I was just… you know…lost for a second. What did you say, Marshall?” She turned her head away from Thomas very reluctantly.The flush of her emba...rrassment and the swelling of her nipples against the soft grey athletic department tee-shirt she wore seemed to bind the three of them in their knowledge and acceptance of her arousal. When she looked at Marshall, his eyes were shifting between her chest and her face, never apologizing in any way for his interest. When she looked back at Thomas, he was. She sat down on one of the small beds in the tiny cabin. There were two single beds, perpendicular to each other, taking up about 70 percent of the room available. The rest was cabinets, a tiny desk and chair, and floor. They had been bumping into each other almost constantly, getting in each other's way as they unpacked their suitcases."You are," she said with a smile. She admired her husband's backside as he took a pile of shirts out of his suitcase. "And you're cute, too," she added."Huh,". "I wanted to say that I'm sorry if I upset anyone when I did that alarmclock," said Matilda.There were many quick comments on how we forgave her, but to be carefulin future."I'm glad you woke us up when you did," said Helen. "It means that I canget my back scrubbed for longer."Matilda obviously understood what Helen was saying and looked down,rather embarrassed. I don't think Mary Beth understood, as she looked abit perplexed."Matilda, you didn't do this on your own, did you?" I queried."What. As a result there had been four collisions at sea in the Pacific and dozens of incidents and near misses that weren’t reported. The old fashioned ship’s wheel and mechanical control station had been removed and replaced with a touch screen computer and electronic controlled servos in the engine room.It was intended to reduce the number of men in the engine room and on the bridge and to reduce maintenance.It all worked well on a display in theory; in reality it was a mess. With the ship rocking.