She’s away in dreamland now. Are you sure you want to do this?” Matt nodded fervently so I held my finger to my lips and beckoned him to follow me... I stopped at the bedroom door and carefully turning the handle, opened it a small way and peeked in. The light from the streetlamp outside was really quite good; I could see every fine detail of my beautiful Amanda, and very soon, so would Matt! Amanda had moved since I had left. She was still on her back, but now her left hand was up on the pillow. It was only on returning to our own space that we realised that humankind was under scrutiny from another alien species. Beverly didn't recognise them and openly admitted to me that she had by no means covered the whole universe in all her vast journeying."I don't know who they are Rube," she warned, "but they're out there well beyond Pluto. They've somehow managed to create a crude warping device but it's even more rudimentary and inaccurate than the Albatross. They've got no accurate. When she came back, she sat on her bed and looked first at Tim’s picture then at me. ‘You’re right. I can’t make this long distance thing work. I need more. I need a boyfriend who is here. If you think you can make him happy, then you should try.’ Her tone was even, without inflection. It was like a judge delivering a death sentence. I had what I wanted but now I only felt worse. All I could think about was how I was taking away her dream. She had been telling me about her boyfriend for months.. I knew then and there he was ripe for the picking, mine if I wanted him. It was a lovely feeling. I laid my head on his shoulder in an attempt to let him know I was truly interested. When the music ended, I held the position several seconds before stepping back from him. When I did step back, I looked up at him with my most innocent smile. “Why don’t we find a table instead of sitting at the bar?” I suggested, knowing if he went with me, I was in control. “Yeah,” he answered with some surprise,.