First draft people.An occasional bat flickered across the stars overhead. The gardenias andhibiscus had long drawn in their petal- awnings. Across the...lawn, thehunched bushes looked like a queue of black-robed monks marching back totheir monastery. And in the middle distance, fireflies marked asecondary night-sky of transitory constellations in what might have beenan even more unpredictable universe than the one we find ourselvesinhabiting, one that blinks in an out of existence with every. Then she herself came Wow! What power. Claire caressed her husbands powerful body."Thank you, Thomas! That was the best time ever for me! What a man! " She pressed her soft flesh against him.Buffy grinned - 'I 'm a better man that my dad!' was the smug thought. And Claire was not as bad as I thought, not bad at all Buffy found her perspective changing now that she was now Tom 'Crash' Canton! Soon due the expect ministrations Buffy found herself - no himself - she thought smugly getting. How you doin' Matt?" I asked, keeping my voice friendly and the muzzle of the assault rifle pointed more or less away from him, but not too far away."I'm doin' okay, I guess, at least in comparison to most of the rest of humanity. Just got back from a camping trip up Big Bear way. Got sicker'n a dog! Wasn't 'til I got back to Victorville that I found out what had happened. Guess I'm not the only one who survived. That's good news!" You didn't hike all the way here from Big Bear." Nope," Dryer. It was time to be sworn in as President. From thetelevision in his room, Julianne could tell that CNN already had itscamera turned on about five feet away on the other side of the door."Breaking News" was flashing at the bottom of the screen.Julianne could barely remember the last time he heard his male name.Maybe it was the time his last girlfriend in university found out hissecret and was screaming his name as she clawed through his dresses thefirst time he invited her over. Or maybe it was.