Chapter 61
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Eve and Jessie both had eary shifts on friday august 5th. Afterwords they went to Caseyville to see a movie. The newsreel before showed president Mason with his family. His wife Sharon, son Jed, daughter Mimi, and Mimi's three year old daughter Rebecca. It seemed that Maon would come back to work within the week, until the vice-president Allen would continue. He thanked Allen, and general Douglas for his counsel. It was inspiring seeing the first family come together like this, along with Allen and Douglas. Those conspiracy theorists were fools. The movie that Eve and Jessie saw was dark. It was about the very troubled relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter. This daughter was violent. She'd sometimes point a gun at her mother, at other times she would beg her mother to kill her. At the end of the movie it is revealed that the mother had an aortion years ago. This had been her imagining what would've happenned if she'd had the baby. At the end the "daughter" forgives the mother for everything. After the movie Eve and Jessie talked as they waited for the bus.
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Eve: That was a weird movie, but it was your choice. You're the birthday boy.
Jessie: I'm not picky. Any movie that has hot girls with guns, I'm happy.
Eve: Glad to see you're happy. I did like the idea of forgiveness. And the idea that a person can do something bad, but carry around guilt over it.
Jessie: Yeah. These days, I'd say we all have to be a bit more forgiving of others.
Eve: That's sweet. I could probably go into the bakery for a couple of slices of cake. We could eat them back at the site, to celebrate.
Jessie: Sure, but it's on me.
Eve: I should treat, it's your birthday.
Jessie: Yeah, but I'm the guy, and we're on a date. I should pay.
Eve: How about we split it?
Jessie: Fair enough.
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When Eve and Jessie got back to the Ark site they went to a secluded spot. This area had picnic benches, but few were here this night. They ate their cake. talked about things. ELE still terrified them, 1080 days until impact. But working on this Ark helped allieviate those fears. Jessie wasn't normally a praying man, but since 2/4 he had prayed at times. Eve was still a new muslim but believed that building these shelters would improve their chances of getting into Heaven. It didn't completely end their fears however. On this night, these two bonded over their mutual fears. They wanted to comfort each other, and take comfort in each other's arms. Eve had wanted to keep her virginity until she was married. But she loved Jessie, and she was scared. And these days, who was to say she'd ever get married? On this night, Jessie and Eve made love for the first time.