"What could this mean?" I look at Ross' and Duncan's faces, both of them looking confused. While Ross initially seemed okay with the fact that he reminded me of a werewolf man, Duncan was a bit skeptical.

"We need to get Trott in here, see what he has to say about this. We should probably call it a night as well, Smith won't last very long-"

"No thank you." Duncan quickly interjects. I laugh. 

 "Fine. Well, see you in the morning. Nice to meet you Ridge." He lifts his hand as he leaves. 

"Nice to meet you as well." He shuts the door and Duncan gets up. 

"I'm sleeping in my boxers, feel free to do what you want." 

"I'm sorry?" I turn and find Duncan shirtless. "Oh, okay." 

I quickly turn away. "We are going to be sleeping in the same bed. Don't you and Lewis sleep together? I've slept with other guys before. That's just how life is here." 

"Uh, alright?" I take off my coat and put it on a nearby chair. I do the same with my shirt, but hesitate, not sure if I will feel comfortable sleeping almost naked with another man. 

"I will face the wall if you want to take your pants off and get under the covers." I nod and after making sure he isn't looking, I quickly take my pants off and set them with my other clothes. I quickly get into bed and cover myself up. 

"Good?" 

"Yea," He turns around slowly and I look away as he slides in next to me. He turns the lamp off and we are plunged into sudden darkness. 

"G'night." He mumbles. I roll over so my back is to him.

"Night," I close my eyes and try to get comfortable. 

.'~.'.~'.

I wake up to the creaking of the bed. I roll onto my back and look around the room, seeing Duncan still fast asleep. I get out of bed as quietly as I can and get dressed. Making sure I didn't wake Duncan, I sneak out of the room and head down the hall to where I left Lewis. 

I hear voices and creep toward where Lewis was sleeping. I make out one of the voices to be Lewis, and I think the other one is Simon. I am about to storm in there when Lewis says something that stops me in my tracks.

"I think Ridge is piecing stuff together. He was acting really weird last night after he came back with Duncan. It doesn't help Ridge crashed in Duncan's room last night. Who knows what Duncan told him? What are we going to do?"

"I don't know, Lewis. We can't really just kill him, can we? He's a fucking immortal!" I look up and down the hall, making sure no one else is around. 

"We can't just kill him! I do have feelings for him, you know." The corners of my mouth twitch up.

"Yea, what the fuck is that all about, Lewis? We didn't send you to this planet for you to fall in love! You saw what happened to Kim when she fell in love with that dumb blonde! She ended up with some weird disease! She died, Lewis. You saw what happened to her. Half her face was purple!" 

"What do you want me to do, Simon?" Lewis gets really quiet, I barely am able to make out what he is saying. 

"I think you need to bring him back to Minecraftia before he gets too involved. And Lewis?" I can tell what he is about to say is not good. "You need to break all ties with him once you get home." 

"What? I can't do that! We've been together five years. I can't just leave him." I clench my fists. 

"Yea, you can. You got yourself into this mess, now you have to fix it. I'm sorry." I stumble down the hall, out of the building. I don't stop when Lewis calls out to me, I don't stop when I reach the rocket. I get in and start everything up. 

"Ridge? What are you doing?" I spin around, furious. 

"I heard you and Simon talking. While I don't exactly know what's going on, I know that it doesn't involve me. Simon said that this needs to end. I'm going to end it. If you want to come with me, you can. But you can't stay with me. You need to leave." My voice cracks and tears threaten to fall. 

The memories of people I've left behind flash before my eyes. Tom, Jessie, Taylor, countless others, and now Lewis. 

The sound of footsteps on metal make both of us turn toward the door. I find Duncan, Ross, and Trott standing in the doorway of my ship. 

"Ridge? Are you okay?" I quickly wipe the tears off my face and nod. 

"Yea, but I need to go. Are you coming, Lewis?" 

"I- no. But-"

"Get out of my rocket. Now." I point to the door, all the sadness and pain turning into rage. 

"Ridge-"

"No, Lewis." I say with disguest. "We're done. If you ever return, I don't wish to see you. Now please, leave, or I will force you off." I watch as tears fill his eyes, and I feel my heart breaking. 

"Do- do you really mean that?" I know that if I open my mouth my heart will betray me, so I just nod. I don't watch him leave, lean into the person who is now holding me. I keep my tears in, listening to Duncan as he rubs my back. 

"W-why are you guys here?" I step back, out of Duncan's arms. 

"I woke up and caught the tail end of Lewis and Simon's conversation. I woke up Trott and we managed to grab Duncan and follow Lewis out here." Ross looks anywhere but at me. 

"Alright. Do you guys want to come with me?" While Trott and Ross look mildly surprised, Duncan seems to have expected this question. 

"Uh, could you give us a few minutes to talk?" Ross asks. I nod. 

"You wouldn't mind, would you?" Duncan asks once we are alone. 

I take a shakey breath. "No, the company might keep me from running this off course and getting stuck somewhere in space." 

And I honestly mean it. Duncan seems like a nice enough guy, and they might be able to help explain to Honeydew why Xephos isn't returning to Hole Diggers. Or to Sjin, who lost a farm hand.

We sit in silence for a few mintues, until something hits me. 

"Hey Duncan, when we get back to my home planet, if you want we could so searching for yours. It would take a while, but we could do it." 

"Yea, that would be okay. Thank you, Ridge."

"Thank you, Duncan. For everything. Now, where are Ross and Trott?" He laughs and we exit the rocket. Neither are anywhere to be found.