.. natural. She settled in and he cuddled up and exhaustion claimed them both.Tom woke once to go to the head, and he was vaguely aware of one time th...t Tania got up. He was on his back when she came back, so she put her head on his shoulder, so Tom woke up to find his right arm was asleep. Something was amiss..."AI, what time is it?" Ten thirteen a.m., ship's time," the AI replied."I should have been up three hours ago!" Tom howled, sitting up and dumping Tania off."No, you should not," the AI. Nicole was tall and slim, with fair lightly tanned skin, a slim and athletic build, short dark brown hair, and supple lips frequently adorned with a sassy smile that was almost (but not quite!) a smirk. Her short hair, her toned physique, and general assertive personality caused many to regard her as a sort of tomboy, but she never really embraced the label herself. Serena was shorter, curvier, with larger breasts than her sister; she had fairer skin but darker hair, and liked to emphasize the. Finally, she looked up at me and smiled, flashing a pair of gleaming feline eyes. "Momo is Momo."I slowly reached out to touch her head, feel her ears. She met me halfway, pressing her forehead against my hand and rubbing against it like a table corner. I felt the triangular ears poking out from her long hair, finding no seam or line to suggest they had been glued on or were fake in any way. The touching of her ears made her purr, a genuine cat purr, and it increased in volume as I moved down. For the first time she could remember, mortal fear and dread settled into her body like cancer. What are we going to do? What happens tomorrow? She looked over at the clock, it read 2:15 in the morning. Today. She mentally corrected. A spasm of anguish wracked her body causing her to shudder. Oh Grey, what have you done? She heard Sam whispering quietly in the dark and she strained to hear. Her movement caught the other girl’s attention and she felt Sam’s hand grip her own, it was slick with.