The idea was great in theory, and the limited number of tests showed that it was valid, so they went with it. It made no difference in a ship's perfor...mance, so it was well worth the trial.They now had 19 spaceships, and the question was how they were going to be divided. They decided to start out with two squadrons of eight ships in each. They might change later, but that was what they would start with. As before, three ships would be left behind to defend the Solar System.A technical. ’ Linda spoke up as she came closer to the worried younger woman, ‘Maria, please don’t worry yourself up over this. You did nothing wrong except fall asleep. We are sorry to have given you such a fright.’ Adriana nodded her agreement as John added, ‘Maria, I am so sorry for this morning as well. Although we were still half asleep I,’ and at the sharp look from his wife added, ‘err, we should have remembered you were there. We promise to be more discrete in the future.’ Maria responded, ‘Perhaps. She said, "Black or red, your choice. If you lose, you have to do whatever I say the rest of the trip. Agreed?" I smiled and told her she was on. I figured there was so much s3xual tension in the air that even if I lost this bet, I'd end up a winner anyway as the end result would be the same. So I threw the $5 chip on black. When the ball finally stopped, it was on red 28 and I had lost.Trista just smiled at me and said, "Well you win some, you lose some right?" I agreed but I was pretty. I tiptoed into the kitchen and found nothing out of place. It wasn't until I walked down the hall that I heard anything out of the ordinary. It sounded as if someone was taking a shower! I turned the knob and cracked the door open. A cloud of fragrant steam hit me in the face, fogging my glasses.I pulled my head back and took them off. I'm mildly nearsighted so the picture was still a bit foggy. I could see shadows behind the shower curtain. There was somebody in our shower! I'd never heard of.
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