Things had been going OK. I had settled into a routine of going to school, coming home and doing homework, and then cooking dinner. I would eat alone ...nd leave some for Dad to eat when he finally got home from the bar he had grown fond of. Then I would go up to my room and do some more homework or read Mad magazine or something. I would then usually jerk off and go to sleep. When Dad finally got home, I would often wake up as a result of the noise he made, stumbling and cursing as he made his. In the back of my head I always had this vain thought that maybe she thought the same way I did or even the possibility she liked me more than just friends. But I was crushed to find out one day that she had been asked out by some stud type kid, who in my opinion was a prick user or maybe this was jealousy talking? Who knows anyway. I knew this kid well enough to know what kind of guy he was. A slick talking phony. Now, me and Page never hung out outside of school, Of course I’d see her in the. That’s one result of our egalitarian nature.”Marie looked deep into Dave’s eyes. “I am asking you to be my date – my lover – later tonight, after dinner. Will you consent to be with me?”Dave smiled. He kissed his fingertip and then reached across the bar and laid the finger atop her lips. “Yes. I will be delighted. This is not a one-time thing, is it?”“Oh, no,” Marie insisted. “Like your pledges and I guess a few of my students, I plan to hang out here, loosening up, until someone declares that. Michael had seen the farms grow, and many crops harvested with produce like they had never seen on earth. The farmers were already looking at crop rotation, and fallowing the fields so that they would not burn out. Manufacturing was producing several items that were on the consumable list and would have lasted many years had not Michael had not pushed for the second relocation of citizens in 0086.Michael had met with his advisors about housing for future generations, knowing that there were.