‘I didn’t mean anything. I’ve had a few and…’ I looked over at her found her laughing, her hand over her mouth as she tried to keep the nois...e down. I was relieved. It was much better to be laughed at by a woman than to be screamed at or slapped in the middle of a bar. I gulped down half of my drink. ‘That was awesome,’ she said, still laughing. The alcohol helped my embarrassment fade and I raised my own glass to her. We toasted and drank again. She wiped a tear from her eye and I was just. In the next few days, we started talking more. We spent more time together. As we got closer in no time, our friendship turned into a relationship.Suguna became my girlfriend. I couldn’t be any happier. We would talk a lot about absolutely anything. We would kiss every time we were alone and no one was around.Even when we were not together, we would constantly text each other, we would chat till late in the night. Whenever we kissed, I would take that opportunity to grab her by the hip.One. You don’t have a lot of options, you said so yourself.’ Meg stared at him, drinking in the sight of his boyish grin and the glint in his chocolate brown eyes. They hadn’t seen each other in a month and she felt like a jerk for breaking down on him first thing. ‘I’m sorry, Zane.’ ‘For what? This isn’t your fault.’ ‘I’m sorry for ruining this. I was so excited to see you.’ ‘Well, here I am! And if you accept my offer to room with me, you’ll get to see even more of me.’ He grinned and gave his. “You wouldn’t know, but Saitx’s race is looking for willing participants to help stimulate population growth with her people. You wouldn’t need to stick around.” Amy said.“Oh. I’ll keep that in mind for later.” I said.“These clothes are remarkable.” Amy said. “They seem to be able to take quite a bit of punishment, according to the scanners.”“Our gateways, the things we travel through universes with, aren’t exactly safe to travel without protection. Normal clothing gets ripped apart..