What would she say? Would the fact that she was captain of her school's debating society impress Kate, her high IQ, or that she always got rave review...s for her acting whenever the school put on a play? Probably not, she decided. "God, I'd better not come across as a total dork!" she said out loud.The prospect of being in the same room as Kate, of actually *talking* with her, was all that made being here in Los Angeles at all tolerable to Jamie. She missed Baltimore, missed her home and her. 'Me: 'My attitude?'Jay: 'Yes. You keep saying "If we survive..." You need to change your outlook. "WHEN we survive..." is the way we will talk. A positive attitude will help us get through this. I know that the outcome will be the outcome, but we will do better if we anticipate success.'It wasn't much of a lecture, I guess, but Jay was sincere in her point of view. So I began to think of WHEN we succeed, not IF.We began to plan. We would take off in the pinnace and go to great heights. I don't. We chatted for a little bit more and the chemistry was immediate. I found out the phone call she was on was the cab company and they told her it would another 30-40 minutes before a cab would arrive. (This was before Uber)… lucky for me. Sir! Sir!I turned around and noticed that the valet had finally pulled my car around and was standing with my door open. She said looks like your car is here and thanked me for letting her use my coat. She began to take it off and I stopped her by placing my. .” He removed a large wad of Coalition credits, the exact amount to pay for the services of a Consort. “I would like to beseech your services, as a Consort.”Elysia giggled lightly.“You have saved the lives of this crew far more times than I can count. The absolute least I can do to show you my gratitude is to offer my services for free.”Elysia stepped forward while looking Samuel deep in the eyes and began kissing him. In a short time, he began reciprocating the kiss, even going so far as to.