.. it seemed so easy. These kind of thoughts had never entered Michael's mind before... but he was in a particular state right now. Maybe a little shi...t-faced as well."Man..." he said slightly aloud under his breath, "it would be nice to be a woman just for a day." Maybe I can help?"Michael jumped a bit... and turned to a beautiful woman sitting next to him. He hadn't seen her there before... it was as if she came out of nowhere."Excuse me?"Michael turned and saw an attractive female looking. .. "How long was I down there, Frank? How long was I... nothing."It had started sprinkling again, the raindrops tapping the trees, water feeling unclean as it dripped down from above. Frank's shoes were soggy, his pants drenched from tracking through waist-deep water as they made their way into a little cove, away from the boat. No porch lights in the distance, no lights from the dock. He felt disoriented as he looked over his shoulder at David, who trailed the line Brian Martin led with Frank,. Ashley thought Victoria was still sad over the break-up with her ex-boyfriend who moved away a few months before the end of junior year, so she thought about asking Brandon to set his friend up with hers. During the date, she kinda got the impression that Victoria got interested in Trent, at least a bit, but Vicky denied once she interrogated her.Ashley then had the idea of inviting Brandon and Trent to the cabin when Heather pitched the idea to her, hoping she could work on getting Victoria. .. this is one of those times."Let's go visiting," suggested Gary. "We might get a feel for the place." Remember," said April. "We're still in the Milky Way. A great many galaxies have much bigger stars."Gary said, "You said we weren't going to find anything suitable in our Local Galactic Neighborhood and probably nothing in the Vega Super Cluster." Doubtful," said April. "Let me make some calls." Calls?" asked Vee.April laughed, "I've been hanging out with earthlings too damn long. Contact ....