Building a CAP Based FutureChapter 75 Another Post Pickup Battle
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I took my time in the showers. Most of my teammates spent little time under the water before dashing off to their lockers. Maurice saw me standing under one of the showers and shook his head.
"Dude!" he shouted. "We're heroes. They even announced how it was a stunning upset over the loudspeakers before the varsity took the field. You should be out there scoring a few dates."
Laughter rang out in the locker room. Jason walked over to the showers. He was already dressed. My friend was shaking his head from side to side as he continued to smirk. "Dude? Did you not see his girl?"
"She was just toying with us!" Derek shouted back as I turned around and grabbed the shower faucet. I turned the water off as my teammate continued. "There is no way a goddess like her is with a high school freshman."
I moved to leave the tiled shower area. Jason was smirking as he looked over at Derek. "Prepare for disappointment," Jason affirmed. "Lenore is most definitely Mark's..."
My friend paused. "Mark, how should we define Lenore? Should we call her a sex toy? I mean you get sex whenever you want, right?"
I laughed as I opened my locker and pulled out a towel. "Would you call Letty a sex toy?" I asked.
A fist slammed into a locker. The rest of the locker room was eerily quiet as I put the towel away and began pulling some clothing out of the locker. "She's not a slut!" Jason shouted.
"I didn't call her that," I said to Jason. "And that wasn't the question I asked."
"Fuck you," Jason said tonelessly. "I didn't, but I guess I also answered the question didn't I. Letty is far more than a sex toy to me, and I bet Lenore is the same for you."
I laughed as I pulled on a pair of jeans. "Of course," I replied. "Who wants to have their girl be too dumb to talk to? I like that Lenore and Ashley can challenge me mentally."
"Dude!" I heard someone shout. "You don't fuck a girl for her brains."
"You can't spend your whole life in bed having sex!" I shouted back.
"Might be fun to try that?" Jason responded wistfully. There was silence for a moment and then a heavy sigh. "Nah, I enjoy being with Letty, but there is more to life than sex."
I had finished pulling on my jeans and grabbed a clean shirt I had stashed in my locker. Adrian gave off a loud theatrical moan. "Complain, complain," he hissed. "You are getting laid. Why are you complaining about that?"
"I wasn't," Jason replied as he walked up to the locker and threw his pads inside. My friend was dressed except for his feet. He sat down to pull some socks from his locker. "I was making a statement. Mark is right; I wouldn't enjoy staying in bed forever."
"But its sex!" Adrian moaned again.
"Sex isn't the only thing," I called back as I pulled some socks on. "Heck, in a relationship that's going to last I don't think you could say it's the most important thing."
"What is then?' Maurice said. "I mean we hear you have two girls, and you had two cheerleaders tackle you as you came off the field after the game."
"One of those cheerleaders is my younger sister," I reminded Maurice
"What?" Claus roared. "You're a freshman, are you claiming you have a twin sister and didn't tell us."
I sighed. "No, she skipped some grades."
"You should have introduced her to us," Claus continued.
"She's underage," I said.
"So?" Claus repeated.
"And she's interested in girls," I finished. "In fact if things work out the way she hopes, she already has someone to be with."
"Dude," Claus moaned, disappointment dripping from his voice. "And I'm guessing the other cheerleader who hugged you was yours."
"Not yet," I said. "She skipped a grade as well, and is underage."
"Dude!" Claus snapped. "You have two babes already. Why not toss her my way?"
I said nothing as I pulled my shoes on and began tying them. The silence in the locker room finally receded as my teammates began excitedly talking about the parties that would be going on after the varsity game ended. As I finished tying my second shoe, Jason nudged me in the ribs.
"You didn't jump down Claus' throat," he observed.
"Do you think it would have done any good?" I asked.
"No," Jason admitted as I stood up. He stood up immediately and pointed toward the student entrance to the locker room. "I heard we have to exit this way and walk around the stadium to the regular entrance."
"Your parents await!" I said pompously. "Let's go."
Jason and I started laughing as we walked toward the exit. When we reached the door we found Maurice waiting for us. "Got a moment?" he asked.
I shrugged as Jason waved his hand. "Can we walk to the entrance?" Jason asked. "I want to watch the cheerleaders perform."
Maurice snorted. "Sure, start boning a senior and you become all big and everything."
Jason laughed. "Of course. Do you know any other freshman who has a woman sharing their bed every night?"
