After five minutes on a Nordic Ski machine I felt my lungs burning and my muscles aching. I slowed the pace, getting into a comfortable rhythm, and to...k a look around the room. Only about six people in there with me, and quite a lot of day-glo on show. I smiled to myself. I stayed on the skier for another ten minutes, building the pace toward the end. I was already bathed in sweat, but figured it was all for the best. I got onto the treadmill, and ran slowly, more of a fast walk. I needed to. I'm more than ready. I'm more than willing. I've been ready for a long, long time. Do you remember the day you first asked me to come over to your house to study?"I looked at her, confused. "You mean, the very first time? Back in eleventh grade?" Yes," she said. "It was the first day of eleventh grade and you asked me to come to your place and study." She gave me a shrewd look. "I knew what it meant when you asked a girl over to study. I knew the kind of studying that went on at your house.. "But watch this." (She) pushed a button on something which looked like a tablet or a handheld console and which laid on the kitchen desk. "The voice can be hers too." Damn ... what is this?" A reality alternating remote. RAR. I build it in my lunch breaks. It uses in its core a strange mineral from some meteroid. Had tested it a bit in the lab the last weeks. You can turn yourself and others into different looks and shapes. But also smaller changes are possible." (She) grabbed her boobs and. You are the most wonderful person who has ever come into mylife and I consider myself so lucky to have found you.I want nothing more than the chance to spend my life with you. Please know that no matter what life may have in store for us,no matter if we are apart -- I will always be with you. My love willalways surround you and you can always depend upon me.P.S. I haven't forgotten my promise.MarianneLeaving the note on the kitchen table where Lisa would easily find it, Marianne quietly slipped.