" I love you, Derrick and I'm glad for you, too."I sat back in my chair and grappled with my feelings. First, there was relief. That spring break comm...itment weighed heavily on my mind. Maybe I had a tinge of jealousy. I loved Carol and also loved Sharon, but not in the same way. Confusing. At least, things have settled here for a while. It must have been awful for Carol to catch Sabrina and me together.Carol came to knock on my door. "Sabrina and I are going for a run. Want to go?" Give me five. The characters in some scenes drink milk+ or moloko+ which is simply milk containg drugsGlossaryDroogs = Friend or FriendsDevotchka = Girl or WomanMoloko = milkgulliver = head (man or womans)Chapter 1"In the Korova"There was me, that is Alex and my three Droogs that is Pete, Georgie and Dim. And we sat in the Korova milk bar enjoying the old milk+ as we concluded plans for tonight's entertainment.It was in the moon rise hours of the day and as usual we had spent the previous hours out of. They have a ready port for their goods and the taxes are less than what Swar charged – and less than what an independent country would be forced to charge."Jorgarn nodded vaguely."So that leaves Nooth, Peth, Wanner, Ducotte, Vant, Bresid and Troch," he said."And Esselrig," Torbert added. "Some of those have distant relatives who remained loyal. They might be rewarded. The others will have men or women promoted from titled nobility to landed nobility. King Landor's advisers offered two dozen. Good God, she was a Fellow in Emergency Medicine and she ran one of the largest trauma centers in Dallas, what was she doing in a shit hole on the outskirts of Baghdad?Nancy looked over at her driver and the thought crossed her mind that he wasn't much older than Rob, her own son. "Hey Rader," she called, "how the hell did you end up in Iraq?" Oh I'm not sure Commander, just lucky I guess."Lucky my ass! "How old are you Rader?" Eighteen ma'am... but I'll be nineteen in a couple of weeks."Good.