"She slowly turned my head back towards hers, and we kissed more intensely. I felt overwhelmed by her kiss, and gave in, cupping her face in my hands ...s I kissed her back. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment, before I looked away instinctively."K-Kami," I stammered, "I really.. don't know what to say."She took my hand and held it tight, looking at me. "You're shy."We laughed for a moment. Then, gazing into her pretty face, I breathed deeply, tensed up again, and tried to look forward.. Until you showed up, I was feeling guilty as I had no excuse." She laughed. "My MBA tutor gave me a break on a paper deadline before Christmas, even though I knew I could do it if I pushed myself. You know what? I have until Friday week and I haven't even started yet, so I know what you mean abour procrastination." "I would say a small baby to care for gets you off the hook on procrastination" I said, or does your husband help out with freeing you up in the evenings?" He face fell a little . I answered it and Em joined in singing happy birthday. I blew out the candles and talked to Em while Mom cut the pie and Dad dished ice cream.“Happy birthday, J.”“Thank you, Em. I miss you.”“I miss you, too. It’s only another week, though. I get a week’s vacation after training here. I’ll be home next weekend.”“Really? That’s great! A whole week? Maybe I can cut school that week. We can run in the mornings and talk all night.”“You know, others are going to want a piece of my time, too,” Em. So what else should I do? Chase Holly around the pod? We do that quite a bit even if she is bulging quite a bit with my baby. And no I'm not complaining about her size. She says that she feels like a beached whale. I just tell her she is gloriously beautiful.Why is it that women all think that being pregnant makes them ugly? I can't imagine a time when I thought that my wives were more beautiful than when they were in the last trimester of their pregnancies. Yet that is the time when they are.