He smiled and took his mother's hand as they walked back to the house.Recently Grace had seen a change in Thomas. While he was sensitive to her, he wa... becoming more aggressive toward his father. It was obvious that he resented his father's relationship with her.It had also become more difficult for her to hide their growing intimate relationship from Walter. She had warned Thomas about overt physical closeness when his father was around, but because he was young it was difficult for him to. I was making out with my sister. It turns out we've both been attracted to each other. How did this not come to for so long?"I've fallen in love with you too Judy. But I got a date, what do we do now?" I asked."Well, can I ask you something?" Judy asked."Yes Judy," I replied."Are you ashamed of this?" Judy asked.Then I just looked at her straight in the eyes and put both of my hands on her face and kissed her again passionately."Absolutely not Judy. I love you, and I think I have for years now. Clearly, however, we need a base of operations. I think that colony idea has some merit. We may find a tanker drifting somewhere filled with fuel oil for the Diana? Perhaps a sailing vessel may be more practical? We will need to cross our bridges as we come to them." Sailing? Who knows how to sail a boat?" I do. A ketch, perhaps, but the principle's the same. Find me a sailing ship, Fedyunsky, and I will sail it. A following breeze and fair weather, Fedyunsky, nothing like it." I'll try, sir.. It could be a ship-rigged sloop.“It looks light a ship-rigged sloop to me, Sir!” he hailed down.“Very well, Mr. Grey! Come back down!”In his haste to return to the deck, Thomas almost missed a ratline and he checked himself. Easy! More carefully, he climbed back down to the deck. He found Captain Benning on the quarter deck and saluted.“Rouse the free watch, Mr. Grey. Have the reefs taken out and the t’gallants set!” Captain Benning ordered. “Quartermaster, three points to starboard! Man the.