‘Admin code required.’
‘Delete VR Alicia.’
He punched his admin code into the console. ~~~~~
Jake woke up and looked around. She thinks she’s still alive,’ Jake thought. Jake wondered if, in all the years she had been visiting him in his dreams, this might be the first time she realized that she was truly dead. They didn’t like the idea of keeping secrets from their love partners. He looked at the display. There was no wound on his neck after all. ‘Where are we, anyway?’ she asked. She quickly released her teeth from his neck, crying out in orgasmic bliss. She thinks she’s still alive,’ Jake thought. He looked at his fingers. When the flyer was halfway up the ramp, Jake pushed the throttle forward and was airborne, shooting into the sky. Then he picked up his water bottle and drained it down his throat, ignoring the few grains of sand that had blown into it through the open top. There was no sign of where the ancient water pump had been.
