They also enjoyed a littlecake."You know we'll be eating cake tomorrow, too," Amber told Nicholas."We're having a party for Amber's birthday," Amanda ...aid. "All of herbuds from ballet class will be here." Then we're going to the mall to get my ears pierced," Amber said."You mean we're going to the mall to get our ears pierced," Nicholassaid."Your getting yours done too? Neat," Amber said. "I've picked out a pairof pink butterfly earrings. It would be neat if we could get pairs just. With women in charge, the world flourishes. Space is explored, and within 100 years, multiple colonies have been established on the Moon, and one on Mars. 162 years later, the first colony on Venus is constructed.Companies crumble as the world adopts a form of collectivism. Most of the world's food supply is grown on immense farms in Asia and Australia. Much of the world's supply of minerals comes from gargantuan mines in Australia and Africa. Most of the Earth's population lives in the. Now, I’ve never written in Adult Romance before (and have only read a few stories in the genre here on Lit) so am not sure what the expectations are. Let me be clear about this, then: it’s going to get explicit. VERY. Still romantic – or so I believe – but definitely 18+. Just sayin’. Now for those of you keeping track of my word count towards the 50K goal of #NaNoWriMo by the end of November, this chapter adds another 10K, for a total of ~25K. I’d have loved to say I’m half-way through, but. Elaine smiled, “ I’ve never been called a young lady before but I could get use to it.”“You’re my young lady.” He murmured bending forward and kissing her tenderly on the lips; her eyes closed and she kissed him back.Then silence.They both felt embarrassed.Dan, rather lost, turned to the radio and fiddled with the dial.“Must be something better to hear on this thing Elaine,”She too was flustered and gazed into the glass while sipping from it.Dan found some band music and sat down again.Elaine.