Jacob looked at her."Wenna earth appears to be at war with these people, we have to help them!" Jacob said.I shook my head."You lost." I said quietly....Every eye turned to me again."What?" Jacob said."Earth they lost the war, earth gov is no more." I said calmly.The governor nodded."See Jacob, we must deal with this new Government anyway." The governor said.Jacob was shaking his head."What happened to Earth?" He said staring at me.I Looked at the Governor."You wish to negotiate with the Colonial. 'Mary snuggled up close, and we both dozed for the balance of the flight. The plane's descent stirred us both, and we watched out the window looking for a glimpse of the nude beach. We knew that it wasn't along the flight path, but it was fun to look anyway. Once we landed, we exited the plane and were met by our limo driver, Dan. He quickly led us to the baggage claim, where we waited arm-in-arm for our belongings. After we retrieved our bags, Dan led us out to the car and whisked us away to. I’d go sit in his office to talk about the latest events while staring at him and thinking decidedly non-work related thoughts. During these conversations we learned more and more about each other. And the more we learned, the more we liked. If I had to fall for someone, Russ is a great choice, tall and lean, smart and funny, with blond hair and blue eyes. He’s very easy to look at. You can tell that he cares about his appearance but not so much that he seems vain. And with that nice body, he. As I said we were in the army together, in the same battalion, slept together in the same bungalow even in the same tent, still hung out together on weekend pass, dated the same girls, shared them on some evenings but never together in a bed.Then about twenty years after the army and having drifted apart from each other, each in our own direction, me getting married, divorced and married again, he suddenly pitches up out of the blue on my doorstep for a surprise visit.Now I must be the first to.