" He licked his lips. "You're beautiful." Thank you." I thought I wasn't allowed to see you like this," he said."You've been through a rough time," sh...e said. "I thought you deserved a little reward." That's a huge reward," he sighed.She looked at him, sitting there, his body the very image of an alert, very interested man. For a split second she wondered if that stuff had gotten on her again somehow, as she reached behind her and unsnapped the bra. She let it slide down to hang from one. Not much of a bathroom I’ll admit, but it works. The door is just around the side of the control center.”She hurried off to use the bathroom. A couple minutes later came back out and sat in my lap with a hurt look on her face. “You could have mentioned that earlier, Master. Ive been trying to hold it for the last half hour.”“I suppose I could have,” I replied. “I would have missed that highly entertaining conversation though, and the lovely mental picture of your ass hanging over the back of. I’d never even heard it.”Coraline, “I paid to interlibrary loan her stories from the magazines. The college photocopied and mailed them to me along with the cover and inside cover so it had the staff names.” That was a dedicated fan. She was out of her seat and still holding the envelope. “So, I know this is a lot and I don’t want to be a pest and I’ll ... I’ll do anything but ... oh my god, I feel like I’m spazzing.”Lavi rolled her eyes at her. “Take a breath girl.”“What she means,” Melissa. Today, 333 city sized ships will leave the foundries on Mars, travel to the far ends of our solar system and begin a decade long push into the outer reaches of space. The selection process for those 333 Captains was long, arduous and more selective than the election of any 21st century president. Even so, you made it. And here you are, still recovering from the celebrations of the selection ceremony and standing aboard the ship that you will soon not only command but be leaving everything you.