Shit, my first week, and already I’d messed up. I tore into the bathroom, missing my coffee and catching a later bus. I tried to sneak in just after...nine, but the cow on reception spotted me. I thought I’d got away with it, Mr Cooper wasn’t at his desk, so I got to work, determined to catch up. At eleven, Mr Cooper came in, he’d been off-site with customers. He took me to one side. “Molly, what time did you get here today?” I knew that cow had already told him, so I confessed. “I’m so. "Old joke. Any of you boys swim?"Nguyen held up a hand."If you beat me to the buoy, you can rub lotion on my back."Kinny beat her to the buoy. Nguyen did, too, but only because hegrabbed Keisha's ankle at the last moment."That's cheating!" She allowed Nguyen to hold her while they treadedwater. Kinny watched them trade kisses. He smiled. Kinny swam back toshore. He did two more laps to the buoy and back. When he returned toshore the third time, the frat boys were all huddled around Keisha.Kinny. “I used to think they were the most beautiful draconic being in the galaxy ... until I met you.”Relix flushed. Her hearts started to thump thump faster and faster. Her nipples tingled and she looked aside, grinning despite herself. Merton laughed and kissed her knuckles again. His warm, warm, warm lips were so soft against her scales. Her tail coiled around his ankle under the table – even as Merton looked back at the Baron. “We were in trouble. Mongo was defended by this tin-pot dictator,. " Badoesa smiled. "She'll make a good fucky sucky girl." Jasper," Melissa glanced around. "Are you working both sides of thewar?"Jas laughed. "No. I don't think the greens are any better than the reds,but they're fighting for survival. That hive invasion was intended forgreen lands. And then Earth Prime. I lost ... good people on this quest.I'm overmatched. Out of ideas. I'm out. I intend to stay out. Unless itcomes home to Earth Prime again."Melissa absorbed that.Jas ate more snow. "Steve got.