Leaving his XO in command of "Vance" Gold Roper joined "Shriek" as an observer. The crew of "Shriek" was of personnel newly trained on the outward voy...age; one of the reasons he had been pushing them hard with his new toy. Denny was the commander. Gold Roper wanted to see Period used. He had "Shriek" stand out in the direction "Washton" was expected and requested Denny to bring Period on line. "Vance" confirmed no threat detection levels. "Vance" and her two were neatly painted at seven hundred. I eventually went to sleep and when I woke up, the sun wasshining through the window and I could hear Jenny in the bathroom. I gotup, not wearing any anything, my dick kind of flopping around half hard,I scanned the room for a pair of briefs and saw some sitting in acorner. I was walking across the room to get the pair of underwear andthe bathroom door opened, Jimmy was standing there surprised to see meout of bed, I looked at him, surprised to see Jimmy standing there...not Jenny. I didn't. Every time I had one of these bad dreams I would wake in a cold sweat. Eventually I padded over to Gwen's room and crawled into bed with her. I didn't want to be alone. Gwen wrapped her arms around me and held me till I fell asleep. I slept without dreams till the morning.When I woke I got up and started to get ready for school. I was mostly on autopilot."Mandy sweetie, you don't need to go to school today," Gwen said."I want to, I want to tell Jane and our other friends what happened. Besides. A. With a single backpack containing my belongings, a road map, and the radio blaring, I headed out on my adventure.The trouble was my used car was not as reliable as the salesman lead me to believe. It broke down a short while after crossing state lines along a not-so-busy highway. The engine was smoking and, with no cell phone or rest stops nearby, I was stranded. I waved my arms at the slow trickle of traffic going by. It was nearly twenty minutes before someone finally stopped.I smiled as.