“It is a portmanteau of ‘Chill out’ and ‘Relax,’ future Dad-in-law,” I responded.“Your son is very smart and well adjusted for being onl... 16,” Steven said to my Dad!“I already know that Daddy,” Melody said leaning over and giving him a kiss on the cheek.Our food arrived by two servers, a boy and a girl, with smiles from them both. Everything looked good, correct, and complete and they left us to eat.The conversation got quiet as we all ate.Afterwards, I paid the bill, Steven paying the tip, and. Now, not only was this a pleasant environment, but the people were totally unprepared for the overpowering they were to experience. They had lived in peace for so long they’d forgotten there were people in the universe who’d want what they had.“Osgar, you have done an outstanding job. This planet will make a perfect home for us for a million cycles and the people will make excellent, peaceful slaves. From here we can increase the size of our fleet and conquer this entire section of the galaxy.. She grabbed my hand and heldit. "I will be here for you. I won't let you go through this alone."My eyes started to well up. I hugged her and cried for a little. "Loveyou M." I said wiping the water from my eyes.She was absolutely right. I know I shouldn't let others define me, butit's such a scary thing to acknowledge. Change is hard for me. The ironyhere is that's all I do is change. Why is being myself such a hard thingto do???Topic Change! We started talking about Dalton. My handsome cute. But this morning she was timing everything to the second because of who she was reporting to. At 0855 on the second, she knocked firmly on his office door. “Enter” was all she heard.Technical sergeant Sullivan walked till she was 5 paces center front of his desk and stopped. Standing at attention, she snapped a salute off and said, “Technical sergeant Hannah Sullivan reports to the NCOA Commandant as ordered.”The Commandant, who was also looking at his watch, stood, returned her salute, and.