.”Dave grabbed her hand across the table and held on. “Wait a minute. You mean, like a date?”“Yeah. Stupid idea, huh?” she said as she tried...to leave.Dave held her in place, firmly but gently. “What’s so stupid about it? I think it’s a very nice idea.”“But you don’t want to go out with me, right? Because of...”, she trailed off.Dave gave the girl a disgusted look. “I thought we settled that. I never said I didn’t like the idea. It’s just, well, it’s been so long, I mean, I don’t...” He looked. “Baby girl, look at me,” he said, looking into her eyes. “Are you ready for this? Are you ready to take us all the way?”She looked deep into his eyes. She knew if she said no, that he would respect her wishes, and things would stop here. But she also knew she loved him, and wanted to take things to the next level. She wanted them to be even closer, and that doing this would bring them there. She nodded, smiling.He leaned down, and kissed her deeply. He then reached under one of his pillows,. "I sat up and said, "No problem. What did you fix?" Cheese, two kinds; crackers, two kinds; apple chunks, cold raw peach slices, grapes, two bottles of wine — white and rosé — and peanut butter."I licked my lips and murmured, "Yummy!"Mom sat on the edge of the bed and crossed her legs. I knew she was nervous, but it didn't show.She looked at Donny and said, "I'm going through the change, and I don't get quite as lubricated as I used to. In case it becomes a problem, I brought some goo." She. He was itching for a chance toexplore and learn about the aliens' technology, but he knew as well asanyone the danger they were all in.Like many people he had seen the chaos caused first hand. The aliensbecame public knowledge months before they made orbit. They had in factbeen tracked for far longer, but had been mistaken for a comet until ithad changed course passing the orbit of Mars.The whole world had held its breath to see what the visitors would do.Many expected a Golden Age. Many others.