Once she was touching his legs, he hooked a finger in her collar and made her look at him, “I am really tired of the way you are acting over this. W...ile you’re allowed to have your own feelings about things, I don’t want to know what they are unless I ask. I haven’t asked and yet you continue to mope about and pout. Your tone is vacant or resentful and your attitude tells me that you want to extend your punishment on top of this. I suggest you make up your mind right now,” He jerked on her. He's asleep and I hate to wake him for a non-emergency. Who is this?"James cursed. "Damn, sorry, but it appears to be an emergency. This is Ishtar control. We have a crippled Castle class corvette in system." A cripple! But the only Castle on patrol is the Tintagel! That's William's ship! Horace! Wake up! It's our son's ship! Oh, I just know he's dead! Why did you send him out with that gung-ho Captain Jordan!" Wha?" another sleepy voice replied. "Daphne, slow down. I just heard the wake up and. I was only going because of Austin, butit was easier to let Shelly believe she'd convinced me."I love you, Alex," she squealed, wrapping me in a bone-crushing hug."You can be so silly about things. You really don't have to be." Yeah, that's me," I managed to squeak out as my ribs threatened tocrack. "Silly Mille."Since it was official I was going to the Freshman Social; I had a reasonfor Ms. Gartman to stop by my house on the way to hers. My excuse: Ineeded a dress. The ones Shelly packed were. You looked as if you were enjoying it too.”Sally was still giggling as we walked out the sea and headed towards our sun loungers. I ordered a couple of rum cocktails knowing how much she enjoyed having a few drinks during the late afternoon. She laid back her eyes closed, a picture of contentment. A few guys walked up and down the beach their heads turning towards Sally eyeing her as they passed by her lounger. She noticed the attention through her half-closed lids and she obliged by lazily.