" It's ok Carissa," said Craig through the door as she continuedspewing. "It's been a long time for me too, but you were incredible.I'm sorry I made y...u so sick." Craig, I'm so sorry. It's not what I meant," said Carissa, trying tocompose herself as he could hear the faucet running. "It's just you'rethe first non-battery operated or rubber apparatus I've had in a longlong time. I'm sorry. You better go. I need time to think, and I don'twant the kids seeing you here when they wake up." Carissa,. Two people under one roof with two completely separate ideas of intimacy. How had they lasted this long. He was losing his whole life. She had turned away from him and walked out of the room. An overwhelming sadness descended over his thoughts as he tossed the massage pillow in the corner and tossed everything else into a nearby drawer. He had to get out of here. He couldn’t stand the thought of her creeping down the stairs, hoping against hope that he was already asleep so there wouldn’t be. The leviathan booster spun in slow motion and now dwarfed the Yellow Beast, but before Garth could react it slammed into the junk ball with tremendous force. The bus shook from the collision of the two objects and pieces of junk flew everywhere."Everyone duck," yelled Tasha as the scrap began to pepper the outside of the Beast.Garth looked over to see if Red and Fletcher were all right and heard the sound of metal tearing. They hadn't made it back to the airlock before the tunnel sheared off. "There's life in the old dog still," I responded. "Oh, you're not so old, and anyway, I like older men," she purred in my ear and pressed her body closer to mine. I could feel myself responding to her, despite my intention to be better behaved. "There's certainly life there," she laughed. We danced a few more dances, and when I asked her to join Tom and me at our table. She agreed and didn't let my hand go as we walked back. Tom wasn't there, just a slip of paper which said, "See you.