. a pilot is what I am. I don't know what else I could do. If I switched to intra-system ferry runs, I'd actually have less time at home and statistic...lly it's more dangerous than fold-space."I heard a sniffle from the other end of the line. "Hex, I'm sorry to do this to you on the phone, but I couldn't bear to see you again just to say... 'it's over.' So I gotta do it this way. It's over, Hex. Maybe one day, if we're both still unattached..." Oh, Katy..." I tried to think of something more to. From that point on, it became a Herculean task to coordinate any kind of get together where all four of us would be in one place at the same time."The double date that didn't end," finally had.The worst part came when Tracy and Connor tried to forcibly recreate the magic of our old group dynamic—but with new people. They constantly invited us out on double dates with whatever random idiot they were seeing in a given week. It never took, of course—chiefly because neither of our friends ever. Then I hit the mascara and got my eyelashes nice and long. I puffed on abit of blush and then finalized my handiwork with a bit of bright redlipstick. When I looked at my reflection, I felt a bit of a nervoustwitch just looking at myself. All it had taken was a bit of makeup andI was now that much hotter.My thoughts swirled for a moment as I looked at the cute girl reflectedback at me. I was going to go out and pick up a guy! It was like somekind of crazy dream, and yet I knew I was going to go. I know it's very early in your relationship, but could you arrange for him to have dinner with us sometime soon? I'm sure Lars would like to talk to him too." Mom, that's kind of weird. We've only been on two or three real dates, depending on how you count them. But, if you insist ... Maybe we could wait a couple of weeks first, though? Just to sort of let things settle into place a little bit." Yeah, I suppose," Olga said. "I don't want to seem too pushy. You may not realize it yet, but you're.