Direct. There was only one option.“Kris, will you be my slave? If it doesn’t work out I can still space you, but if I space you now, there’s no ...ndoing that.” I was scanning my control panel and performing operations for jump space insertion so I didn’t see Kris’s face. “Answer, please. Navigator Londoner has prepared the jump space insertion and has charged the jump capacitors.”“Yes,” Kris whispered.“I accept you as my slave,” I said as I made some minor course corrections. A star ship exits. "I'm new here!!!" Kim confessed."I'm Angelique!!!" Angelique introducing herself."I'm Kimberly!!" Kim also introducing herself."It's nice to see a new tenant around here!!!" said Angelique.Wow she is friendly, Kim thought.Given what Kim had gone through she sure could use a friend!!Say Kimberly after laundry, how about we go get something to eat!! My treat!! There is a good Chinese restaurant by the street!!" Angelique offered."Super!!" Kimberly smiled."Hey thank you for dinner!!" Kim. Lizzy was waiting for me when I finally went looking for her. I found her in her garden, with flowers in her hair and wearing my favorite dress. I knew she would be there and what she would be wearing, and yet she still took my breath away. It's a feeling I never wanted to lose. If we lived to be a hundred, I wanted to feel that way every time I saw her."And just what have you been up to?" she said with a smile. "Here I figured you were late because you'd found Allison, and you were busy. Cross country is actually two races in one. The top six teams out of each semi-state all run in the State Finals. Team scores are computed as the places of the top five finishers from each team. So, if the team members place 5, 20, 55, 92, and 110, the team score is the sum or 280. The team with the lowest score wins. All seven of the team members can compete in the next level, but only the top five score.But cross country is also a very individual sport. About forty of the runners in the race.