"You'll do fine," I said before moving to the other side of the room to shake the hand of the chubby kid standing next to Cory Buford."And you are?" I...asked, extending my hand."Brown, Sir, Norman Brown," he said as he nervously gripped my hand.I had some experience at being the room leader. Orlando Laredo gave me that when he moved out of the room the last quarter of the previous year and let me take charge. But he was just down the hall and always available when I needed someone to call upon. That was just as well, because the Terran task force had transited the wormhole behind them three days before. They would be able to obtain the entry vector, and continue pursuing the fleeing Genevans into the next star system. The Terran warships were accelerating hard to catch them, and, unless the following wormhole was close to this one, the transports would be in extreme missile range in another thirty-four hours.Admiral Aaron Peters paid scant attention to the view from Foster’s boat bay.. Don't wait up." I'll be on the couch and I'll know if you're a minute later than 11," I reminded her. "Let's keep that in mind. You know the rules." If I'm going anywhere but Sarah's I'll call to let you know," she said. "If the weather gets bad I'll be home early. Am I forgetting anything?"It was a routine we went through every time she went somewhere: the Curfew Try, the Negotiation and the Recitation of Rules (yes, we had done it so often that the stages had their own names in my mind)."Just. It was the frilliest of girl's partydresses...and a sissies dream come true! I remembered Amy wearing it afew years ago....I envied her then....and now I am to wear it myself. Ifelt like I was in heaven. They both helped pull it over my head, andfluff and fuss with it, cooing and fawning over me and the dress. Amytook forever tieing the sash to her satisfaction."My, aren't you the pretty girl!" Oh, ... she's adorable!" A pretty little girl in a pretty little dress."My eyes got watery; and I.