With the ten months required for word to travel from one side of the galaxy to the other, distant news is often incomplete and out of date.Lore has a ...adius of two thousand miles, about twice that of Earth's single moon. It orbits a sun similar in size and strength to Earth's Sun. Seven other planets inhabit the solar system, although these other planets are currently uninhabitable. For the moment, they provide plentiful commodities to fuel Lore's rapid growth - with large terraforming. She smiled at me and then atKarthik. Happy Birthday! she said in a sensuous voice. She walked over and kissed him on the mouth. Karthik looked at Frieda in embarrassment and then at me with a grin. There was only one sofa in the lounge and Frieda sat in the middle, asking Karthik to sit beside her, I sat on the other side. Padma started to dance. It was a fast song she was dancing to and she soon built up a sheen of sweat. Garments came off one after the other, till she was only in lycra. . HOLY SHIT! One of them was rubbing me where guys aren'tsupposed to touch other guys, or even girls for that matter. I squealedand jumped up off of the lounges and glared at them and grabbed my bookand towel and ran back to the suite. As I was running out of the poolarea, and along the walkway to our dorm, and then up the stairs and alongthe hallway to our suite, I noticed the other kids staring at me and someof them were laughing and I was, like, what's so funny about somebodyrunning? I burst. For some reason this town hates my family, and thus, me. Several years ago my parents were killed in a car wreck that I don't think was an accident. However, as I was just a kid that didn't know better than adults, I was told what happened and there was nothing else to it."I didn't have any family anywhere so I ended up in foster care. I was moved around for a bit then got stuck at the Michaels's."Gods! Those people are two of the sickest people in the world," Karen paused and looked at the.