I can’t help that, you know. I can’t help it that you make me so hard. It’s nothing, just go back to sleep, OK?’ He doesn’t understand, tho...gh. I want to…no, I NEED to do this. As I continue to struggle to turn over, he finally loosens his hold on me so that I can roll to my left side to face him. Looking into his dear face, the return of my desire for him is instantaneous and complete…like it was never gone. I cup his cheek in the palm of my hand, lightly rubbing my thumb at the corner of. The Thermopylae shook as the massive railgun turrets mounted along her belly fired in unison, the rows of magnetic rings that made up their long barrels accelerating twenty millimeter tungsten slugs at over ten thousand feet per second towards the SAM sites. It took a few seconds for them to reach their destinations, Stavros pulling up a display on the bridge window which doubled as a monitor, watching the splashes on the long-range telescopes as the relatively tiny projectiles hit the ground. .my head got hurt this morning because of my mom. She threw me against the wall.” I said Saying even the small part of it felt like pounds of weight were coming off my chest.“I'm sorry Zach, I knew your mom drank I just didn't know how bad it was.” Ali said.“No thats not the worst part... Its been happening for years, the first hit was when I was 8 years old. And it hasn't been just hitting that she would do....” I stopped and was afraid to look at Ali.“She abused you... didn't she?” Ali said. Merlin's appearance had the big kids going over to greet them. The magic man pulled some scarves from a couple of ears on the way to give Missy a hug and kiss. Ben wasn't bashful at all, and was cupping one of Beth's large breasts as he said, "Hi, Everyone. Excuse us for a few minutes. I need to have a discussion with Beth for a little while." The two hurried down the steps to the deck below.Missy and Mercy were sipping scotch and made one up for Merlin. He told everyone, "You guys aren't good.