Maurice stumbled as we continued to walk. "Every night?" he asked.
"Letty was disowned by her family after Bart attacked her," I said. "She moved in with Jason's family right after that and is now staying in Jason's bed every night."
"And his parents don't mind?' Maurice asked.
Jason sighed. "Dad was killed years ago. Mom says she can't really complain since she's got a boyfriend and a girlfriend sleeping in her bed."
Maurice stumbled again. This time I had to grab him to keep him from falling on his face. "Are you okay?" I asked.
Maurice struggled to his feet. He gave me a look that was full of disbelief. "Are you kidding?" he asked. "First, even before the game you show off a lovely lady and tell everyone that she's more than a friend. After the game you have cheerleaders hugging you and we find out that the one cheerleader every boy on the JV team would love to fuck has been your lover for months. Then Jason there tells us that he has tamed one girl who seemed to hate men and has even convinced her to be a cheerleader and live with him. If that isn't enough, Jason's mother is living with two lovers? Dude, that sounds like some teenage boys fantasy."
I laughed. "It does, doesn't it? It also happens to be true. I'd try to tell you that I don't find it strange, but that would be a lie. I can say I feel very lucky."
"You are far more than lucky," Maurice muttered as we reached the entrance to the grandstands. The girl taking the tickets recognized us and waved us through, marking our names off on a list she carried.
"It's a lot more work than you might think," I informed Maurice. "Ashley and Lenore are wonderful women, but they also need to be reassured that I care for them regularly. I also had to put a lot of hours into getting into shape for football. During the summer I really only had a couple of days I wasn't busy from dawn until well after the sun went down."
"But you got to!" Maurice started to shout.
I quickly held up a hand. "Cuddle with a beautiful woman?" I finished for him. "Earn the respect and trust of a special person who wants to make me happy? Please don't admit you were going to be coarse or crude."
Maurice glared at me. "Look all I want to know is why you are complaining. Everything I'm hearing says that you get to spend time with beautiful women. You get to see them naked. You get to touch them when they are naked."
"It's a trial," I said with a huge mock sigh.
Jason started to laugh. Maurice joined him as we reached the steps to the grandstands and climbed them. We ended up at the front of the grandstands looking back at the crowd. Angelique immediately started waving at me.
Lenore and Angelique were sitting with Jason's family. They had taken seats in the top corner of the grandstands. I could see Lenore bend down to whisper something to Angelique. The little girl who called me Unca Mark climbed over a seat to reach a clear aisle and immediately started running for the stairs.
"Gotta run," I said. I dashed over to the stairway and started climbing it slowly. I spread my arms as Angelique reached the stairs and ran down them at a completely unsafe speed. She launched herself at me from about three stairs away and I gathered her into my arms.
"Unca Mark!" the girl cried happily. "Mommy said you were a hero during the game."
"I played well," I admitted.
"Well?" I heard Jason say from behind me. "Dude, you were involved in all the big defensive plays."
I smiled and hugged Angelique. "It was fun, but holding this child in my arms is special. Football is just a game."
Jason laughed and walked around me. I followed him up the stairs until we reached the row just below the top of the stadium. I could see Becky, Beatrice and Morgan waving. Jessica was sitting next to them, her arms crossed as she smiled.
"You just had to accept a hug from my concubine," she said cheekily.
"She's not your concubine yet," I pointed out as Angelique started to squirm. I set the girl down and she ran down an empty row of seats and then climbed up to sit next to her mother.
"She will be," Jessica said. "She wants to be, and I'm going to get the score necessary to allow me to have four concubines. I want to give her something special."
"It's all she wants," I admitted as I started to follow the route Angelique took. Jason decided to sit down next to Jessica.
"How did we look?" he asked.
"Better than the sophomores who started the game," Morgan said. "Once they put you in they stopped getting huge yardage on every running play. It was a good game."
Jason snorted as I made my way past Becky and Beatrice. Both ladies put a hand on my arm as I passed.
Jason seemed to ignore the interaction. "Mark was the one who made the big plays."
"You made it possible," I said. "Without you there I probably would have been getting blocked. The lead blockers they were using kept having to double-team you which meant no one was getting to the second level to move me out of the way."
Morgan laughed. "He's right. It's a team game. Once you were in the game, the offense had to account for you which made it easier for the rest of the team."
I nodded as Lenore reached out to put her arms around me. "My hero," she said dreamily.
