“I guess I don’t have anyone to blame but myself,” she said. “You don’t look very smart so it gave me a false sense of security.” She fold...d one of her legs under her on the dining chair and tucked her red tank-top style dress around her thighs. The sound of Josh’s deep laughter drifted toward her as she reached across the table to pack up the game. They’d shifted back and forth between trading teasing insults and flirting all night but it had reached the point now where she didn’t even realise. It was a beautiful summer night, still warm. He walked three blocks before turning to go down a street less busy, less traveled and regretfully darker than the one he left. He questioned his prudence being unaware of what places to avoid, since what’s normally safe during the day is often not at night. He intended on taking a shortcut when suddenly something swooped down on him almost knocking his baseball cap from his head. ‘What the fuck,’ he said ducking, turning around quickly but seeing. He was proud that his own Gramps and his Mom had done this for Juli. She was a special friend of the family.“OH MY GOD!” Juli screamed as she pulled the Certificate of Deposit out and realized what it was. The CD was dated on her fifteenth birthday, about the time they met Juli, for a sum of five hundred thousand dollars.With no thought whatsoever of her naked butt being exposed, she flew across the carpeted living room to where Evalene and Darin sat. Their arms were open as she ran to. On a planet I go by that planets day cycle, when I’m in space I go off the standard 36hour day. I heard my alarm go off and I was already rolling out of the small cot I was on. The alarm that sounds for me to wake up was a “WEIIIIIII WEIIIIII” sound, the alarm sounding at the moment however was going more of a “BREAAAAAA BREAAAAA” meaning “ALL HANDS TO DECK!”I ran out of the barracks and bolted down the halls of the Royal Class Cruiser. I rounded only a couple of corners before I got to the.