Steven and James were very close and shared almost everything...everything except his red-headed kajira. James felt this was ridiculous, but respected... his brother's wishes."Master, tonight was dance class. The kajirae are performing their dances, since you were not here, he went in your place. She's been practicing for days. Master would have let me go too, but you were coming home." Ahhh, I missed it then," he shook his head. "For some reason, I thought it was tomorrow. Oh well, good then. I'm. The swirls of clouds clearly indicated it had active weather systems and an atmosphere.A list of information started scrolling down each side of the window. It gave them the number of continents and islands and total land and sea area. Faint gradient lines in half klick measurements appeared and a representation of degrees of latitude and longitude at twenty-degree increments ringed the globe. The depths of the seas and heights of the mountains were pinpointed using the degrees.New data. But mostly, I just missed you."I don't think Suzette wanted to hear some of what I told her. But it needed to be said. I'm glad I told her because it would be almost seven years before I'd see her again.Our last night, as we lay beside each other in bed, Suzette put her head on my shoulder."Please let me feel loved again," she asked. "For just tonight, I want it to be like it was last year."We made love tenderly — even lovingly. I still had very strong feelings for Suzette and the combination. He is so handsome, again she wonders ‘why her?’ She takes a deep breath, trying to challenge inner confidence and tell her introverted self this is a good thing. Then he looks up and smiles and her insides melt. He stands up to welcome her, gives her a hug and places a soft gentle kiss on her cheek. She notices that he’s already ordered her favorite beer, he must know how nervous she is and is counting on a little liquid confidence. They start with the basic small talk – how was your day, how.