She was even barefoot. She looked so ... normal. She was no longer a wild alien.Beth looked at the viewscreen currently displaying the planet below. I...t was on that screen that she last saw her ship."Jeff?" she said."Yes?" Tell me the truth. You were glad my ship was destroyed, weren't you? You didn't want us here at Magnif."Jeff said, "Why should we be happy about an Earth ship showing up? We had no idea if they would try to reclaim Magnif. How could we believe the captain didn't really want to. Didn’t they figure they had enough time? Did Al Gore’s pick of Kerry throw off the idea of killing a hero off? I knew that Al and Bill had differences, but weren’t they even talking, or had Al killed off the idea and Bill was running it anyway? Too many questions... I ended up having a drink or two too many and woke up sitting in my armchair about four in the morning, my notepad still in my lap. I shook myself awake and headed upstairs. I might as well get some work done. I told the security. They were gently restrained while Martin got his boon. Once Martin and his butterfly were established, Elizabeth turned to the older children."You realise, don't you," she said to the three, "that the butterfly is imaginary? The AI controls the butterfly." The children nodded. "I have something like that in mind for you. You can't touch it," she said, as she held her hands before them, "but it will perch on your finger. It's a parakeet," and she moved her hand to reveal a small green bird. Not trying to cross my limits , While having drinks we were talking casually. And finally I asked for her cell no. which she gave , and we returned back to the party. After that all had dinner at party hall nd went to their home. At nite I texted on her cell gud nite.To which she replied same, and similarly the exchanging of texts and calls on late night started between us , Even whenever we get time we bunked collage and go out to roam, for movies ,and much more.I still remember the day it was.