What could she do...Alice didn't even look up as the sleigh bells rang. Fuck customer service. She needed someone to help HER! A white knight, to swoo... in, save her and her friend..."Um ... excuse me."Alice raised her head. It was him. The man from the day before. She looked up into brown eyes that seemed to swallow her. He, too, seemed to be staring at her. Realizing that, she jumped up, hands reflexively going to straighten her long dirty blond hair."Oh! Sorry! Um, hi! What can I do for. She grinned.He replied, “There’s no problem, Ensign. Hearth Maria is waiting for help in seeing them demoted to Jetsam Davino, Jetsam Martelli, and Jetsam Tocci.”“Jetsam, Sir? That’s not a rank.”“Why don’t you and another seaman offer to help Hearth Maria? She’ll show you what’s involved in getting demoted to Jetsam,” Captain Tasso said.“Aye aye, Sir.”“Very nicely stated,” Sword Anat said with a smile.“I did learn a thing or two in Officer Training School. I’ll admit that it took a while,” he. They were hooked, Scott and Brandt chatted small talk for another few minutesand then moved on to another table to sit down for lunch. 'I can't believe it, finally an invitation to the Falls!' Tina and her friendswas elated, the exclusive club was host to Tranton's wealthiest residents andtheir guests. An invitation to play at the Falls was an aspiration that shehad been eager to fulfill ever since moving to the area last fall. 'She has no idea what is coming, but it will certainly fulfill. Brittany had wanted to see her mother very much because they hadn't been able to talk much since Brittany had gotten married. Her older sister would be there too and even though they hadn't been that close growing up since they were six years apart and each had their own friends. Brittany still wanted to see her. And she also wanted to see her mother's husband. Brittany didn't think of him as a stepfather since he and her mother had gotten married less than three years before Brittany moved out.