So did I. "Are you my girlfriend now?" "I'm a weird sort of girlfriend." Well, I'm a weird sort of boyfriend." I guess we were just made for each othe...."And from then on we were inseparable. Sometimes we were two boys,sometimes two girls, sometimes one of each. Sometimes we played balllike boys do. Sometimes we caught fish and frogs. Sometimes we playedwith dolls and sewed like girls do. Sometimes we dug in the garden.Sometimes we went to the movies and held hands like boys and girls do.We both. I don’t want you to worry.’ Her voice was kind, and John let that warmth wash over him again. ‘Thank you, Blue. I’ll let you get back to your friend. Have a good Christmas.’ ‘You too, John.’ She said softly. John pushed the ‘end’ button to disconnect. ‘Merry Christmas.’ he said to his empty office. December 25 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Blue stood at the small, paned window, looking out at the night. From her third story vantage point she could see the front yard with it’s holiday lights, the seldom used road. Wehit it off right out of the starting gates. It was as if we were theperfect match. She was into scrapbooking, so I was thrilled to showher some of the scrap books my mom and I had done together before...um.. yea. In many other ways, I dare say every other way we found wewere interested in the same things. Music, food, movies, sports.Yes, even sports. We both loved football, and followed the same team.The only place we differed was that she hadn't lost a loved one. Butshe was very. Felix and Algy decided they didn't really want to load missile nests, so they went looking for Sir Henry to discuss HAC simulator training. McCock joined them. They found Sir Henry in the 'puter area in A tween deck. He was sitting with ear bugs inserted listening intently as he watched a screen full of sinusoidal curves. Algy coughed and Sir Henry startled. He turned to see who had disturbed him and beamed at the intruders,"Welcome to the voids of space. Listen to this." He reached forward to.