We had a Dutch civil ceremony right after that country legalized same gender marriage in ‘01, then we repeated the process fourteen years later when...our home state of Texas followed suit.Like I say, I love Jamie and she was horribly wronged. But I believe in God and I believe God alone is permitted to sit in judgement of us morals. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no pacifist. I’ll do what is necessary to protect my family, and that includes doing a Mozambique Drill on any imminent threat. But I cannot. "What if." What if he shots us," I finished for her. "It's a chance we are going to have to take. Drop shields." He scanning us now," whispered Erin."Ok, hold tight," I encouraged."He's got into the computer now," wailed Erin. "Captain please."She was only just holding it together."Erin it's fine," said a cool Candy, who placed her hand on Erin's shoulder."May I dock?" said a less than male voice."Please do and welcome," I replied. "Candy gets some clothes on."She was human but only just. Her. .....The party went well, not as Tanya and Iara preferred it, but they all enjoyed her mom's company. They polished each other toes, got facials, talked about boys, ate junk food, watched scary movies and got great advice from Tanya's mom. Tanya tried to pretend she was sleepy around 10pm so her mom would leave, but her mom only called her a lame party host for going to sleep so early. It wasn't until the girls actually fell asleep around 3am when her mom decided to leave the room. Amber woke. The rain was striking the ground so hard it was bouncing back. I was forced to run through this drenching downpour because I was three miles away from home with no way to get there otherwise. Out-of-breath, angry, and soaking wet, I was in the doorway to my flat Squeezing hard on the doorknob, I froze as the girl next door put her head out to see what is going on as it was 6.00 in the morning, she invited me in for coffee and I accepted as I was cold and needed some company. Her flat was filled.