She is now the number two person on this base, only reporting to the Base Commander.”I heard Mary ask, “What is a Colonel doing providing base esc...rt services?”Freya answered, “I was taking a little break when I heard the General doing his best to berate someone and when he hung up he looked at me and said that there was someone at the front gate that I knew. Why don’t you show them the way to the Raider’s compound. I smiled at the old buzzard and said ok. Now, why are you here out of. Intoxication is of little relief from themassacre my reputation is suffering from on the television. The onlylight in the room, the television, flickers its light to a soulless,shell of a man alone in his living room. My eyes drift down from thehaze to see my loaded pistol on the coffee table ahead. I gave thesechildren twenty years of my life so that they could reach their dreams. Seventy hours a week. Meetings. Conferences. Endless bloodletting atthe hands of disassociated parents and. In the end though, it’s still hard for both of them. People are scared of the unknown, trust me I would know.” “Really? And how would you really know Mara?” inquired Sabine. I guessed it was now or never. “Easy. Because I’m a lesbian.” It seemed like an eternity between that statement and her reply. “Oh, really?! I had no idea!” “Yea, I guess I don’t give off the gay vibe that much…” Luckily for me, the teacher interrupted the conversation to begin the discussion, before I could say. After all, I’d modeled and shown my butt to the world. This just felt more personal in some way. I think if I hadn’t already seen the movie and gotten positive feedback, I might have become a basket case.Then I remembered that these really were my friends. They’d support me even if I crashed and burned.As people arrived, I made it a point to greet them and spend some time talking to each one. I was glad I hadn’t dressed up, because no one else had.I took a break to grab some pizza—it was the.