Pushing away my last thoughts about Jill and Chris. Holding her in my arms I stood up and threw her on the bed, causing her to squeal with a surprised...joy. My fingers were still shaking as I undid my belt and pants, but I was soon naked as I joined her on the bed, grasping Gemma’s panties and tugging them out of the way.In my mind there was no time for foreplay, that could come later. I wanted to be deep in Gemma’s body, as some kind of antidote to all of the pain and thinking I’d had to face. The Earthers did not want to exterminate the FBs, but they would if the FBs refused to stop their killing.Jacob sent a message via FTL radio that he wanted to negotiate with the authorities. At first, he got totally ignored, so he sent the message a second time. Still he was ignored. The third time he sent the message, three of the giant mother ships appeared near the fleet and begin disgorging fighters.There was not much that the fleet could do at this point but fight back. The nearest of the. From the old books.”“That’s true,” Edgar admitted, his gaze a bit unfocused for a second.“Do you ever think about Lena, Edgar? Like I do about Lucas?”“All the time, my friend, all the time. See? I’m the living proof that the machine could not erase the one I love from my mind.”“And you say you’re not a romantic,” Cory joked. “What you just said sounds exactly like that.”“Then I suppose all that is needed is just a little practice,” Edgar joked back.“I worry about him. I feel guilty. We’re here,. He wanted us to confound expectations, and he had every confidence that we could.Since we were seeded first in the tournament, we had the home field advantage. Rockton came to us to play the championship game, and we made sure the stands were packed with fans. We wanted it loud and we got it. The cheerleaders, normally only required to perform at football games in the fall, voluntarily showed up to lead the crowd. They cajoled people to slide over closer to each other so that more people could.