"I know I've got this reputation for stealing guys from other girls, but believe me if I'd known..." I can't believe you're telling me this, Staci," s...rieked Denise, "and here I thought you were my friend."Staci knelt in front of Denise, placing her hands on her knees. "Denise, I am your friend. You have to believe me when I say I had no idea this was the guy. Besides, I started seeing him a month ago, before you ever mentioned him." Oh, so now it's my fault for not telling you? Jesus, Staci, I. On board the ship, Miranda was heading up logistics as XO while Williams handled all things weapons. Rarely did the two see eye-to-eye and neither trusted Shepard's loyalties.Dr. Chloe Michel and Dr. Karen Chakwas managed the medical needs of the crew. Chakwas was training the younger doctor to take over for her one day when she finally retired. For now, however, there was still a long way to go.Specialist Samantha Traynor joined the crew to take over the duties of Yeomen Kelly Chambers, who. For 119, however, the drudgery of convoying continued with ship drills, fleet evolutions, and "Shriek" training sorties.The squadron had joined up and were escorting twenty one merchantmen, four days out of Raffles with "Shriek" leading using a crossover pattern. She was on the right of the convoy when "Washton" gave the alarm over the Tabes ('talk between ships' which was an open circuit encrypted burst link between all the squadron's ships)," Washton" target two three zero co-planar, one. We seemed to lock eye contact for an eternity, our stare saying so much. I leaned forward to him and kissed him gently on his mouth, it was so right, so natural. I brushed my lips onto his and lingered in the moment, feeling my heart immediately starting to beat faster. James pulled my head to his own and kissed my passionately back, the hunger in his kiss and touch, told no lies, and I knew the mutual passion we had harboured for so long, was about to be born. He tasted so, so good, and in the.