"Aaron didn't want to tell anybody yet. He wanted to experiment somemore, and moved towards the computer. "That's dangerous. You know whatthe bureaucr...ats are like. They'll take it away from us, run tests, andwe'll never see it again because they'll destroy it in testing it. Weshould keep it here for now."James had a perplexed expression on his face. "Bollocks would they.This is easily the most exciting thing that's ever happened to CERN.They'd never let anything happen to it!"Aaron was getting. After drawing the curtains, she stripped down to her panties and cuddled up beside her friend. Sophie was the first to wake. She jumped when she saw the time on the clock and then sighed with relief as she realized it was 8:00 pm and not 8:00 am. Quietly slipping out of bed, so as not to waken Pippa, Sophie donned her dressing gown and made her way downstairs. As she returned with mugs of tea and some toast, Pippa started to stir. “I’m so sore,” were the first words she uttered. Pippa used the. For a second she’d felt like he was eyeing her up, appraising her, but then that fleeting sense was gone. He too had been in work jeans and a heavy jacket, and his head was also clean shaven. He’d had a handsome angular face and was younger, in his late twenties. His strong features were marred, she thought, by a tattoo that crept up from his neck onto the side of his face. She didn’t understand tattoos at all. So permanent.After his friend scoffed, the older man continued talking.“You weren’t. Pause. Nothing. I reach down and unplug it. This was the moment I knew my world had changed. It still continued to play. Stuck, repeating the same words over and over again. I need someone like you……. I stand there dripping all over the floor. In a trance, I stood there starring at the possessed player. My eyes dart back and forth. “What the hell…I….” I always have something clever or witty to say but what the fuck was I supposed to say? I can feel my anxiety rising. How is this possible?.