.," Aaron protested, feeling a further loss of control as Chen shook his head, the narrow eyes more curious than concerned over his Colonel's increasi...g agitation, so unlike the normally confident officer he'd known for so long... "We have nothing left but communications and auto-navigation. We can plot a course home but that's about it." Then we have to do this the old fashioned way," the Colonel responded far too quickly. "Tell the men to prepare for a counter against the Norwin. We'll fight. She was gone from the room, but I did see the numbers on the clock, 11:45. I had sleepy in sexual exhaustion for about 2 hours. Under the closed door I saw lights from the hallway and I got up and slipped on pajama pants and went to look for Gail.As soon as I opened the door I heard her humming happily from the laundry room on the second floor (great idea - wash and dry the clothes where you take and put them on, instead of dealing with a basement trip). I padded quietly past her room and. This had really gone far enough. I bent to kiss Ernie on the head, in dismissal, when I saw the pleading look in his eyes. My brain exploded in confusion, thoughts jumbled and meaningless. Ernie's hand rested on my leg. My eyes closed; I was about to throw caution to the wind, and I knew it. I began to calculate how long it had been since I had first attempted to seduce Michael."Turn off the light, Ernie."As he twisted to extinguish the night table lamp, I stood, lifted the blanket and slid. Blearily I grab my suitcase and run out the door, my waist-long brown hair not even brushed yet. Oh well.Finn is already there. We greet one another warmly, and I settle into the seat next to Finn. He explains to me tiredly how his younger and older sisters had to stay home at the last minute--a bad bout of ‘flu--and we both express our hope not to have caught it. Then I set about turning around and greeting the Gallaghers’ children and the Costons, which consisted of young father Jack, his.
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