I stepped over the bank of seats to join her by sitting to her left. Angelique was sitting to her right, where Becky was now holding her. "I just wanted to play the game." I said.
"You played well," Lenore said. "And I know Ashley is going to want to reward you once the varsity game is over."
I leaned over and put my lips close to her ears. "You do realize that I feel rewarded just because I'm with both of you. I don't deserve you."
Lenore coughed. "I believe I get to decide what you deserve. And I can say that you definitely made a difference during the game. Even the stadium announcer noticed."
"I just played the best I could," I said.
I felt hands begin to undo my belt. I tried to fight them off, but Lenore giggled and whispered. "Stop. People will notice."
"And they won't notice what you are doing?" I whispered back.
"They might," she admitted as she got my belt unblocked and proceeded to unfasten my jeans. "But they won't know for sure. Lean back and relax."
I shook my head and leaned back against the back wall of the grandstands. Lenore pushed my jeans down from my hips, revealing my penis. It was a bit limp due to my nervousness. I watched as Lenore stood up and then lowered herself into my lap. She lifted her skirt and I could feel her naked ass rubbing against my cock, which immediately started to harden.
"Lenore," I hissed. "Your daughter is next to me and we are in a stadium where there are more than a thousand others who might see."
"Becky and Beatrice will distract my Angel," Lenore said as she twisted her body so she could whisper in my ear. "And from below it just looks like I'm sitting in your lap. I am wearing a long skirt."
My cock continued to harden as Lenore rocked back and forth. She sighed as my cock continued to stiffen. I was wondering what else she might be planning when she lifted her ass away from my body for a moment. I felt a hand on my cock and then she lowered her body. This time my hard cock was guided to the entrance to her pussy. The position we were in made full penetration difficult, but the head of my cock parted her pussy lips.
Lenore sighed. "Yes, exactly what I wanted."
"You wanted to get involved in something public?" I hissed quietly.
Lenore giggled and leaned back against me. My cock was pressed against the front of her pussy as she gave me a kiss. "No silly. I wanted to be able to show you just how much you mean to me. I'd do anything to please you."
"I'm not sure this pleases me," I muttered. "I can picture what the coaches and principals will do if I'm caught."
"You won't be," Lenore said with a giggle. "There is a reason we choose this spot."
"We?" I asked.
"Morgan got Bea and me during the first game. He missed halftime completely," Becky said with a giggle.
I shook my head. "And Angelique didn't notice?"
Becky giggled again. "She's with Jessica. Jess just walks her down the steps so she can visit with Ashley and Letty. You're safe."
"Unless someone turns around," I muttered as Lenore started to slowly bounce on my cock.
Lenore ignored my comment and started rocking just a bit more. "Mark?" she said shyly.
"It sounds like you have a nasty question to ask me," I said carefully.
"Not nasty, but..." Lenore began. "Mark, do you really want Ashley to be pregnant when she graduates?"
"I think it is something she needs," I admitted. "She's a bit nervous about our relationship."
"Why would she be?" Lenore asked. "It's clear to anyone who looks that you adore her."
"But that's just it," I said. "I've heard the sophomores on the team talk. Ashley wins the vote for most beautiful by a huge margin. She knows that she's pretty, but that means she always will wonder if a man is with her only for her looks."
Lenore sighed as she continued to pump her body up and down on my cock. "I guess that make some sense, but how will getting her pregnant fix that?"
"It's more that I'm telling her that she's that important to me. I see her as more than a quick fuck. I want to create something lasting. I want the same thing with you," I admitted.
Lenore moaned lovingly. "Me too. That's what I wanted to ask. Will you get me pregnant at the same time?"
"We can definitely try," I admitted.
"Would you get me pregnant tonight?" Lenore asked in a little child's voice as her pussy squeezed my cock.
"Lenore!" I gasped as her sudden tightness got my cock to start spurting semen into her womb. "I thought you were on the pill."
Lenore giggled as her pussy milked my cock. "I am, but if you wanted I'd go off the pill."
"Not tonight," I said. "I don't mind if you want children, but I should be a few years older first."
"Or picked up by the Confederacy," Lenore pointed out. "If that happens will you get me pregnant?"
The rest of the night was not very exciting. Lenore was inside the restaurant for at least ten minutes. We sat quietly while we listened to the cries of anger coming from within the restaurant. The patio was not an exit, so we saw no other customers except the two women who had collapsed out on the patio shortly after the barrier had been removed. What we could hear made it clear that several married women had tried unsuccessfully to be picked up, and their husbands were not pleased. Lenore...
