NOW!"I looked up at the largest being I had ever seen. It was much, much larger than an elephant; bigger than the largest giant whale. I stepped back ...in surprise, and the being said, "Do not be frightened! I am Lustra. I will tell you a little about us so that you will have some background."The dominant beings on this planet are called Arcnas. You might say that we are at the top of the 'food chain.' We may look something like spiders, but we are more like your ants or bees. We have a dominant. "Captain, I would love to be a part of your crew today. I work for free, but I only have one good hand at the moment. I won't be much help with the nets, but I promise I will stay out of the way." You might be of some help, and if it's free, I will take it. Tell you what you heat the coffee and make sandwiches with what we have on board, and we will call it even for your fishing boat experience. Sometimes we don't get time to eat." he explained."I can do that and keep the coffee going as well,". And the sounds murmured and muttered and even gasped. There was a rhythm to those sounds, and I thought I recognized it. I should have known it must have been a dream, I thought. The idea of Janice, my prim, if pretty boss, making love after hours on her office desk, apparently by candlelight, seemed just as incredible now as then.Hardly believing that I would do something like that, I crouched on the hall carpet and tried to peer around the door jamb, my head well below eye level. Why. High school was a terrible time for me, and Rebecca was a big part of my misery. When it came to sports I just didn’t have it. I wasn’t very athletic; never played football, was too short for basketball, and too slow for lacrosse Academically I wasn’t much better. I struggled to get ‘C’s, while other kids, especially a certain girl I knew, always made the Honor Roll. In fact Rebecca’s academic successes led to one of my most humiliating tribulations. I was way behind in, of all things, senior.
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