Was in the same class. That was going to make a bad situation worse for Gwen. My 2nd hour class, orchestra, was just down the hall from the choir room... I decided to get there and catch Gwen before she went into class. I waited until the bell rang. Gwen had not come to the class. I walked down the hall to orchestra room. The orchestra teacher always gave us the first five minutes to get our instruments and tune them. I played the bass so it takes a little extra time compared to a violin. The. ‘Okay.’ Darien nodded, and began to tear the beautiful paper apart to get to his present. Satisfied that he was okay, Rylie went into the kitchen to help the guys. After having helped Matt, Rylie had borrowed Matt’s car and gone to her apartment to shower and collect Matt’s present. Now, as she helped the men, she wondered if he would like what she had gotten him. Matt loved baseball, and was the proud owner of a rather large collection of baseball cards. There was this one card that he hadn’t. We stared at each other for a long moment, then I replied, ‘I grew up in Reno. So, yeah, it means something to me.’ Mel wordlessly handed me the scrap of paper. ‘Robbie,’ it read. ‘Reno, 1975? Beth.’ I choked back a sob I didn’t know was in me. Beth? Beth??? But how? Was this some kind of prank, a cruel joke? But who would know to pull this stunt on me, even if they had the inclination? ‘How . . .’ I sputtered. ‘How did you get this?’ ‘A lady came in a while back, a few months, maybe. She was. Vadrick, maneuver our ship, put some more rocks between us and the destroyer's guns, I do not want to die this day," replied the Nomek, the captain of the Bloodstone Freedom. Nomek was a short and pulp Bragulan, around 40 years old but looking much older due to the wear and tear of fighting an endless war with almost every other nation in the galaxy. "Damage Control, how hard have we been hit?" Hard, very hard. The conning tower is gone along with our active sensors and our primary K-bolter is.