When Ashley led me from the television room that night, I think I finally realized that my thoughts about just how crazy things might become had been wrong. Just the rumor of and few released reports about the Sa'arm invasion had been enough to get four hundred women into that room based on a very faint promise of protection. They had submitted to a televised humiliation on little more than a rumor and trust in the government. I was determined not to let the show upset me too much, but that...
Jason was holding up his CAP card. Leticia exploded out of her chair with a loud cry of pure joy. She tackled Jason. They fell to the floor as the young woman covered his face with kisses. Ashley looked down at the couple. She kicked playfully at her brother's leg. "You scared us!" "I scared myself," Jason admitted. "Even knowing that I should score well, I was stunned by how often I couldn't answer one of the questions quickly. And the scenes I had to move through. You ever try to...
I allowed Jason to lead me into the training center. We found Ashley standing near the service counter, chatting merrily with the young woman standing there. I was surprised to see that the woman was wearing what looked like a combination of military uniform and space suit. Ashley noticed us and waved. "Mark! Lieutenant Marakova here tells me that she's received transfer orders," Ashley called out. Jason and I walked up to meet the woman. "You're not going to be here longer?" I asked...
Ashley jumped behind me, putting her hands on my shoulders. I reached up with my right hand to stroke her right arm. "Ashley, I don't think that's helping," I said. Ashley's mother glared at me, but quickly turned to concentrate on her daughter. "Ash, why are you hiding behind Mark? You came here to get tested. I'm not going to punish you for your score." "I agreed to have Mark take me," Ashley said. "My score isn't good enough, but his is." "What?" Beatrice squawked....
Becky picked up most of us. Matilda and Kelsey were riding home with us for the first time all week. Becky noticed as they jumped into the minivan. "I have extra passengers," she said. "I'm glad I didn't bring Angelique. She wanted to come" "Awww," Kelsey and Matilda said in unison. "We wanted to see her." "I haven't gotten to play with her all week," Kelsey added. "You choose to go home with Jessica," Jason pointed out. "Well," Kelsey said. "I don't go home with...
I stood up and walked toward the door, leaving my unfinished drawing on the easel. Jessica gave a cry of annoyance, as I walked away. I heard her easel crash to the floor behind me as I left the building. Outside, I walked a few feet from the door and then turned around. A couple minutes later Jessica stormed out of the classroom. She walked right up to me and slapped me across the face. "How can you embarrass me like that!" she hissed. I said nothing. Instead I pointed to a bench set far...
Sergeant O'Malley stepped to the center of the room and looked at me. "Son," he said. "You have to be one of the bravest fools I've ever met. Did you just tell this man that you wanted to make a sex slave out of his daughter?" "No," I replied firmly. "I told him that I would protect his daughter and love her. In my home she will be a partner, someone who can assist me in raising our children and providing a happy and enriching environment for all who live there." The Sergeant...
The incident with Hillary left everyone a bit skittish for the rest of the trip. Sunday we packed the vans early and headed for home. Lenore was a bit worried that I would blame Angelique for some reason. I kept telling her that it seemed more a case of bad timing and a desperate woman. The others seemed to feed off of my indifference. The initial drive back to the hotel had been tense as everyone in the van looked over their shoulders. I had taken the front passenger seat, but made sure to...
Jason and I walked over and sat on the ground with our teammates. One of the sophomores looked over at me. I realized that it was Derek Goodman, one of the starting defensive tackles. He looked over at Maurice. "You brought a couple of freshmen over." "Why not?" Maurice replied. "They put more effort into practice than most of the sophomores. I expect them to make a difference on the field." "Not if Lucas and Terrence have their way," the other sophomore said. I realized it was...
The varsity game ended in a huge loss for the upperclassmen. The crowd actually started to get uneasy with half of the fourth quarter still to play. Several recent graduates and parents started shouting at the players, cursing them for their poor play. It got bad enough that the faculty advisor for the cheerleaders sent them away from the field with two minutes left in the game. The exodus of the cheerleaders signaled to Morgan that it was time for our group to make its way out of the...
