Hearts pounding, they made their way to Jessica’s door and rang the bell.Jessica was just finishing her first martini of the evening and was pleasan...tly surprised to see the two girls on her front porch. She had hoped they’d get the chance to finish what they’d started, and although she wasn’t sure it would ever happen, she’d spent a fair amount of time over the previous couple days planning exactly what she’d do if the opportunity arose.Setting the girls up in the living room with glasses of. “Thanks for getting her home safe.”“Is that ... the blond ... is she really...” Berney stammered.The cook’s grin didn’t leave his face but his eyes grew suspicious. “The Captain? Sure is.”“I didn’t think she was real,” Barney said, flicking his eyes between the trio of women as they stood at the bonfire and talked.“You read the books, huh?” the cook asked pointedly.Barney cleared his throat. “Uh. Yeah.”“Me too. They’re why I joined up,” the cook said. His grin was friendly, but his tone was. . she is sentient,” Cox offered.“Oh,” the girls quietly returned, both wondering if all this could possibly be true, but now almost afraid to ask.“So, the two of you have definitely decided to go? Remember, this could quite well be a one-way trip to a prison planet where you will live in a cave and be wives to a man who was convicted of some very serious crimes. Life there is hard, and you will have to raise or kill your food – probably some of the time while being stalked by ferocious. "Our friendship became even closer and it was about the end of September that one night we all went to the local inn for a meal and a drink. It was in one of those darkened dining areas and Linda was sat next to me with our backs to the wall. John and Joan were sat opposite. I found myself brushing up against Linda quite frequently and she was definitely not moving away from me, but seemed to be enjoying our bodily contact Halfway through the evening when we had all had a few drinks,Linda had.