But..." he tilted his head a little, looking serious, " ... only if you let me buy your popcorn, okay?" Yeah. Sure, okay," I said, smiling with relief... I hadn't known what he was gonna say!"Good." Paul smiled down at me. "It'll be nice to watch the movie with someone else." Yeah," I agreed.We were sort of late getting into the movie, since that line for popcorn had been so long. Paul had got me a super large popcorn and a giant coke and even some of those sticky candies that get stuck in your. The kids wanted a show, and ooohed and aaahed as the women kissed and even sucked lips.“Collie, Joey, Beth. I want to tell all three of you too. I own the factory where both your moms work and I think they too have been approved for a new position in my organization. When we have all enjoyed our afternoon of oil and water, I want us to relax, maybe in Ethan’s apartment. I want you to call your moms and ask them to come home early. Tell them that they have new jobs offered them and they need to. My only real hope was that I could keep the bird up long enough to make it to the island and the bubble of clean air that existed there. I did my best to fix my problems as I pointed my nose landward. In seconds I crossed the invisible line and then things got even worse.My defensive radar system immediately picked up a hot signal and it warned me that somebody on the ground was tracking me. Being a hundred miles out, there was very little I could do about that except to put the pedal to the. When my shift ended, I headed back to the dorm and dialed Clarissa’s number for our agreed-upon once-per-week calls.“Petrovich!” she exclaimed when I said ‘hello’. “How are you?”“Good, Lissa. How are you?”“OK. I miss you already!”“Me, too. I actually wished you were here Monday night so we could talk.”“What happened?”“Actually, I should tell you about home, first. Janey and I had a final argument, I confronted Tasha’s dad, and I decided I’m not going home very often in the future.”“WHAT IS IT.