The timing was right, and if they hadn’t told Jesse, that was the most likely reason.“I think they’ll work it out. How are you?”“Good! Who w...s that girl?”“A new friend. Aunt Jess and Aunt Kara are talking to her.”“She’s pretty!”“Yes, she is! Did your moms say when you should go back to your house?”“After dinner,” Jesse said.“OK. Would you ask Aunt Bethany to make sure there’s a place for you at the table?”“I can do it! One for Nicholas, too! He came over with me!”He pushed the step stool over. I finally stood and stretched, "I need to find a place and sleep."Petre grinned and stood, "you stay with us until you find your way."I looked at his brother Jorge and he nodded as he stood. Petre turned to the steep stairs, "Cherry!"I looked at him and he grinned, "she will keep you warm."He looked at the girl, "maybe she can go with you when you leave."I looked at the cute girl, "go with me?"Petre shrugged, "her people have little use for females. Her father was going to drown her when her. 1.5 million miles from Earth, a large grey ship glides silently through the depths of space, carrying its slumbering cargo of passengers and supplies towards a newly verdant planet. The ship, The Eden, had left the overpopulated and polluted Earth 48 years earlier, the intrepid passengers volunteering to enter cryogenic sleep as the ship, piloted by its computers, shot through the silent depths of space towards mankind's greatest achievement. To create life had always been considered to be. "What are you doing, Tony?" she asked as curiosity overtook her natural shyness."I'm masturbating," said Tony, wondering why he hadn't covered himself over when Abi came in. "It helps keep my natural sexual urges under a bit of control ... or so Uncle Alan advised."As far as Abi was concerned what Uncle Alan said was fine by her, though she was a little surprised that Tony was doing it on his own, then again it wasn't something you could politely ask someone to do for you without trusting them,.