" She slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him. She looked into his gorgeous blue eyes and smiled, then said, "Hi babe. I was just dr...aming about you. Am I still dreaming or are you really here?" "You are not dreaming, love. I really am here with you." he said before he kissed her deeply to prove it.As he kissed her, he slid her nightgown up her legs, tummy, and chest before slipping it over her head and tossing it to the floor. He started caressing her breasts. Her hands began. Even the surprising events of the day before hadn't seemed to entirely still their suspicions. And now certainly didn't seem the moment to broach the subject."But anyhow," Igwanda was continuing, "Al pointed out that if we do get stranded somehow down here there's really not much point to the Ark going home anyway, and it's a pretty small risk compared to the ones we've already taken. We won't order him to do it, that's not right since it's just us and not part of Eden Rescue, but would you ask. She was 33 now…close to 34…and he was 15. By the time he was 20, she’d be 38. Not so bad. They’d call her a cougar…but hey, whatever, right? When he hit 30, she’d be 48…not so great. She might could hang on to him if they had k**s together…but when he was 40, she’d be pushing 60 pretty close. He’d be done with her. She’d end up being 60 and alone. Not so great at all. Honestly, she knew it would probably never work. She could no more hang on to this punk than she could lasso the. "Shall we stop by The Kitchen and get a bite to eat?" Yeah, Mom," Arlene said.A stunned Hope didn't even hear either of them as she sat clutching the bag containing the set of fine pencils that she was already beginning to cherish. A lone tear slid down her cheek. "Thank you, Diana. Thank all of you. I'll thank Jeff when we get back to ... uh, home. But I don't deserve this..." Welcome home, Hope."The lone tear was joined by others. Jennie, sitting beside Hope, pulled her younger sister into.