I heard my mom’s very firm voice as I left the house.“Elizaveta Petrovna, go to your room. I’ll be there shortly.”I got into my car, started i..., put in gear, and got the hell out of the driveway. The LAST place I wanted to be right now was anywhere in the blast radius. Mom and I had talked about this issue, and I was eighteen and she had more or less agreed that I had to make my own decisions. But Liz had only turned fifteen in March, and THAT was going to be a big concern for Mom. I thanked my. It was better during second year as she went the science route and her class mates were geeks and nerds like her.Intelligent and scientific minded but akward and inept when it came to social interaction. The second year was intense studying and she had little time to feel sorry for herself. Of course she could always quit and go home and she had considered it more than once, but in the second year she learned what a Science Officer aboard a vessel would do and what wondrous things might be. "I laughed at her small joke for a second but then got serious and caring. "I'm sorry. I know we crossed many lines. I had the time of my life and I have honestly been waiting for years for something like that to happen. Maybe a little more private." I shoot a glance toward Natalie. "Oh? And how did you picture your first time with me in your mind?" I don’t know… probably was bound to happen one of the times you come flying into my arms when you are having a tough time." I chuckle.She shot a. After that, I’m hoping that some of them would like to stay and help us transport many of these possessions to our other properties, and get everything put away. We’ll spend three hours at that and break for supper between the sixth and seventh hour. We’ll feed them a nice banquet, hopefully here in our newly-cleared ballroom, then politely bring the gathering to an end at the eighth hour or so. That would be a good time to talk to our gold draconian neighbor. Then we’ll spend two hours here.