We have another friend in class who is telling me to ask her out, and then also telling her to ask me out. Finally I step up decide to ask! One night... we went and got burgers and some cheesecake (she likes cheesecake) and went to the beach to eat; I had it all pictured in my head! Well it was Feb and in the evening but it was so cold my jaw was literally shaking, and im from the north!! I quickly grab the bbq sauce for my burger and try to wolf it down.....turns out it was the strawberry sauce. ”Byrn saluted and ran back to the town to gather his men. Next, I had to address Ulf’s incompetence.“Seize him,” I commanded.There was only one person to whom I could be referring to. Two of my guards stepped towards Ulf, hands on the hilt of their swords. Ulf wailed in dismay and fell to his knees. The guards hauled him to his feet, each man twisting one arm behind his back and holding it there. Sigurd undid Ulf’s swordbelt and handed it to me still in its scabbard.“Ulf Ingolfson,” I. The Pill changed everything. I was not going to get pregnant unless I wanted to. And we only had sex in our enclosed little group, which limited the chances of getting a social disease. I figured this out when I saw a report that my Mom had left out; the doctor reporting that I had no STDs whatsoever. Of course there were the noan-bots that I signed up for that cruised my bloodstream looking for those social diseases and zapping them, but that was later when I was in college.That just leaves. ”Ashley moved to my left and slipped an arm under my left elbow. Lenore claimed my right as we walked to the gravity elevator.“This is nice,” Lenore said with a sigh. “Mark, you’re right, we need more time together.”“I’ll try,” I said. “But I want to show everyone that I can command a ship, so I have to put in long hours for a while.”“Just remember to work smart,” Ashley said. “If all you do is work hard, you’ll play into the hands of those who say you’ll fail.”“Fair advice from a fair lady,” I.