I'm here now. We'll have the whole weekend together," Marc said as he stroked Joan's arms.After the trembling subsided, she lifted her head and kissed...him for as long as he would allow. He laughed, pushed her off himself gently, and escorted her through the downtown area as she fretted about office etiquette."We're having a May Day party," Marc explained as if this was all she needed to know. The simple T-shirt he wore with the name of the video game he worked on put her somewhat at ease, but. ' Mom--" Stop calling me that!" I'm sorry! I can't very well call you 'Mrs. Andrews,' can I?" That's what I'd expect a total stranger to call me!" Okay." I took a seat at the table. "Let me tell you what I experienced this morning. Let's work through this calmly." I took a breath. This was something right out of the movies, but if I just ignored the fantastic and concentrated on what's in front of me... "I woke up this morning and my world seems to have changed around me. My room, my. "I'd say sixteen, but it's difficult to tell with these young ones, when they are in them tiny bikinis, isn't it. She could be anything from an older looking fourteen year old to a young looking twenty something. No matter how old she is, she was checking you out." Nah, you got it wrong. I don't mess with kids, never have," I told him, assuming Ronny had gotten it wrong. After all, he wasn't wearing the glasses that normally adorn his nose in the office."Well, I could be wrong, but I'd swear. The damn thing wouldn't work!"You don't say that to two fellow geeks without them wanting the details. "I was into tinkering with laser and was working on a liquid bromide version. I don't see how it fits in though. I could only get enough output for one shot. I was working on a revolving input source something like an old Gatling gun but it was only in the design stage. I didn't have the resources to model it."Tina smiled and said "bingo!"Adam added "I saw that in a movie once!"I smiled "me.