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toward me curiously. “It sounds important. Tie me up?” She backed into me and held the strings of her bikini top for me. A monumental moment for me, this was our first “married” couple mundane moment. I didn’t want it to pass us by without commemorating it.
    I dropped the strings of her bikini and wrapped my hands around her rib cage, drew her toward me and kissed her shoulders in an impulsive act. Kate gasped, turned around and threw herself in my arms. We were late to the meeting.
     

     
    Meetings should always be held at 2 AM in private swimming pools with beautiful girls in bikinis, especially when one of them belongs to you. We splashed around for a bit until Dirk called us all to the deep end. We rode on noodles and floats, bobbing through the debriefing.
    “The parents will arrive first thing in the morning for Family Week.” Dirk kicked his feet back and forth, a silhouette against the underwater spotlight. “This is the last chance we will have this week to share our Scriptorium experiences.”
    A moot point for me, I knew my family wouldn’t be coming. I looked forward to meeting the families of my teammates, though. I caught Donnie’s eye. He wouldn’t be having any family visitors either. He had grown up in the foster care system.
    “You and me,” I mouthed. “White water rafting.”
    He brightened and nodded. It had been one of our favorite activities in Jewel City. We had scored several white water camping trips in our time there. A trip down the New River would get us away from the family drama and give our friends some time alone with theirs.
    I looked forward to it. I actually thought of Donnie more like an older brother than just a friend.
    Kate touched my arm. I leaned over to her. “Not the whole time, okay?” She raised her eyebrows in a plea. “I want you to meet my family.”
    I guided her noodle closer and whispered in her ear. “I wouldn’t miss that for the world. We’ll just go the last half of the week.”
    She floated backward into my chest and turned her cheek up to meet mine. “Good.”
    Ah! Kate! What you do to me! I closed my eyes and nuzzled her ear.
    “So, I think Kate and Corey should start the debriefing before we lose them,” Dirk said, pointedly.
    Donnie snorted. Trip glared at me. Mel and Tara cut worried expressions to each other.
    “You want to tell it?” I offered.
    “Okay.” Kate shivered slightly as she took in the strange expressions.
     
    KEEPERS FILES INITIATED
     
“With the Quantum Quandary Source device, we can now detect, record, and playback the moments surrounding every major decision of mankind. These junctions, Quantum Perspective Sources , prove the Multiverse Theory of Quantum Mechanics.” ~ Dr. G.W. Mattovdzky April 2025
     
    QUANTUM PERSPECTIVE SOURCE (QPS): KATE WILSON
     
    Heat burned Kate’s cheeks as she considered how embarrassing her story would be spoken aloud. Pressing her palms together to stop the trembling, she took a breath, glanced at Trip, then at Corey and started.
    “Well, you know how Corey locked us together?” They all nodded and bobbed in the warm pool. “When we got there we weren’t even together. I landed in a beautiful streambed. The water gleamed silver in the sunlight. The Beautiful One sang a new song to me.”
    She cleared her throat and began to softly sing the song that led to the most intimate moment in her life. Singing such personal words made her vulnerable, but these people were more like family. They would never reject her.
     
    “I call you into my presence.
    Invite you into my heart.
    I whisper draw closer.
    I call you to come.
    I call you into my chambers
    Invite you into my arms.
    I whisper, darling I love you.
    I call you. Come.”
     
    The song ended in a mere whisper, again her face burned. No one made a noise, lost deep in thought. Donnie smiled, so she continued her story.
    “Then the Beautiful One told me he had a rich and rare treasure that he wanted me to own always. He told me