There was Jenny, who was Jake’s wife and quite proud of the fact. There was also Anne-Marie, of course, who was Jake’s girlfriend, or frankly more...of a maitresse, a mistress in the classic European sense. There was Raul Escobar, who was Jenny’s boyfriend. There was Lisa, who was Raul’s wife and an obvious reporter. There was Nadia, who was the ex-girlfriend of Jenny’s ex-boyfriend Manny. There were Marten and Nicole, the rather submissive parents of Anne-Marie.Then there were Jake’s sisters,. Jake held the book in one hand and crawled next to her with the other one. "Care if I share the pillow?" "No," she giggled as her head moved over to allow his next to hers. She turned her body slightly until her breast and thigh pushed against his hard body. He turned the page.************************************"December 31st.We went with Annie and Tim to the cabin to celebrate New Years Eve. As soon as Tim and I were alone he started kissing me and touching me all over. Annie and Bill were. Where Lindsey would have stoically endured being at the reception, Amber enthusiastically joined the fun. Just being with Amber made the reception fun for me, too. The only thing that could have possibly made the event better was if my buddy DJ had been there. She couldn’t make the wedding, because she was in Atlanta with her robotics club at some competition. I guess she was having fun though, what with ten colleges worth of geeks with whom to socialize.After the wedding, life bounced along. He might need to apologize for his jokes. Nah!Opening the airlock was a surreal experience. He flashed back on his prior encounter and marveled at how distant everything seemed. In his recollections and dream, everything was intensified. Now they looked ... plain. He knew he was seeing the stars much more intensely than anyone else, but it was less intense than what he’d witnessed before. Now he’d have to determine how this region appeared. Looking around, he didn’t notice anything standing.