“Whatever they were armed with, the Evans and the Valkyrie drove them off, and we are ready if they try again.”“Thank you, Edith. Good brief.”... The dark skinned man leaned back in his chair and sighed softly. He wore a simple shipboard coverall exactly like every other person in the room, with the exception of the silver star on each lapel and the title of Admiral on his name tag. Admiral, indeed, he thought bitterly. His whole ‘fleet’ consisted of exactly fourteen frigates, thirty scouts, and. He turned around to see her marching toward him."If you think you're getting away without a good night kiss you're wrong, buster!" she said.He grinned, and when she got closer, he stooped, put his arms around her and lifted her off the deck. His kiss was more forceful than he might have intended, but he'd been staring at a bevy of bare beauties all day and it felt good to hold a beauty against him, even if she wasn't bare. Her arms tightened around his neck and she kept pressing her lips to his. It’s like the entire world is focused on her and she couldn’t care less. She’ll show everything to anyone willing to look and she’ll love every hot second of it.The gas station is just ahead. As she pulls up she scans the pumps tosee who is there. An old lady is at the first set of pumps. That won’t do. Shepulls around to the far side and sees a younger man, probably in his earlytwenties, getting out of his car to pump some gas.“Perfect,” she thinks as she pulls the jeep alongside the pumps. “Hello?”“Hi, Raymond?”“Yes.”“This is Leica from the club last night.”“Leica? Really? I really didn’t expect you to call me.”“I wasn’t sure I would myself, I mean, I don’t know you all that well.”“Well, I’m sure glad you did!”“So, what happens now?”“Usually, the guy asks the girl out, at least that’s the way it typically goes, but then you called me, so?”“True, but I gave you no choice since you don’t have my telephone number. What would you like to do?”“Now that’s a loaded question!”“Down boy,.