The look on her face was priceless. A porter came out and loaded our luggage onto a cart and followed us into the terminal. Grace grabbed my arm and a...ked "Where are you taking me?" I answered "Just for a little boat ride. You'll like it."When I handed the tickets and passports to the clerk at the counter he said "welcome aboard and enjoy your cruise. Grace looked up at the departure board and read "Stella Solaris Cruise Lines" and below that were listed "Key West, Montego Bay Cozumel and. It consisted of Corri an Orange K III star and three rock and ice planets and one gas giant with only one sizeable moon.Yet every rock and surface of the system was occupied or utilized. The Sixth and the seventh fleet had their permanent headquarters here.Border Control was stationed here. Responsible for logistics, intelligence and patrols for the 22,000 light years of border space the Union shared with the Galactic Council and Nul. Due to the recent events the system was busier than a. "Want some?" she asked."Well, one of us has to get Lissa," I observed."Oh, right," she grimaced. Well ... I'll have a glass, and you can go get her. You don't mind?"I shook my head. She ran back around the counter and fetched a corkscrew from a drawer, and soon had popped the top. A minute later she reappeared in the living room with her wine glass with a nice white in it, and resumed her spot on the couch. I could see she had goose bumps as she sipped her wine and fiddled with the tv remote,. I was sure Heather would be no different.I asked her out on a date that following Friday. We had been "dating" for 10 days and I told her she needed to be more like my real girlfriend and we had to go out. She was scared of her father's reaction and kept insisting that she couldn't go. I persuaded her to tell her folks she was doing a science project at a friend's house and met her outside of McDonald's after school. It was time to pay the piper.There's an old farm just outside of town that we.