In the end, they couldn't convince Susan to invite girls to the building.
Despite feeling well, the doctors who examined them said they should stay away from other people for now and remain in the building while they underwent further tests over the next few weeks, so Susan would not allow her brother to invite any more people into the building.
Especially when she knew that all the guests would be women.
Since the exams were over, they had nothing to do.
Therefore, they accepted the idea of celebrating and ordered a large amount of food and ate while watching movies on a large screen in a conference room in the building.
For his children's and their friends' exams, Franklin had set aside an entire floor in the Baxter building, so they had almost the whole floor to themselves.
While watching movies and eating, everyone had different thoughts.
After more than a week in space, Johnny wanted to go out and look for girls, having conflicting feelings about the accident.
They were supposed to be in space for months, something that initially made him reluctant to participate in the trip since he would be without a woman for months.
But due to the accident, he only returned after 1 week.
And although he should have been sad about the accident, he had a huge smile on his face thinking about going out partying when they let him out.
Something he unconsciously suggested aloud to the group.
Unfortunately for him, he forgot that his sister was with them, and the woman immediately rejected his idea of going out to have fun at the places he usually visits, reminding him that they couldn't go out for the next few weeks so that doctors could run tests and completely rule out any problems.
Susan was still recovering from the accident where she and her friends almost died.
And although his father wasn't there because he had to manage the company and deal with the consequences of the accident, he at least wanted to spend the day with his brother and wasn't going to let him get away easily.
At least for today.
Ben had no problem not going out to parties since he wasn't as social as Johnny, and besides, he was engaged to a beautiful woman.
The woman he wanted by his side now, but couldn't because of the accident, and he didn't want to hurt her accidentally.
Therefore, he also rejected Johnny's idea.
Red wasn't much of a socializer either, so Johnny didn't have any support.
Sighing, the blond man continued watching the movie on the big screen.
When the film was over, the group decided to do something else.
The floor not only had laboratories and conference rooms, but also recreation rooms where there were several interesting games, so they spent the whole afternoon hanging out.
When they got hungry, they asked for food again.
But this time it was a luxury restaurant, which made the delivery immediately and they didn't have to wait without needing any reservation.
The Baxter family had many businesses in their portfolio, and this luxury restaurant was one of them.
The group ate and drank while exchanging anecdotes as the large screen in the conference room this time displayed the news, reminiscing about their school and university days, and sighing over the passage of time.
As she brought a glass of wine to her mouth, Susan saw the big screen out of the corner of her eye.
At that moment, the news program was showing a marriage proposal, with the video beginning with a couple laughing in the middle of a crowd in the street.
And from the couple's bright eyes, Susan could tell they were deeply in love.
Lowering her glass, the woman felt jealous of the woman on the screen and sighed because she didn't have someone like her.
The news showed not only that couple, but many others as well, and Susan remembered that yesterday had been February 14th and she had forgotten because of what had happened.
Unconsciously, Susan glanced for a moment at the man on the other side of the table, talking to Ben and Johnny and laughing at a joke she didn't hear.
Shaking her head and looking away from the man, Susan wonders what he expected.
They were supposed to be in space at this time, and she wasn't expecting anything at that moment.
And when they returned to Earth, they spent the following days undergoing various tests.
Therefore, the 14th passed like any other day and the woman suddenly realized that she felt nothing.
After a near-death experience, her failed romance suddenly seemed insignificant.
The group continued chatting for another hour before calling it a night, determined to go and rest.
The four of them had been living in the Baxter building because of the trip, with Ben occasionally visiting his fiancée.
And although he now wanted to spend the night with her after only communicating via video call for the past few days, the doctors who examined them advised them to avoid intimate contact for the next few days.
Knowing he might not be able to control himself, Ben preferred not to take any chances and stayed with the group in the building.
"Good night"
After several hours, the group felt tired and said their goodbyes before going to their rooms for the night.
Of course, their 'rooms' were actually personal apartments where they lived while preparing for the project, so they lived very comfortably.
Johnny went into his apartment and took a shower.
And just as she was cleaning herself with a towel, her phone rang in the living room.
Covering the lower part of her body with another towel, she went to answer.
Smiling, she pressed the screen with her fingers, exchanging messages with one of her 'friends'.
Soon the exchange of messages turned into a video call, through which Johnny saw the girl on the screen.
She could also hear a female voice in the room, which the girl explained was her partner.
Johnny believed her because he knew that the girl rented an apartment with another girl while working as a model, where she met him at one of her jobs.
Still wearing his towel, the blond man quickly sat down on a sofa in the living room while chatting with the girl.
Although the call started calmly, it quickly began to heat up as they exchanged provocative words.
'Success,' Johnny smiled as he watched the girl on the screen show him one of her breasts.
It wasn't the first time the couple had done this, so they quickly started having phone sex.
"...I swear I can feel you inside," the young woman said in an excited voice as she touched herself, almost moaning and making Johnny remember their last encounter.
It was a few days before the trip, so the blond man could remember everything perfectly.
The minutes passed as the duo exchanged words, and they soon felt that their climaxes would arrive soon.
"...I feel so hot," said the young woman with her eyes closed, and Johnny replied with his eyes closed as well.
"Me too"
On the other side of the screen, the young woman opened her eyes for a moment and then closed them again.
But he immediately flung them open again.
"You're burning yourself," the young woman said quickly.
"Yes, you cause this in me," Johnny replied unconsciously.
"It's not that!"
"You're on fire!" the girl yelled.
The woman's scream alerted Johnny, and he opened his eyes as well.
At first he didn't understand what she meant.
But he quickly saw his face on the screen and opened his eyes in surprise when he saw his face with a red and orange color.
And when he saw the arm of his hand holding the phone, it started to burst into flames, he screamed as he dropped the phone.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" the blond boy screamed as he shook his arm over and over again trying to put out the fire.
And when she realized that the other arm was the same, she panicked even more and her emotions spiraled out of control, causing more parts of her body to burst into flames.
"Johnny?!" the woman shouted on the other end of the phone.
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Johnny wasn't the only one starting to show the effects of the cosmic cloud.
In Ben's apartment, the man had already gone to bed and fallen asleep.
But something seemed to be bothering the man while he slept.
And as she began to roll around in bed, her heart began to beat wildly as her skin began to harden.
Reed and Susan were going through similar experiences.
After a shower, Reed's sleepiness had vanished, replaced by guilt over the accident, and it made him start reviewing his calculations of the cosmic cloud's trajectory.
And while he was trying to reach distant objects, he didn't notice the abnormal elasticity of his arms.
Susan, meanwhile, was rolling around in her bed, tormented by a nightmare, and suddenly opened her eyes
And an enormous force shot out of his body that destroyed the rest of the room.