It's hard to do an about-face wearing shower clogs but I had turned about 170 degrees when Jordan said my name. "Oldham, what do you think of this?"He...pointed to the white board and stepped aside so I could see two columns of names. There were cross-outs and arrows from one column to the other. I got the general idea. The two columns represented the names of players on two teams. He was assigning us to the team we would play on during spring football. I saw my name in one column and Russell's. (Did I just say "mate"? Yes, at this point in our story, I think that's just what it felt like. As I rolled the word around on my tongue, it seemed to fit, as strange as it sounded even to me. At the very least, Galene and I had become interspecies lovers, but for some reason it felt like a much deeper connection than that. I rolled the idea around in my head, and it was like tasting a good wine... ) ... over the next few daycycles, I watched as he brought what appeared to be many long, dried. .. what's wrong, Baby? Why's she doing this?" Wrong? What'd you mean, wrong?" Nadine replied, tilting her head provocatively. "She's going on the stage, is all... and she's getting a lot more money. Maybe... maybe someday, we'll be a team or something."Oh Christ, that's wild, that is," Jamey blurted. "And will you be dancing naked, too?" She isn't going to be naked!" Nadine snapped angrily. "She's wearing a costume... something sexy, I imagine, but that's what they want to see, isn't it?" Then,. "I'm Chief Communications Officer ... remember?"Janice felt a little silly, of course her friend would've seen her orders as soon as they came in."Well good fortune smiles on both of us, dinner is nearly ready and you're here just in time." Uhura said as she indicated the table settings with a flourish of her outstretched hand. "I couldn't let your last night on the Enterprise consist of an empty ward room and pot luck from the galley." Thank you." Janice replied. "I only wish I'd gotten the.