Next time you can use the military terminal down there.”I thanked him and joined the people and beings in the busy space port terminal. The golden r...bes were everywhere, mostly queuing at the space bus terminal for connecting flights to their actual home destinations, but there were also other civilians and service members of many different Union species. There was a Takkian merchant talking to a tall Spindlar and a Saran. Two flawless Saresii beauties with long silver hair and skin tight cat. I'll be there by seven."Beth joined Emily Jane before eleven having collected her gear from her flat and on arrival was introduced to a new crew-member."Beth, meet Terry; he's just come down from Uni. He wants to do youth work, but likes sailing; we've taken him on as third-hand – it'll look good on his CV." Terry, I told you about Beth, our Mate. She was a pretty experienced sailor before starting with Thames barges ... knows her stuff ... I'll be surprised if she doesn't get her master's. His dad is a big real estate broker, handles the new development over by the creek, lots of money. He is the big athlete, all 280 pounds of him. Super Jock! Looks like a cube, Neanderthal skull, shaves his head down to this stupid eighth inch Marine regulation length. Walks around school growling at everybody. Anyway, he decided that I was going to be his girlfriend. Just like that. "Me, Throwback, you, Polly."I would've done something really dumb, like spit in his ugly face, if it hadn't been. My tight-fitting black skirt ended at mid-thigh just below the lace tops of dark thigh-high stockings. I wore a white sleeveless button blouse with buttons undone to my nipple line. The white lace bra underneath was apparent under neath and allowed for showing of the insides of my natural E-cup breasts. I felt a blush spread over me. My appearance was driven by what I believed Tina meant. Was I going to admit it to a man I had just met and who was in some way influential for a job I thought I.