Hamilton didn’t like that I could use a typewriter, but he had pushed his luck too far lately and he was afraid of fucking with it, on fear of Dad�...s anger.Tuesday afternoon I rode on the bus over to Shelley’s house, and she held my hand on the bus, which generated more than a few stares from some of the other kids. We walked hand in hand up to her house. Once inside, I held up our hands and said, “Thanks, I think.”She gave me an exasperated look and took back her hand. “Carl, I don’t know what. Also I am allowed to inform you that until midnight tonight this whole college has been declared a Lifestyle Nudist zone! After that it becomes business as usual with clothed males and naked females being the order of the day - oh, and lots of study too!”The crowd gave a little titter as one lone protester gave a little ‘Booooo!’ from the back of the auditorium then quickly added, “Nar! Just joking” before letting Tom Barry proceed.“Of course we owe this one day status declaration to our most. Take a look.”He took the proffered card and his score was blinking.Max jumped a bit, the AI voice startling him, and did as it said, running his thumb over the number. It was steady now, and the score was 9.6. He groaned softly, rubbing his forehead.“Huh. Usually people are happy when their score goes up.” The Lieutenant said.“Yeah, but I haven’t filled the slots I had before this, now I have two more!” Max said, shrugging his shoulders.Holly was giggling, and he looked up at her with a wry. Part of it is absolutely your fault. Okay, maybe a bigger part of it was your fault. I wish I could say otherwise. But regardless, even if you were Eve in a past life and all this shit was your fault anyways, what's the next step? I mean, are you going to hide out at your parents' house for eternity?"I blinked. "I don't know. I hadn't really thought about it." What about a job? A career? What did you study in college?" I was only there for a year and a half. I didn't know. I thought maybe about.