I couldn’t help but stare. As she stood up she caught me in the corner of her eye, watching her. I quickly looked away. “I’m sorry,” I stutter...d. “It’s ok…,” she said. “Can’t imagine why you’d look though.” “Well, you still look pretty good to be 50,” I answered. “Ohh so your saying I’m old?” She smiled back. “No I was just…saying how you’re still in really good shape.” “Well thanks,” she said. She looked down for a while as I straighten the shower curtain. “Yeah know Rajat, I thought a. Glorious finally reported, "Captain, there have been some falsifications made to a report. The group reported 'No Contact' with any indigenous sentient beings. This was an outright fabrication."The captain felt the muscle in his back get tighter. The vein in his forehead ... the one just above his right eye began to throb. He rubbed it. The skin there was very thin."You know this?" Yes, Captain." Continue, Glorious." Yes, Sir. The service demands unaltered hand written records. We use forms." I. "I was betting he'd be a perfect fit." What are you basing that on?" I asked."His survey response." Speaking of, I need to see that thing. What kind of questions are we asking?" None." Sean answered. "It's a video game." A what?"They all laughed. "You didn't show Boss the game?" Ivan checked on dinner. "You gotta see this!" Yeah." I agreed. "I gotta see this. Now. First, Yann, go get some clothes for those two and run a load of laundry. Sean, Juan, show me this game."We headed for the boys'. "A bet? No way, I couldn't steal money from old friends and teammates. It would be like taking candy from a baby. Pete has no chance whatsoever against the Ice Princess!"With that challenge the pump was primed and folks couldn't wait to formalize the terms of the bet. Since Peter was the uncontested champion of romance, with a perfect record of never failing to seduce any woman, I demanded some odds as the underdog, 4-1 at least. Especially since hardly anyone seemed willing to bet on my side..