‘He’s here. I have to go.’ He heard Chelsea end the conversation. ‘Hi, sweetie.’ Chelsea gave him a bright smile as she walked into the kitc...hen. ‘How was your day?’ ‘Busy.’ He shrugged. ‘Yours?’ ‘Same old,’ she said. ‘Hungry? I haven’t eaten yet.’ ‘Sure,’ he said. ‘Let’s go out.’ They sat at a table in a small Italian restaurant. It had been a favorite place when they’d dated before. It had been just unique enough for Chelsea to decide she liked it. It wasn’t very pricey, but the atmosphere. She was looking forward to being with Mike today, she really liked him. She might even be falling in love. Still, it had been over a week since she had last seen David, and she had — urges. "Mike?" she hesitantly began. "David was wondering if I could help him today. Sarah's birthday is next week, and he needs help buying a gift."Mike looked disappointed. "I thought we were going to hang together today. Read the paper, go to lunch, see a movie. I was looking forward to it." I know, I was too. It moved in a straight line for several passes, then was curved until it headed back the other direction. When it disappeared, if had traversed a path that was somewhat like a backward-facing letter C.”“Good work, Mike. Continue monitoring and update me as each pass is completed. If it returns, perhaps we need to position some surface assets nearby to investigate more closely.”“Very good, Sir.”“Sir”!“Yes, Mike. Has our anomaly returned”?“Yes, Sir.”“Why am I not surprised? Did it reappear at any. "Chuck?" came back his own voice."Jule? I think something's going on." Yeah... um... I'm not really sure how to deal with this. I mean, I'vegot no real apocalyptic dilemma with it, but I'm still not sure I'mcomfortable right now." Yeah, same. Should we go to school today?" It would probably be easier than telling our parents." Alright," I said with zero confidence, "anything you want me to wear?" Whatever. Oh, and food for thought, you might want to try on a Maxi. Youmight be getting your wish.