”I held her with my arms wrapped around her until we regained control of our emotions, then we started making out again, not caring that the area we...were in was suddenly getting populated. Some time later when we had enough kissing we just sat there huddled up next to each other. She put my arm around her and grabbed my other hand in both of hers and kissed it as she smiled at me.“I'm so happy whenever I'm with you,” she whispered, then laid her head on my shoulder.I don't know how much time. ’ ‘So this would be out there for everybody or just your sorority sisters?’ ‘Just ours for now to give it a try, maybe open it up later depending on how it goes.’ I thought about it a bit, ‘Well I guess we could put feelers out. I don’t know how some of them are going to react to a house being renovated and all.’ ‘So we make that part of the description. Do you want to offer discounts for helping with the reno?’ ‘Within reason I guess.’ ‘Okay, I’ll put something together and send it to you. The flash, the earthquake, the image disruption, and the final flash disconnect of the holo image. The Emperor's PLEA had no doubt in its mind what it meant."Children," he spoke quietly looking into their faces on the holo after the message had ended. He know what he seen their would not let him soothe their minds with placating words. "I will call you back as soon as I find out what has happened, for sure. For now, I grieve with you."The four stared at the image, as it faded in front of them.. The storm eases, and I look up into his fathomless brown eyes. “What question? And what choice?”A choice is a novel thing these days. I’m realizing that I haven’t had one in a very long time. Not about my activities, my work, my partner. It’s all been arranged and planned, right down to my food. And my mental stability, taken away at the whim of someone I knew and had no reason not to trust.“Do you want to stay in New Orleans?” he asks.“No.” That choice is easy. The city isn’t alive anymore. I.