’ He replied, after turning up the heat on his kiss. ‘No one has been in my apartment since I moved in.’ ‘Then I guess we are each going home ...lone.’ I shrugged in response to end the discussion. He leaned in one last time, held me by my shoulders, and gave me a long passionate kiss. It started out slowly, sensuous, gained heat and need, and then ended abruptly, almost violently, leaving me breathing as if I’d run a marathon. ‘Get in your car and follow me.’ He said. He lived downtown in a. It was hard to see how he could be any happier than he already was.He could not stop thinking about the incredible experience, to the point where he spaced out in class, or dropped sentences with his classmates in the middle of study sessions.He even ran into Tiffany at lunch again one day. She stared at him for a moment before recognition dawned. “Say, aren’t you the guy who—”“Thank you so much for introducing me to Manjula!” he boomed, warmly shaking her hand, then boldly kissing it. He could. Bonnie, leaving her mask in place, looked over at her partner, “Fuck Clyde, FUCK FUCK FUCK!” she screamed in excitement, “We fucking did it!” “It was such a rush, you, you were amazing,” Clyde answered from under his mask, his eyes watching traffic. His gloved hands held the steering wheel, the tinted glass hiding the two in the car from any oncoming traffic. A fire truck raced by and he looked in the rearview mirror as the large vehicle stopped in front of the jewelry store. Bonnie glanced. " Any communications?" None yet. Captain Meech is now asking if we know anything more."Charlie looked at the data that came in from the battleship and compared it to his own and saw no discernable differences. A look at the flight paths showed that the ships in the system were all following the plan worked out."Give him our data and link with Pasha."After reaching the bridge and taking command he saw how things were shaping up. The Nautilus was leaving for Earth from the far side of the system.