This is a time for us to be together, before every relationship on board comes crashing down.This is a time for us to be together, before every relationship on board comes crashing down. Like mine. And Kathy's. As I watch the stars recede, I waited for her. I don't remember how long I was waiting before I heard her voice. It wasn't that long. "Hi." I looked up at her young and pretty face. Only eighteen years old now, I wondered what she was going to do when we got home. Kathy's a spacer, there's all there is to her, and I know when she gets home she's going to walk right into Ian's office and say, "please?" "Hi yourself, beautiful. Sit down?" I motioned to the chair opposite my own. In the subdued lighting she looked magnificent, her long blond tresses glinting merrily. She smiled. "Sure." She sat and ordered herself a tall mug of Orc Tea. |