Fortunately, the rest of the protest was rather peaceful. My brother stopped the few anarchists who had shown up hoping to use the protest as cover for some robbery attempts. Jason, Ashley, and I found that someone had already warned people on the route of the march. Buildings were closed, and many had placed boards over their windows to protect them. The three-mile march proved to be no more strenuous than a weekend jog. Jason was the first to notice that the marchers were having trouble...
The next two hours were a blur of exercise and pain. Sergeant O'Malley never broke a sweat as he first had everyone run around the clearing while he promised to train us to fight and then he proceeded to show us a series of dirty tricks and holds we could use to disable an opponent. When Jessica, Jason, Morgan and I were too tired to continue, he had us lay down while he took the ladies around and showed them how to break free from any hold a person might try. It was exhausting, but at the...
The game ended up being a bit of a snooze. Carolina's defense created three touchdowns before the second quarter was half over and then cruised to the ending. The halftime show was loud, but otherwise forgettable. Angelique and Erica both ended up falling asleep during the third quarter. Angelique climbed into her mother's lap to sleep. I ended up with Erica in my lap. I had spent almost no time with the young lady, but she was smiling in her sleep. Thomas tried to stay awake. He...
The rout of Constance seemed to signal an end to any disturbances for lunch. Maurice hung around for a while at the other table in the courtyard, staring at us, but saying nothing as Jason and I cuddled with our girls and listened to Jessica bragging about how good the freshman cheerleaders would be this year. I had to laugh at that since Kelsey, Matilda, Kathy and Millicent had all made the cheerleading squad. Jason seemed a bit preoccupied, but volunteered nothing about his brief...
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The rest of that first week of school quickly established a number of patterns. It started that night when Jason and Letty arrived home just after eight. Both were smiling. Neither one was willing to fully explain what had occurred over the dinner they had with Jana, however, the conversation that evening was interesting. It started when Jason knocked on the door at the top of the basement stairs. Ashley, Lenore, Angelique and I were downstairs playing a game of Chutes and Ladders. I had...
After the morning break we had to head to German. Jason was clearly unhappy with the prospect of seeing Miss Kirke, if that was her real name now that we had discovered her previous occupation. However, Letty convinced him that missing class would only alert her to the fact that her activities had been discovered. My sister grabbed his arm as we walked from the courtyard. "I'll protect you," she whispered just loud enough for Jason and me to hear. "I'm sure Kelsey and Kathy will help as...
The television switched back to the same newsroom we had been viewing earlier. The same anchor now had a visible stack of notes in front of him, but was looking at a teleprompter. "Hello again, this is Martin Sherman, and I'm anchoring the lead-in to tonight's Defense Forces Special as some people are now calling it. This show is here to demonstrate how someone with a six point five CAP or higher will select his companions. We have been told that this is actually more organized than most...
My fears for my father's reaction proved to have understated just how mad he would be. The man destroyed every wedding picture he got his hands on and ripped all of my mother's clothing to shreds that night after Mrs. Roberts brought Matti and me home. Ashley did whisper to me that she had left her phone number with Lenore. The sad woman had tried her best to do a great job as a waitress while the group of us ate in stunned silence. We heard nothing from her for the rest of the week, and...
I muted my cell phone. "Everyone is fine with this correct?" I asked. Letty giggled. "It sounds like you'll have fun. I'll stay out for the most part. I'm Jason's sex slave and should be seen naked and at his feet." Ashley laughed. "Oh, that's so wrong its right. I agree though. Mark, it should be mostly you with Jason, Jessica, and Morgan offering the most support. We already know it will probably be about you." "This song is not about me," I said firmly. "I never thought...
My weekend passed quickly. Not from a time perspective, but from a feeling that I never was able to give Ashley, Lenore, Angelique, Kelsey and my friends all the attention and time they deserved. A huge part of me was feeling a bit frustrated when we returned to school on Monday for Homecoming week. We had heard that the freshman were going to have a float for the homecoming parade and game on Friday, but Jessica and I had been unable to find out who was organizing the efforts. Jason...
I let everyone know about the reappearance of my brother. No one was very worried about him. Mike had proved to be a coward. The only worry was that he might try to catch one of the girls alone. Morgan used some contacts he had through his construction work and a week later gave everyone in our group pepper spray canisters. School continued. The teachers were increasingly distracted though, and the lessons suffered. Some of the teachers spent most of their time trying to chat up the students...
