Then my mother made a suggestion that we didn't think of before.“Why don't you take each other? This is going to be the only time in your life when ...ou will be able to do something like this, and I don't want any of you looking back and wishing that you could have gone.”“We never thought of that mom.” I replied.Later on that evening we got together in Shane's room and mine and talked about it.“You know mom is right. We can go to the prom as each others date.” I started the discussion. “Yes, but. “We’ve already found that out, a mistake to keep your eye out for.”“Failure should not be tolerated,” Sergey says before downing the remainder of his drink. The Goji remains quiet as the man gets up and walks over to the bar to pour himself another glass. “I still don’t understand the purpose of using that joke of a terrorist group. I mean, if your council wants them eliminated, why not just do so?”“It would not have served a purpose,” the creature replies evenly. “We gave them opportunity to. She holds both my hands and pulls me close so that our bodies are touching and our lips meet and our tongues. She whispers to me to come with her and pulls me by the hand down the hall toward the bedroom. As we pass the light in the hall, I can see her better. She looks sofamiliar. Like someone I know...or do I? We enter the bedroom and I see the bed. It is bigger than I remember. It almost takesup the whole room. She pulls me over to it and sits me on the edge. She kneels on the floor. Others began arriving. I noticed families with kids and several adults in groups and in pairs. I heard a man’s voice say, “You’d better turn over or you’re going to burn.” I told him that I usually turn red quickly, but that I had sunscreen on where it needed to be. I thanked him. He turned away to talk to his friends, and then turned back toward me and offered me a water. I thanked him but told him that I had my own already. He apologized for disturbing me, but I assured him that I didn’t mind.