I’m in Boston. The Senator is in Washington, D.C.”“I can get you there in about four minutes and twenty seconds. Approximately. At least, I thin... I can. All the tests have been positive.”“What? ‘Beam me up, Scotty.’ ... Like that?” Chris was incredulous.“Exactly like that, Chris. But the jump radius is limited to the area that the satellite can see.”“Satellite? What kind of resources do you have, ummm ... Io?”“Well, I don’t mean to brag, but I control everything that has any kind of computer. I. We begin to dress our coffee at the condiment counter adding sugar in the raw and a splash of milk. We sit at a table across from one another connecting our hands. Her hands are so soft as we talk about our relationship over coffee and where it is going. Lori and I decide to take the relationship to the next level. We start to talk about the future together.We arrive in the parking lot and get back to the dorm. I'm told to grab her suitcase and carry it for her. I open the door for Lori again. The Lady slipped my jacket off, and standing beside me, set a largehandbag on the counter."Now, let's get you fixed u," she said. Taking out an assortment of makeup, she proceeded to outline, and then paint my lips with a scarletlipstick, then shined them with some type of gloss. Added mascara,eyeliner, and rouge to my cheeks. She applied it heavy and thick, likeshe was painting a canvas not a face, watching her in the mirror Ithought it looked so clownish, but it was me. I was opening my mouth. It was entirely possible that things wouldn’t work out at all. And yet, she wasn’t worried about that, either.“Okay,” she said. “I have to tell you some things.”“Is the wand making you tell me?” he asked, instantly.“No, but you need to understand. If we’re going to make it through this, you have to understand.”“Understand what?”“If you’ll be quiet long enough to let me tell you, you’ll find out!” she snapped.He looked hurt, but she didn’t worry about it.“I think the wand affects the user, as.