The next morning, I found myself wrapped up on my now unzipped sleeping bag with a young girl hanging on each side of me. I was dressed in boxers for sleep while my sister and her best friend had found long t-shirts they used to cover their bodies. They each had a hand on my chest and my hands were resting on their hips as we cuddled under a blanket. Absently I gave each of them a few tender rubs before I sat up and turned the alarm off. Kelsey shifted and growled in annoyance, but neither...
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We arrived at the airport on time. The flight had been quiet once the attendants brought dinner around. Lenore got out of her seat to help Angelique cut up her meal. Other than that there was little movement of people within the cabin. Morgan stood up when we landed. "We have ten rooms reserved at the hotel. I've called ahead to let the hotel know we are coming so check in should go smoothly. There are no plans for tonight, but tomorrow we can explore the city." "Universal Studios!"...
Jason lived up to his promise in the second half. He not only recorded two more sacks, but on the last one, stripped the football and then managed to recover the bouncing ball and run it in for a touchdown. Everyone on the defense was patting his helmet when he walked over to the sideline still carrying the football. "Take it easy," Coach Grisham told him. "There are only two minutes left in the game. We'll let the backups play." I walked over to the benches. Jason followed me. He...
My thoughts after the pickup proved true. Ashley and Lenore rarely let me leave their sight during the days leading up to the New Year. Jason and Jessica had the same issue. A simple plan to go for a run in the park quickly became an organized march as their companions demanded to go with them. Becky was the worst. She clung to Morgan. Beatrice had called their employer and tried to explain the issues, but was not sure she was successful. She succeeded in getting Becky a week off without...
I held Ashley close. There was a musical chime coming from the backpack at her feet. She giggled and looked down at it. "Mark, that's my cell phone. Can you grab my bag?" I shifted to the left so I could use my left hand to reach the bag. My right hand Ashley held pinned against her pussy. She was rocking gently against my hand as I picked up her bag and lifted it to the table. Once it was on the table Ashley dug through a side pocket to find her phone. "It's Mom!" she exclaimed as...
It must have been only a moment, but I came awake with my arms wrapped around Ashley. She was lying there senseless. I pushed my body off hers and rolled to the side. Once we were lying next to each other, I began offering loving kisses. "Will it always be like that?" Ashley asked with a sigh. "I wish it will be," I replied as I held her. "That was just about perfect." "I know," Ashley said as she put her arms around me and squeezed me. "I never expected that." "I love you," I...
Ashley and I were quiet on the drive home. We were pulling into the driveway at my place when Ashley quietly asked. "Mark? Should we have offered her a chance to leave Earth with you?" "No," I said firmly. "There was no connection. Both of us think Kelsey is sweet and adorable. With Lenore it seemed like we came to the same conclusion about her sadness. And we know they get along with each other. I liked that Connie was willing to help when I had to intervene in the fight at the store,...
Chastity followed me as I walked over to the table. When I stopped to look around the room I could see a very nervous look on her face. “Problem?” I asked. “That orientation makes the ship seem very complex,” Chastity said. “It is. It has to be in order to allow us to travel into space,” I replied. “But I can’t even understand why I have the CAP to be a citizen. I always hated fighting. My parents were always fighting. I got into acting because there was a small theater group in my...
The rest of the weekend was in some ways idyllic. After we finished eating the pizza, Mrs. Roberts drove us home, stopping to drop off Walter. Jessica called her father, and had one of his employees come to pick up Kathy, Millie, and her. They promised to try to spend more time with us. Mr. Cunningham told us he would be showing up later before driving away from Harrard's. I rode home with Mrs. Roberts. Ashley let me know that she was not excited by the idea of spending a night in a cold...
"Your father is trapped in the Ukraine?" Becky asked. "That's what he told me last night," I said. "He said some kind of intelligence agency arrested Valery and he lost some of the paperwork required to leave." "Why the tour then?" Jason asked. "I guess the band owes the unions some favors," I said. "My father said they would make sure he can travel back here with the band. Supposedly they use a choir and he'd be part of it when they fly here." "Your father sings?" Jason...
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Morgan's question stuck with me for the next two hours as we wandered the mall. Beatrice had handed out cash to everyone when we first arrived and told us to spend it as we pleased. Angelique had been given a twenty and begged to be shown where she might purchase a teddy bear. I found a children's store and took Angelique inside as my friends scattered throughout the mall. Angelique wandered the entire store, gazing longingly at a couple of the dolls before heading over to an area filled...
