They were all staying with my grandparents who did live to far from my house. They were also very sporty so we got on well despite it only being the s...cond time I had met them due to living half way across the world from each other.Greg, Theo and I were always out playing football and as I was on holiday from my studies we would spend all day at the park. We would talk girls and they would be bragging about how many they had been with and what they had done, although I wasn't sure they were. The AI did not respond. Instead the door to the replicator opened up. Tatyana took the tray and followed me over to the small table we had been using for breakfast. I sat down as she approached.“I can’t believe you are eating so much,” Tatyana said.“I’m actually a bit surprised I am awake,” I replied. “You and the others have kept me very busy. It’s been good exercise.”Tatyana blushed. “Have you really enjoyed it?” she asked.“I’m not going to turn in my man card, so I have to say yes,” I said. Her research into polymers was published in several peer-reviewed journals, and she was making quite a name for herself as an expert in the field. And she was still the PILF for every male student in Freshman chemistry, and probably some of the female ones, too!Maria Cristina continued to flourish under the joint mentoring she received from Jessica, Kara, and me, and was making straight A’s as she worked to complete her undergraduate degree. She and I had worked hard to form a deep, intimate. I don’t. I toss myself into my work and when I am not at the office I toss myself onto the treadmill with music blaring loudly until I can’t take it anymore then I toss myself into bed for a night of fitful sleep. I keep driving the question out of my mind? Do I love Ben Sheppard? When it pops in and I don’t dismiss it out of hand, I come up with the same answer. No. No, I don’t. On Saturday, I wake up at six a.m. and immediately begin cleaning the house. It is already clean—I realize how.