"Oh, Kolya," she sighed."Oh, Kolya," she sighed. "I don't believe how good that felt." "What did I do?" he asked, still gasping for air. "I don't know. And I don't know what you were hitting, but it felt so good." She took a deep breath and said, "Remember that you owe me a second one? I want it right now." He giggled. "You've got to be kidding!" She reached behind herself and patted him on his hip. "I am, but I want to do that again, as soon as we can." "Fine by me." After a short recovery, they dressed and headed up to the rooftop and breakfast again. "Well, you two look good this morning," Shardik observed as they walked up. "Sleep well?" "Uh-huh," Furry said with a tone that indicated clearly that sleep wasn't what had put the smile on her face that morning. "I see," Shardik said. "Well, breakfast for me is melon and grapefruit juice. This is something Aaden cooked up," he annouced, slicing open a large, pale orange fruit and putting each half in a bowl. "Tell me what you think. It's been a family favorite for decades now." "What is it?" "I've never really been sure. We just call it 'Aaden's Orange', and leave it at that. I know it's something they found on a llerkendi colony about a century back, but what it's really called or how difficult it should be to grow in our atmosphere, I've no idea." He smiled wide. "So tell me, what do you guys plan on doing today?" "Like yesterday, no plans," Furry replied. Nickolai had taken a taste of the fruit, and found it actually much to his liking. He dug into his breakfast enthusiastically. |