"Me saw what you didfor Mr. Bennett. You do same for Carl, or me tell other teachers. Younot want teacher lose job, do you?"No, thought Edward, I can'... let Mr. Bennett lose his job, just fortrying to help me! Meekly, Edward said, "No. I don't want him to losehis job." You do what me want then?"Edward nodded weakly and lifted his head in supplication.Carl's lips met Edward's and his tongue pushed its way between theboygirl's rouged lips. Edward could taste the caretaker's foul breathas his. “So where do we go from here?” she asked softly, not wanting to wake Mel just yet. “I mean, you’re my friends, my best friends. I don’t wanna mess that up.”“You want last night to be a one-time thing?” I asked her directly.She shook her head.“No, but I don’t wanna come between the two of you either,” she pointed out.“Well, when Mel got back, she started making jokes about how I drink my coffee. She’d say, ‘you still like it black and sweet? Do I have to worry about Terri?’ and then kiss me and. Soon meeting with Steven and Kyla they agreed they'd also enjoy quiet time alone. Thinking about it we discussed and agreed to meet at the water park at 7 again and then from there we would go find someplace quiet. Back to our parents we went who had also got out the water a few mins earlier, quickly discussed plans and after a bit of teasing and joking it was all ago ahead to meet at 7pm. We spent a little more time on the beach before heading home to slowly get ready for the evening. After. I was approaching my TIE when I heard a voice behind me."Captain Tallig! Captain Tallig!" I turned around as Marina Haarkov came running up to me."I'm in a hurry, ensign," I said. "What is it?" Yes, sir," she said. "We've installed a prototype of a new cargo scanner in your TIE." Cargo scanner?" I asked."Yes, sir. It scans the interior of ships for cargo. Things like munitions, contraband, droids, that sort of thing."I nodded. Another new gadget."If you get a chance," she said, shouting above.