He hoisted his bag up on his shoulder one more time and picked up his pace. The past four weeks felt like a lifetime, waiting for this moment to come....e saw her before she spotted him. She was tall and slender, wearing jeans, knee-high boots, and a dark gray pea coat. Scott had only ever seen Kara with her hair tied back, but today it was loose and laying on her shoulders. When the automatic glass doors opened, her eyes went directly to his.Scott dropped his bag as Kara threw herself into his. " You're kidding! I..I wont do it!" Oh, but you will, my dear, or your story will be published in the schoolnewspaper with your name. I made a deal with your teacher." I'm dead! What if someone sees me dressed as a girl!" No one will likely see you, and when I'm finished, no one will recognize youanyway, trust me. Come on, Darryl, let's go upstairs. I want you to start bytaking a nice warm bubble bath while I get things ready."Oh my gosh! What have I done? I started something and there was no. The last salvo of missiles was held. The cruiser had taken over two hundred graser blasts and sixteen small but effective missiles deep inside its hull. It was over in less than half a minute. As they passed through what was left of the debris, the AI again came up,"Target, Three four zero degrees, zero degrees. One hundred twenty one thousand clicks. Solarian freighter, tracking one eight zero, acceleration too small to calculate.The last alarm on the freighter brought McCock back to near full. “What?” I said, startled. “We’re closing soon. I know you basically live here but the rest of us have to go home.” He teased and smiled warmly at me. “Right, sorry.” I blushed. “I just finished my book and wanted to grab a new one before I go. Do you have any recommendations?” I wanted to keep up the conversation as long as I could while I had his attention. The best I had gotten from him so far was quick small talk and vague flirting at the counter whenever I checked out. “Hmm…” He furrowed.