We loaded the suitcases onto the bus quickly. Once the bus was full, I informed the driver that we were going to head to breakfast. He said that he would park around the corner. Maurice, Jason, and I headed over to the restaurant. We arrived at the entrance and found that the rest of our group had already been seated. The hostess agreed to lead us to the private room where everyone was. I lagged behind the others as the hostess led us through the restaurant. Several of the patrons looked at...
We found the ramp and began making our way up the spiral. Ashley had her phone to her ear. "Yes, I know about it. I was filming ... No, I didn't put my video on YouTube." "Sooner," Lenore and I said in unison. "Look, we're trying to get to our seats," Ashley said. "No one here is hurt or anything." "No one?" I asked as I looked over my shoulder. Lenore giggled. "Morgan told us about how this security company has been known to try to shake down some of the luxury box ticket...
It was about nine when I finished my studying for the night. I was preparing a list of food items that could be hidden in the tree house when my father came home. He was shouting about untrustworthy politicians and corrupt bureaucrats. It was clear that the conference call had not provided the results he and his friends had hoped for. I went to sleep listening to him rant at Mother. The next morning Father was sitting at the breakfast table when I came down after my shower. He glared at me...
The ground under the treehouse was hard and my right ankle protested the abrupt landing. I fell forward, putting my hands on the dirt, and dropping the bag containing the washcloths. A small cloud of dust billowed up. I inhaled some of the dirt and started coughing. Above me I could hear Ashley laughing. She waited for me to stop coughing and then shouted. "I'll take stupid human tricks for fifty." "It was fun!" I protested as I stood up and began brushing dirt from my shirt and...
Ashley was the first to exit the mall, but I caught up to her as we came around the building and could finally see the small seating area for the outdoor café. Her mother was sitting quietly at a table sipping from a cup as she scanned something on a tablet. We could see Jason approaching from the other side. All three of us managed to reach the table at the same time. Mrs. Roberts did not look up. "I set up a pizza delivery back at the house in forty-five minutes," she told us as she...
The system was in standby as I turned the chair back to the front. I reached down to call up a replay of the engine repair when I felt a hand grasp the back of my chair. “Yes?” I asked. “Is it always like that?” Captain Prescott asked. “The simulations are supposed to be the absolute worst possible sequence,” I replied. “And the time is compressed a bit. I really doubt we could enter a system get into a fight, scan a planetoid as well as a Sa’arm controlled planet and escape in just under...
I waited for the door to close and then released a massive sigh. Tatyana immediately put her arms around me. “That was hard on you,” she observed. I feel like I’m the only sheep in a room filled with hungry wolves. There are quite a few members of the crew that would do their best to replace me if they thought I’d fail,” I replied as I stood up. “Never let them see you sweat?” Tatyana said. “Basically,” I agreed as I stood up. “AI, you can power down this room until the next training...
The next two hours were spent quietly monitoring the ship’s systems as we continued to crawl towards Yulara and the orbital station. Blaine and I said little as we watched the one prototype ship circle its target. Only two more attack runs were attempted and one confirmed Kelsey’s comments about the weapon’s short range. The ship fired from what appeared to be about twice the distance as the first run only for every shot to fade away before they reached the moon. Blaine repeated his thanks...
The instant the door closed, Ashley jumped up and waved to me. "Come take a seat Mark." "Ladies should be the ones sitting," I said carefully as I walked over and gave her a hug. "Humor me?" Ashley said coyly. I was surprised by how childish and adorable she sounded. She was rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet, so I sat down in the chair she had just left. The moment my butt was on the cushion Ashley jumped into my lap and put her arms around my neck. "This is a much...
After such a rough start the rest of the vacation went surprisingly smoothly. Miki proved to be a huge asset. She knew places to visit that we might never have thought of. There was a small feeling of loss after Liz and Cassidy were picked up. None of us knew them well, but they had been friends. Her short tale of the conditions at the pickup had definitely impressed everyone. Maurice was at times fawning on Jessica. Fortunately the young lady just laughed and then had her minions pounce on...
My friends were relaxed at school. Ashley, Lenore, and Miki sat together at brunch and lunch, giggling. Matti was sitting on Jessica's lap during our breaks. My sister was still timid, but she clearly felt safe in Jessica's arms. The others tried to keep me from worrying too much about the meeting after school, but I still obsessed a bit over my father's tone. I knew he was intensely interested in finding a way to thwart the CAP system and worried that he would demand that I take him. I...
