As we got to know each other our friendship deepened, and soon we were going to the mess hall etc. together. On weekends we went into town to shop, or...have a few drinks and go to dances and pictures. She was 18, a couple of years younger than me, a few pounds overweight yet well proportioned much like Emma in a way. Because of her shyness she had led a kind of sheltered life really, so we had much in common as far as our social lives had been at home. Instead of going on to college or. ’ Sara smiled back and stepped away from the car to let Alex look at the damage. He studied the rear for a few moments and then moved to the corners. Sara could tell he was deep in thought because he had the same look on his face that he got when he was in Math class. ‘Well,’ Alex said coming around to the front of the car where Sara was standing. ‘Looks like you will need a new bummer, or at least get this one banged back out. Second, the left rear light is broken and there is some quarter. Fast up, fast down.”“How quick is the re-start?”“With the electric driver set we are looking at less than 5 seconds to travel 6 feet vertical”.“What is the current draw?”“Same as the electric pony. Remember we are only driving for a second each way.”“What about cooling?”“I looked into that. These are constant duty actuator motors. They handle approximately 120 cycles under full load. We are at ¼ load and doing, at most, 20 cycles in a 10-minute period. According to the charts, at that loading,. "Whatever happened last night, I would like to apologize for. I didn't know what I was doing." Lauren said with regrets in her tone. "Don't worry! Nothing happened, and everything is cool! " Justin said calmly Lauren whispered under her breath "Thank God!" "Okay, well, I have to get to class now." Justin said while walking off to his next period.The end of the day came around and Lauren approached Justin at his locker again. "Justin, I have an awesome idea!" she quickly said. Not letting Justin.