This is the the daytime happenings of the After hours story. 3,000 people left Earth to start a new settlement on a deserted planet. They were placed in cryogenics pods for the trip. Someone wanted to be the ruler and killed some of the controllers, while they slept. There were to be 15 settlements, with 200 people in each. The Alpha settlement ended with only ten people. The story tells of their eveyday life.
Ever wonder what would happen when a computer program that is put in a human body falls in love with the girl that he's suppose to protect? This is the problem that BES is facing. He has been ordered to bring back his charge, Jagati, after she runs off.
Mom and dad have gone on a second honeymoon and left their 17 year old son Billy with their widowed grandmother. Natty loves her grandson and when she accidentally catches him masturbating it's too much for her and her hormones take over and an affair starts.
A group of college friends, celebrating their graduation, find themselves in a remote cabin with minimal privacy, as they must share three queen beds among six people. The close quarters and forced intimacy lead to unexpected dynamics and explorations of personal boundaries, as they navigate the week together.
A man recounts his first time a long time ago when only a boy. The experience made an indelible impression on him which he always recalls with pleasure and appreciation for the educational school system.
Despite the difference in their ages a widower finds love with his young neighbour, Elizabeth. After his death, she in turn finds happiness with a young man, Robert, who she meets when she knocks him off his motor-bike. When she knows she is dying she grooms a replacement. But Sarah is young and there are many problems in the restrictive English university of the 1970's where he is her tutor. Will Robert and Sarah find happiness? The matter is in doubt right up to the end.
Add 'em up. Redhead, freckles, breasts, multiple partners, memories, humour, dialogue... what more could you want? I said about the freckles, right? :-)