I made it to my bedroom without any encounters and jumped straight into my bed and under the covers, letting it all sink in, he had kissed me, he look...d at me like he'd never seen me before. It's not like I was a virgin, I had slept with a few guys before now, silly boys at school. If I had ever thought about Colin romantically before, which I hadn't, I would have never have considered he would even look twice at me. It was then I noticed that as I thought all this and going over the memory. Their slumber continued, even after a massive meteor fell to Earth and destroyed all that remained of humanity, and any chance the astronauts may have had of being rescued. Decades became centuries, centuries became millennia, and Roger slept, as the ship's system broke down one by one, his fellow astronauts perishing as their life-support systems failed.But just in the nick of time, Roger found salvation, for the universe was filled with sentient life, more fortunate than doomed humanity. The. The other six pairs of eyes followed that pointing hand only to see a rather nondescript couple slowly walking towards one of the Mall’s exits. Before anyone at the table could ask another question Jessie was gone. They all watched as she headed rather quickly down to that couple before that couple could make it out of that exit. A few moments later and she was back at the table with the young couple in tow.Jamahl, Riona, Kate, Tammy, Chris and Shona all looked quietly up at the naked Jessie. Only once had he seen someone that pale. A vision passed through his mind. It was a vision of his wife Helena. He remembered her pale body lying in her deathbed. He ran to her. He held her close lifting her cold face, to his. His eyes were seeking hers. What he saw in those eyes was emptiness. With all his strength, he knelt and lifted her in his arms. In haste he carried her out of the large wooden door leading out of the castle.Devon stood outside the castle wall. "Hurry!" Devon yelled. Just.