He perked up a bit at that, said that Debbie had asked him to do some preliminary work on plans - which I'd seen, of course - but hadn't been able to ...ive him any definite time-scales, then didn't look remotely nonplused when I told him that I'd been hoping he - or someone from the practice - might be able to go up and do few days on site the next week.He agreed that that should be possible ... becoming more certain when I suggested that we would book - and pay for - hotels and transport and. Last night Jenn didn’t seem quite so ‘in luuuvvv’. Didn’t seem that way this morning, either, unless she’s redirected.After she got dressed, before she left, we kissed. Held each other close. It was, in my mind, as intimate a thing as the previous three hours of loving each other in every way we could.“Dil,” she sighed, brown eyes sparkling, “I mean this all. Serious.”“I do too, Jenn. But...”“But you just hang on for me. I know things. You’ll see...”And she left. I went into ‘domestic’ mode,. I slowly crept up the stairs and tip-toed into my room, fearful that I would wake up one of the others in my bid to get some sleep. I went into my room closing the door behind me, before stumbling across the room to get changed in the dark. I slipped off my swim suit letting gravity pull it to the floor, before stretching my arms into a loose fitting shirt and pulling on some underwear and shorts. I slowly trudged over to the bed and sat down on the edge. I noticed that it felt like someone was. Bix skittered in on its multiple legs withits six eyes waving covered with pseudo sunglasses. Its green, fur lined,broad brim hat with its bright feather was a shocking contrast with theorange leather coat it wore.Things just hadn't been the same since the Galactic Organization for Tradeand the Celestial Help Association had made contact just a short year ago.Representatives of various Galactic businesses had set up offices on Earthand had embarrassingly used old film and TV characters as.