"So, where did you two meet?" Mark and I grew up together. His mom would baby sit until my Mom came home from work." Oh."I was getting the feeling tha... I was not liked or wanted. I had no idea why, since they had just met me. I didn't want to say anything, since I knew these were Jenny's friends."Where are your boyfriends?" They are on the field. Rachel is dating the tailback, Diane the quarterback and I'm seeing the linebacker." Oh, I guess that's a good reason that they're not here with you.". The trickle of water running down my spine seemed to confirm the realization. I reached out, and wrapped her in my arms. Startled, she laid her hands on my shoulders. I felt the silk teddy on my cheek, breathed in the gentle, sweet scent of her favorite perfume. “Tabitha, are you okay? I’m sorry I dropped the glass.” I nodded. “I’ll be alright. I’m the one who’s sorry.” She shook her head gently. “You have reasons. More than most.” The tears were coming, I could feel them like an acidic. My guess is that people who do as I'm doing with rats and other sorts of vermin will be the beginning of winning the war planet side. However as I noted earlier that is going to be a long, arduous task. Even considering that we're guessing that people may live up to 200 years with the help of Confederacy nanotech in the form of nanites to help support our health I doubt that any child born in the first 50 years of this war will see the end of it. Then again we could discover that Sa'arm are. .. he's got some new guy with him.” Nose still in her magazine, Sandy lifted her legs and pointed her bare feet toward the ceiling. Then she slowly lowered them and rolled over on her back. There was a quick intake of breath as Bob took in the sight of her lace-covered breasts. Sandy though, gazing at the ceiling and pretending ignorance of the effect she was having on her stepbrother, asked, “So what does that have to do with me?” Bob tore his eyes away from Sandy's nearly naked body and.