We picked up casual partners at parties and bars every few months, mostly girls. It was fun, but we were pretty exclusive overall. No girlfriends or b...yfriends, you know? Anyway, when he proposed I was stunned. He did it at my graduation ceremony, and I kinda got caught up in the romance of it all. She laughed sharply. My mother was out of her skull with glee. Dad was definitely not. I imagined her parents reactions based on the video-chats we had had. I would meet them in person in at. “Good morning Mr. A.”“Well, since you know my name, you must have been here before. I’m sorry, but I don’t recognize you.”“No apologies necessary,” I said.I gave the proprietor my name and introduced Lisa to him. He gingerly shook her hand with all the expected pleasantries before turning and pulling my file from a cabinet that must have contained a thousand or so.“Okay Hank,” he said opening the file on the desk. “Looks like the last time you were here was about two years ago.”“That sounds. Ha! None of these thoughts now, not on our honeymoon! Tell me some exciting, something wonderful! Tell me about your plans for terraforming Mars again." Well, I've tested portal casting to 300,000,000 miles. Mars is definitely within range, even when its orbit is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth. The terraforming capabilities of the tesseracts are really so immense, the issues really come down to what you want to preserve, and what you want to change. I think the biggest issues are. Todd and I ran into the back of the limo as all the wedding guests cheered and clapped behind us. The driver shut the door and we took off into the night. Todd looked at me and kissed me lovingly. ‘I love you Mrs. Charlotte Lowenstein.’ I giggled and kissed him back. ‘Love you too.’ ‘Well, I can’t believe it’s all over!’ I had graduated high school only a couple months earlier and now here I was, a married woman. We were headed to a hotel near the airport where we would catch our plane to our.