I watched my father until he finally vanished behind the fence enclosing the backstage area. Once he was out of sight I heaved a huge sigh of relief. "That was intense," Jason said. "I thought you were going to have to kill him." "I thought I might have to as well. He is going to try again if he can think up a way," I said. "So what do we do now?" Lenore asked. I reached into a pocket and pulled out a huge bundle of tickets. "We do have tickets to see the concert," I said. "But...
The next two weeks blurred together. Every morning was spent out at the park. Jason, Jessica and I always tried to get some exercises in first before we joined the others in a series of sports related activities. Soccer and kickball were the most common but we tried ultimate Frisbee and touch football as well. Sergeant O'Malley showed up occasionally and would drill us in unarmed combat techniques before having everyone run laps. At first the laps were small, but each time the Sergeant...
We returned to the lobby in time to meet the others as they started to board the vans. Vlad came over and gave Tatyana one last hug. He promised to tell her sister what had happened and to bring her sister into the troupe should she want to come to America. Several other troupe members also came by for a last goodbye. Tatyana was bubbly on the drive back to the house. She asked many questions of Miki and Lenore while playfully ignoring Ashley, but finding ways to answer her when talking to...
The sunny skies and warm air were attracting more and more people to the park as the day wore on. After lunch, Ashley, Lenore and I decided to avoid the growing lines on the slides and spend several hours in the wave pools and on the endless river. We woke Angelique and spent the next three hours splashing each other as we explored the park. We stayed at the park until the setting sun and diminishing light signaled that it was time for the park to close. Morgan gathered everyone up and led...
“Captain Parker,” A voice growled out. “Dare I ask why you are in port today?” “Corsica ended its last patrol yesterday. The orders we received just before leaving Crucibleat were to visit several nearby systems and look for signs of Sa’arm incursions. We found none, although there was one system that my officers and I believe would be quite interesting to them. We left a warning buoy in the system as a way to provide advanced warning should an incursion occur. Our final orders were to visit...
Major Greenfeld was standing outside the door. He looked at me and shook his head. “You are just fifteen?” he asked. “I might be sixteen now,” I replied. “I’ve lost track of how many days have passed and which day we are on anymore. But I also don’t worry about it much.” “You don’t?” he asked as we started walking back to Corsica. “My age does not determine how well I can do my job,” I said. “No, but it does determine how others will view you,” Major Greenfeld said. “At least initially....
Once I sat down in the captain’s chair I found that the sleep training had shown me the location of every button. I tested out the ones activating the holographic data screens just in front of the chair. They came up, but showed no data. “AI? Is there a problem with the simulator?” I asked. “No simulation has been chosen,” the AI said. “Can we set up for a simple cruise in the Crucibleat system? We haven’t heard much about the system or the planet we will be on,” I replied. “Activating...
I knew of the grove and tree houses along Milford, but this was my first time looking past the road. The few times I had come out with friends, we had concentrated on the houses on the far side of the street. I scanned the trees ahead, watching for tree houses as Ashley and I moved away from the road. At first I saw nothing more than a couple of wooden platforms in the branches of a few of the bigger trees. Most of the trees on this side of the road were young and lacked the branches to hold...
Miss Kirke's revelations were the only thing that marred the dance and all of homecoming weekend. The girls met us at the decked out gym dressed in elaborate Victorian gowns. It meant that dancing to the faster songs was pretty much impossible, but the slow dances were great fun. Before the night was done, Kathy even won an award for the best costume. The next morning, Jessica reminded us that she was going to have her birthday on the upcoming Wednesday. Everyone in our group wanted to be...
I was surprised how much fun we all had. Lauren ended up spending the last hour coaxing many of us onto some of the intermediate slopes in the area. Erica was fearless on the slopes. Ashley, Jason, and I were the next group to start challenging the harder slopes. To my surprise Milli often joined us, although she was very tentative if there were moguls. Maurice struggled with stopping and turning. He often crossed his skis and wound up crashing. Still he kept smiling and was willing to race...
It was nearly twenty-four hours later that we finally arrived at Tokyo's Narita airport. Angelique was more than a little anxious. She really wanted to get out and run. Jason and I had done what we could to keep her entertained on the overnight flight, but it was clear she needed a bit of time just to run around. Of course, the first thing we had to do after arriving was go through customs. Liz, Morgan, Jessica, Jason, and I talked about this as we walked through the skyway and headed for...