There was a spring where they could replenish their water. A small community had established themselves there - about a couple of dozen families. Some...of them were Traveler families who'd settled down to grow crops and raise livestock. These were joined by a few anarchists and the two groups had blended together in a way that bespoke of the future. Ostentatiously, they described the Olive Grove as 'the Ark' and its inhabitants 'Arks.' The anarchists had shortened the word anARChist and the old. .. Chapter 1 AloneKathy had just put Shawn in his crib for the night. Frank was late coming home but since it was Friday night and the downtown area was open late it was not unusual for Frank to work overtime. There was always a shortage of drivers and the overtime was always handy so Frank would always volunteer to stay on for a few hours. As Kathleen came down the stairs from Shawn's room, the front doorbell rang. Kathleen opened the door. Standing there on the front porch was Tom Gaven, a. She can stay here as much time as she wants and also if she doesn’t mind, she can give me a good company for the drinks. I don’t know from where I got all these words. May be the effect of the drinks I had before their arrival and the figure of Priya. And I turned to Priya and asked her.I hope you have no issues to give me company for a drink. It will be great to have a company of a nice homely lady like you” and smiled to Priya. In fact I had hit a stone in dark to find the feelings of both of. It was better to just suck it up and crawl out of bed.“A shower will wake me up,” Noah said with confidence as his feet made contact with the black carpet of his bedroom. Confidence - that was the one word that most people used when describing the now twenty-one year old. Though his bedroom was dark and would have given most people the impression of a gothic-cultured high-school student, Noah was a pretty confident, positive, and talented young man. Black carpet covered his bedroom floor and.