" She asks “Do you have a crush on me?” I start to blush and she can tell I’m totally flustered. I stammer a little and say “Sue, you know you...��re my best friend….” And she giggles more and says “Too bad, I was hoping you’d kiss me.” I turn red and ask "Are you serious or just messing with me because you're drunk?" but before I finish, she leans in and gives me a soft kiss. She giggles more, and I lean in and kiss her harder. After a few minutes, I stop and look at her and say “How drunk are. I explained away my shavedlegs by the keen interest in swimming and cycling I had.While this was going through my mind I began to relaxagain, a state interrupted by a rap on the front door. Itwas John."Hey, Bern, let me in! I know you've got someone with youbut I need a shower!" Er, what?" I replied."My hot water system is broke ? I need to shower, Bernie!" Can't it wait?" Look, I know you have someone with you ? I saw her ? don'tworry, I won't tell Lisa." (Okay now you also know mywife's. Someone get me a pilot for that Twin Beach, I'm going along forthis one."No one argued with me, as the five search and rescue birds left the baseheaded north. I could feel it in my bones, we were being contacteddirectly by an alien life form.We were criss crossing around the pole widening our search pattern. Thenabout a hundred miles toward Alaska search four called they hadsomething under the ice.It was buried about ten feet under the ice. "How the hell did you findit?" I asked Toni as we. Her friend ran a big accountancy firm and said she would be happy for me to start as a helper at first then if I enjoyed it work myself up.I started the following week , I had to wear shirt, pants and tie and always appear presentable .I started off just sorting paper work out and transporting files from floor to floor , it was a little boring but it was a Job and the pay was decent.My auntie.s friend who ran the company was called Debra , from the day I started the job she was really nice to.