“Ryan! I just told you I don’t do this kind of thing!”“Well yeah, but ... I guess I just thought you were.”“I’m not,” she said. “Be ...uiet and let me think.”She mentally reviewed her menstrual status. She had to count backwards, arriving at the number nine as the end of her last period.She sighed.“I think we’re safe,” she said.“Safe?”“I don’t think you’re going to be a daddy,” she said, sarcastically.“Wow,” he said. “I didn’t think about that.”“Men never do,” she growled.“But that’s good, right?. The ship itself likely would have survived but its delicate occupants would have been smeared very finely across the ship's bulkheads.Captain Velaria had requested Codi and her team help secure their computer systems. Codi had some basic encryption routines stored on the shuttle's computers that she was able to adapt to the Starling's systems. In the Federation it was a publicly available algorithm and easily cracked by anyone that knew what they were doing but she hoped it was enough to stymie. I like you," he said solemnly, thinking that he had never imagined a situation where he'd be saying this. "I'd like to think we could be friends..."Dawn laughed gaily with her head going back. "Are you trying to tell me there's another woman, Rob?" When he nodded, she sobered up. "It's the redhead, isn't it?" Her name's Elaina," he whispered, putting his face down."Rob, there's nothing to be ashamed of," she said, answering his tone more than his words. "My timing sucks, that's all. Sure. We. Somehow, I don’t think he was angry with me, but intrigued. This wasn't the first time we had danced and it probably won’t be the last. Heading back to my table, I was stopped by my friend. “Can you please take me home?” she slurred, her coordination unsteady. Nodding, I begin to help her out of the club and into the parking lot. The brisk air sobering me a little while she begin to shiver. Losing her footing she slipped from my grasp and before she hit the ground, he was there. Helping me to.