One more time, I was having to keep somethingfrom Alex, but this time I was convinced it was the right decision.Alex stirred as I slid back into bed a...nd as she rolled over to face meI saw she had been crying. She put her arms around my neck and kissedme. I tasted the salt from the tears on her lips."It's all right Alex. Please don't cry."She sniffled. "I can't help it, it's the third time I've come close tolosing you, and I'm not sure I can cope with any more."I held her tight until she stopped. “Oh hi Scott” she responded now with a smile replacing the scowl on her face.He spied a pool of oily water seeping out from under the front of the car so he suspected that this was going to be a very serious problem with her car.“It won’t start” was her simple reply.He beckoned her to the front of the car, and showed her the pool of liquid on the ground.“I’d say that this is the problem”.He knelt down and looked under the car, and observed more of the liquid still dripping from the bottom of. The Second Officer grinned again, “Perhaps, but perhaps not,” he finished mysteriously, but before their conversation could proceed, another officer warned them that the Captain was approaching the bridge.“What is this?” he growled as he entered and noticed the main screen. The First Officer reluctantly stood to relinquish the command seat. “As you know, Sir, we are waiting for the Chief Engineer to complete his repairs. While waiting, I initiated the search that I mentioned to you. I sat there running every little incident of where I had got jealous whether it was because of Kim, Gina, and Kathy the head cheerleader or even his own aunt DeRonda. Each out comes were the same, John was not doing anything that I should have gotten jealous over in the first place. I had been so wrong all I could hope for now was that I did not break his heart beyond repair. I made up my mind that I was not ever going to be jealous again. All I could do was sit there and hoped that John did.