Quickly made sure no one else noticed and her eyes found him again. Then he rose and she thought he was joining her but then he walk toward the doors....Her pulse quickened when he turned and motioned her to follow him to his office.Saying a hasty good-bye to her friends, she jumped up and entered the building. Making her way straight to his office, she tried to calm her breathing. By the time she was at his door, she was panting. She took a few breaths to calm herself, smoothed her skirt down. ’S: ‘That’s too bad, Butch. If you want to come and make a life with me, I’ll find you a home ... or you can come to my place. My kids would love you.’R: ‘No, Waabanow. She’s going to come and live with me, not you.’S: ‘Oh. Well, we’ll have to talk to Spotted Bird about that. But one way or the other Butch will have a new home.’Robbie was pouting.R: ‘But you will talk to her for us.’S: ‘Of course I will ... But for now, come on inside and curl up in the back. You’ll probably want to sleep after. "Yes?" I was going to ask you... see there is this thing at school called the father/daughter dance, and I wanted you to... I wanted you to go with me... if you can."Steve beamed. "I would love to."I gasped. "Really? I mean are you sure you can get that night off? It's next Friday." I can and I will."I yelped and threw my arms around him. He fell back some and grunted. "Owww Lindsay you almost made me hurt my back."I quickly released myself from his hold. I was concerned. "I'm sorry. I was just. Bugs could smell him from a fair distance, or taste him with their antenna, whatever the hell it was that insects did. Her keen nose would alert them long before the enemy came into visual range in this dense forest.The next morning they continued on their patrol, placing more of the sensors as they went, their pace noticeably faster. They hadn’t come across any wildlife here, it was as if the animals had all fled, or perhaps the Bugs had killed them off. Kaz complained of the constant smell,.