He was no fitness fanatic hence his protruding belly. I had known him as a neighbour for most of my life but never thought of him in any other way tha... neighbour, and 'the big bloke down the road' so the events of the last few months have taken me, pleasantly by surprise. It was a pleasantly warm June day. There he was, stood over me all 6'4" of him. Ok so he wasn't the specimen he was in his prime, but at 63 he still cut a fine shape. All of about sixteen stone and a musky smell of sweat and. .”I growled, “Shut up and listen commander before I relieve you. My name is Morpheus, marshal commander Morpheus. Now I am issuing a class three chem or bio alert and need the marshals building sealed and a containment field established. No one is to enter without a full containment suit. I need a decon unit at the front entrance as soon as possible. We are going to need a lot of body bags and your best medical examiner.”I looked around the marshal floor at several dead and growled as I spun. He was focused. He didn’t even notice me at first. I noticed him, though. He was cute and I quickly started trying discreetly to attract his attention.It wasn’t easy. He usually had his nose buried in a book. I finally walked up to the bench he was sitting on one day and asked if I could join him. Even then he had to be drawn out. He was not an easy man to get to know.I finally got tired of waiting for him to ask me out. After a week and a half of sitting together at lunch time I mentioned that. My mom butted in “You should be glad a cute girl like Ashley comes and get you every morning.” Yeah right I know the only time she picks me up in the morning is when she needs a ride to school since I have a car. As I was pouring my orange juice I notice Ashley getting up. Usually I don’t really pay any attention to what Ashley has on but something was different about her that day. She was wearing makeup and her hair done. You see Ashley was like a tomboy growing up so I’ve always seen her as.