the noisecoming from behind her.Mike walked into the classroom with some of hisfriends. He knew. We did not bother to tell our names or family details.She was lying on her stomach; I did not disturb her for next 10 minutes then slowly started playing with her back with my fingers tickling her in places, slow kisses on her back, slowly unhooking her jacket. All the while kissing her back slowly my hands roaming all over her. Unhooked her bra, and slowly started tounging her back I played with her neck, biting her ears, she kept making noises like ah aaah and ummm…., slowly undid her sari. His vapid girlfriend had been on the sidelines, cheering him on for all six of them. Nothing had changed. They both had the same friends, now, that they had in the beginning. Despite his confidence on the field, he was a coward where it counted. He let his fear conquer him when it came to his yearnings for this other, paler, poorer girl. Denise did, too, dream that night. She dreamt of a dismal strip on the interstate where cars would periodically stop, so that their drivers could step out of.