@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } 18. Adam It was quiet for the first time that day. Lara and I laid on our backs, side by side, fingers locked. We were on a floating cloud, gazing up into the stars, and at the moon that looked back down on us. I turned my head and looked at Lara, who was watching the other clouds in the sky. Her silhouette looked like beautiful mountains blocking out the stars. I would have kissed her if my mouth didn't taste like salt and butter. The ride, Cloud Computing, didn't stop unless we commanded it to, for there was no line. The theme park closed a couple hours ago, and we were lying on this saucer for what felt like an hour. On the saucer was a material that felt softer than a down comforter did. I wasn't sure what was holding it up, but it moved so subtly and unpredictably, that when we would look down, we would be in an entirely different location in the astronomy section of Machine Mountain. The giant fans were retracted, as there was only a cool breeze and harmless clouds.
