Time stands still and the kiss goes on. Eventually we have to come up for air, and we stand apart again, your face flushed and your eyes searching for...mine, troubled. I smile down on you with a warm glow of love, and at last you smile shyly back. I take your hand and lead you to the bed, gently laying you down, then lying close, but not touching. You’re trembling again, and are about to say something, but I put a finger to your lips – it’s OK. My little one. I love the way your hair cascades. I wear Mindy out too much at night and it wears me out too much in the morning," he said as he was laughing."What is on your mind? It must be important; you have not hit on me in the morning in years," he replied with a grin."Can you come home for a couple days? A lot of people would like to see you. You know I have your whole old crew working on one of my projects. We can send a jet to pick you up," I said."We are at a critical junction on the clean-up we have going in the reactor building. If. Many times, the only indication of its presence was the small bumps of sweat above the lip or the single large bead that exploded from your armpit and rolled down the ribcage. But when it covered you, it’s tentacles ran deep and the poison of self doubt paralyzed your being. Like a spider, it would sink its fangs into your reason, then retreat to watch as you stiffened dumb. A close companion many nights, fear had served Capt well in his aviation career. It had come to his aid on the milk run. Shegrabbed her backpack and slowly closed the door behind her.***Amber was looking for Bobbie when she saw Kim and Roxx ambling onto campuslate. She had noticed Kim getting worse. She's gonna be a permanentresident of Slacker's Cove or worse if we don't do something."Kim," she called. "Kim," Amber yelled again. She saw both girls turntoward her."What is it, Amber?" Kim said, clearly annoyed by the presence of thesecond redhead."Heather was wondering when you were going to pick up your bass,".