Doctor Phillipa Goddard, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)!After coming down from off the stage clutching her diploma, she had been surrounded by well-wishers. I loo...ed at her and knew that without a shadow of a doubt that Academia was her life, as the army was mine, and our two lives were not and never would be compatible. Pippa suddenly looked up and saw me looking at her. The smile she gave wrapped me in a blanket of warmth and love and gratitude, and that picture of her, with shining eyes, gorgeous in her. Sherry rose from her chair and went to the door. She opened it before her mother had a chance to ring the doorbell. Her mother was quite surprised when the door opened as she reached it.“Hi, Mom!”Her mother said, “Don’t you ‘hi mom’ me.”Sherry grimaced at the harsh tone in her mother’s voice. She wondered what she had done, now. Alex stepped up behind her.Her mother looked at Alex and said, “So, this is Alex.”“I was about to introduce you,” Sherry said.“Are you going to make me stand out here. And Mrs. O'Rourke, but chose to say nothing about it.After their dinner, they shared a bottle of a local wine while they sat on the balcony outside their room, watching the waves and just hearing the sounds of the ocean."I can not believe how relaxing this is," she told him. " I haven't felt this calm in months." It is incredible, isn't it, and from my standpoint, it doesn't hurt at all that I am sitting next to an extraordinarily beautiful girl either." He kissed her tenderly and she responded. "Tina stood there looking around when the door opened and Maria came in and stopped. "Wow! It's huge..." Yeah, we know. Well come on. Let's unpack, and get everything put away."Several hours later, Tina stood there watching her friend sleep, across the room the doctors were working on the Admiral and the strange woman.Caressing her friend's hand, she whispered to the unconscious girl, "Shannon, wake up and tell me how you are feeling?"Shannon slowly woke up in the medical bay, and looked to her.