What she was not was ready for was whathappened to her once the party got going. She was not ready to bedrinking. She certainly was not ready to hav... a drug slipped into herdrink. She was absolutely not ready to find herself in a helpless,drugged state being held down on a bed, stripped of her clothes andraped by the star football player. She barely remembered the guys whopiled on afterwards.The next day, as she began to recover she was also not ready todiscover that no one would believe. "Yes! Yes, I will leave this place. Yes, I will come with you. Yes, I will share my life with yours."He dropped to a knee and took her hand in his."Snow Maid. Polina of the Frosts. Will you be my wife? Will you marry me?"She cupped his face in her hands."Yes."%%%They stood by the stone, each shaking; Bill in memory, Polina in fear.They had spent weeks planning and re-planning their journey. Their intent was to walk to Belushya Guba, the only settlement of any size on this forsaken spit of land.. .. and nothing!” She says laughing. We check out. I drive around until I find a diner that looks familiar to Mom. She jumps out of the car and almost runs inside. I follow her but not as excited; I’m so sleepy. Mom finds a booth that she is sure her and Dad have been in. When the waitress comes, we both say waffles together. She asks about drinks and syrups then heads to the kitchen. “So, if you love waffles so much, why do we eat pancakes so often?” Mom scoots over next to me. She reaches. " The voice came over the receiver."Hello Brak, or is it Numan? You are under arrest for the destruction of the 5th planet in this system as well as your home planet, Kytheria." I sent back knowing that all the androids would be able to hear this."What would you know of that planet? You are just a human from this world. And my name is Brak Distar!" He exclaimed, quietly I directed Al to try to find Braks' location."No, you were born on Kytheria, your name is Numan Distar, you took your own.