“That’s right Jehanna. As a loyal Terran Federation citizen, it was my duty and honour to save those people and stop those attacks.” John’s im...ge said firmly.“Our reports show you were outnumbered over 20 to 1, yet you managed to eliminate the entire pirate fleet, as well as rescue every single prisoner!” she gasped.“How did you manage to succeed against such impossible odds?” Jehanna asked in awe.“I attribute the victory to my gifted Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Calara Fernandez!” John’s image. At first I discovered how much I enjoyed playing Indians and Cowboys with the boys, being captured, tied and "tortured". Many times I would wish that they had gone further but they probably neither had the nerve nor the imagination. We were actually starting to unleashing feelings that many would think would have been better off being suppressed. Our games gave us a perfect alibi. You can imagine that I was dreaming of our games many a night and how they could advance further. At the same time,. Larissa increasingly behaved as if Rain were her girlfriend, something that I found very charming even before I knew that they had anything sexual between, or even before I realized that Rain was no guy. She had hardly any qualities that I would ever describe as male, anyway. She just wasn’t male, dick or no dick, balls or no balls.We climbed into Jessica’s van, since it was the most practical vehicle for all of us and Jess was good enough to offer to drive us there. It felt great, sitting next. But, to my disappointment or relief, not sure which, he continued teaching without recognizing my birthday. Then, the bell rang sealing a frown on my face.Tears welled a little in my eyes as I gathered my things, taking one last glance at the paddle on the wall, never to be felt by me.“Kimmi, could you stay after class please,” he said.My body stiffened. Was I in trouble? I didn’t do anything wrong that I knew of, but teachers only asked you to stay after class if you were in trouble. I sat in.