The old man thanked the Marine.“Thank you Corporal Xurr. If you want, you can take the rest of the day off. I will be busy there for a while.”“S...r, I just started my shift. I doubt Captain Morgan would approve.”“Corporal, I am sure whoever Captain Morgan might be. I am certain he won’t object if the Admiral of the Fleet grants you a day off.”“You make a valid point Sir.”McElligott smiled at two boys, not too far distant who had stopped their hovercycles and stared at the Nul in awe. “I guess I. “You gotta share.” “Later. First tell me why you’re so ga-ga over him.” Katie pouted. “Fine. But after you gotta show me.” “Deal,” Petra agreed, sealing it not with a handshake but with a deft rubbing of palms to nipples. “Mnh- stop that, it messes me up. Okay, remember when we were ten and tried to ride skateboards?” “Heh. You mean fall off skateboards.” “Yeah, that. And I got that really bad cut on my thigh? And your dad helped clean me up?” “Yeah, that was a mess. You still have that. She blew a hot breath across it and it twitched involuntarily, to her amusement. Then she kissed the tip. I almost lost it then, I had never thought even for one moment in my life that something like this would happen. I couldn’t square what was happening with what I knew about Ma, she would never do anything like this. But she was, and she was making me crazy. I decided I’d better think about something innocuous like baseball scores for a while, or this wouldn’t last. Her. After about half an hour i went up and checked on her, she said she was fine and to go and wake her when we were leaving! so i left her to sleep it off. as i came out the room rebecca was standing there, she grabbed my hand and pulled me into one of the other bedrooms. she turned to me and said there was something she'd wanted to do all night. then she kissed me, gently and slowly, she began probing my mouth gently with her tongue, she suddenly stopped, looked at me and said have you ever.