Still chuckling he said "I'd forgotten what a hellcatyou can be when roused, reminds me of a small blond girl with a carvingknife in her hand threate...ing to gut a failed rapist and bloodeverywhere"It took me a second to realise what he was on about but it broke thespell and calmed me down, I moved close to him, allowed him to put hisarm around me and cuddled up to him. "I still don't understand how youcame to be here" I murmured as I settled into his arms, he gave a deepsigh saying "it's a. .. two..."The men disappeared from the pad. "Esther, the marines here have headed out to the carrier." Good," Esther replied. "The other two are back here. They will be returning with Mickey and Terrence shortly." Kitty, let me know when you are sending," I ordered.Before she replied, more panicked comments came over the open communication. "Cancun! Captain, two Sa'arm cruisers are stalking the corvette." Captain Evans, the two visiting Asia class destroyers are in trouble!" Sif, Athena! We. "Maybe. . . After the way you just turned away from her, it’s definitely points in your favor." I look back over to the other woman, and notice that her smile turns a little sour.I take my date out onto the dance floor, and she laughs at my clumsy attempts at dancing, but I don’t mind, just enjoying the way she sounds, and how her long lashes bat at me.Julia doesn’t seem to be done with us though, and at one point, I find myself sandwiched between the two women. They glare daggers at each. Regrettably the assistant could not provide themodelling service at this short notice but had flippantly suggested thatas the young man in the shop was of a similar stature and build toMademoiselle then perhaps he could be persuaded to model.Judith confided that she did not wish to give the rather arrogantassistant the satisfaction of a failed approach and indicated that inreturn she would be only too happy to help him select a suitable garmentfor the girlfriend for whom he was no doubt.