Tired of waiting for Jack to come to his house, Tommy made the gesture and ventured to Jack's. Everything seemed normal until Tommy mentioned Taylor."...eah, my sister's been sniffing around wanting to know when you're coming over to our house."Even though he was a 17 year old boy, Jack was able to control his own responses better than Taylor had hers."Oh yeah?" Jack replied. "Why?" I have no idea," Tommy said."Oh well, that's weird." I told her I thought she had a crush on you." Jack was dying. For Tom the scene had taken on the quality of a nightmare. Because his and Laura's fidelity had been so absolute, with neither of them even having flirted with anyone in six years, he had no defense against jealousy. And what he felt just then went far beyond jealousy, for the worst was happening right before him. Laura had forgotten him and was giving herself to another man.He heard a sound, a shift in breathing, and then the rustle of bodies changing position. He opened his eyes and almost. To his left were empty chairs and shops beyond that he noticed a shop that sold books, magazines, candy, and sodas. Justin got to thinking maybe he could find a book to read while he waited for the plane to board or at least something to eat. As he got close to the shop the shop keeper was giving him a weird look, it did not bother him he just wish people would understand besides his ‘dress blues’ all he had was his other Marine uniforms but they were hopefully in the plane by now. Just less. Slin's father Smin visited at Tira's clearing as they gathered for lunch on Sunday. He made it abundantly clear that he was immensely proud of his son for having gained membership in the Green Band, and even more proud that Slin had won the love of Tika, the most famous person in the world, but he was obviously intimidated by the whole group and only stayed for ten minutes.Part Three: Testing.May 19th, 2155At 4:07 Monday morning Jela was awakened by a priority call. She sat up and read her.