She sniggers and slowly dissipates into a haze of mist and rematerializes in a tall cylindrical cavern. Standing on a ledge just large enough to susta...n her, Natalya looks out to see Talilith floating in a bubble over an abyss of emptiness. Talilith is motionless and her eyes remain closed, appearing to be in hibernation. Natalya reaches out and touches her face and is instantly taken back... “It has been months now and we are no closer to taking down the Sura than when I arrived here,” Natalya. "And Kelly?" as if the combination had never occurred to her. "How long were you going to be?"I looked at my watch. "It's about eight now. Maybe an hour or two. We thought we'd walk around for awhile, then sit on the front lawn and look at the stars. And there's no school tomorrow," I reminded her."Let me ask them," she said and closed the door in my face. I looked at the street and shrugged at Tami.A minute later, the door opened and the two girls rushed out onto the porch with me."Yes, Mom,". I almost jumped out of the car, and ran over to the field and started jumping around and twirling while looking up at the sky. I felt goose bumps all over my body, I looked over and Joseph was leaning against his car, arms crossed, with a smirk on his face just staring at me. I stopped jumping and just stared back, with my hands on my waist. “Stop staring and come here!” I yelled. He walked over to me and said. “I can tell you’re not wearing a. But the rest of our friends were arriving that weekend, so I never thought I would get an opportunity. I laid the idea to rest, plus - I wasn't entirely sure I could start cheating on Mike. Later on that afternoon, we were all lounging by the dock. "Hey Mike, I'm going to go canoeing, want to come?" Ron yelled across the dock. "To be honest, I am pretty content to sit here and keep drinking" Mike replied. "I'll come!" I yelled and jumped up, "let me just go change". I quickly ran to my room,.