The smell of her wafted back to him as she led him down the hall. He loved the way her body bounced and jiggled naturally as he watched her beneath th... swaying fabric of her clothes. As they came to his room he pulled her up short and handed her the card key.She looked at him quizzically and then smiled as she understood. He wanted this to be her decision. She had to open the door and lead them inside. Jake stepped through the open door and pulled her close as the door slowly latched. He knew. Until we get to that point, however, I'm staying. Hoary, you want to quit, I'll process your resignation without any ill feelings, but I'm staying."Horishito didn't answer this, either in the affirmative or the negative. Neither did anyone else. But all absorbed Lon's vow and took comfort from it.For the next two hours they stayed there, watching the landing craft sit on the Martian surface, growing bored, restless, and longing for the safety of their base and the promised beer, cigarette,. On the first tee he introduced himself to Don and Dana. They said they were students at the State University. To Steve they seemed like a nice young couple. He was a little surprised when Dana said she would play off the white tees, the same tees that Steve plays from. Don said he normally plays off the blue tees but he would play off the whites today.While that was a little bit of a surprise, a bigger one was their golf scores. Dana was six over par and Don was one over par. Steve’s fourteen. “Yes, Dear,” I said automatically.There was silence and it caused me to shift my gaze from the scenery passing by to my backseat partner. She was sitting with her head tilted to the side and a single eyebrow lifted in my direction.“What?” I asked.“You weren’t listening,” she said.“In my defense ... I listened for the first... 30 seconds or so,” I said. “After that ... it sort of got repetitive. So I kind of let it blend into the background. I was listening for when you wound down, though. I was.