Her index finger left a sticky trailup her stomach.At the door there was a second knock and Kathyanswered it. The waiter was standing behind a silverc...rt that contained the drinks they had ordered. Twofrozen margaritas and four generous shot glasses oftequila. He was an older man, maybe around 60 and hisname tag said “Nick”.To his credit he had a lot more composure than theyoung man in the elevator had. He looked at thebeautiful blond woman at the door and never broke hissmile, even. .. oh, about seventy-two Earth hours.”“Three days?” the quarterback asked incredulously. “It takes three of our days for one of yours to pass?”“Give or take,” Gath said.“That means it is dark for a day and a half and light for a day and a half?” asked Catches No Fish.“Pretty much,” Gath said. “We don’t have much seasonal change because our planet is not tilted much on its axis, but we do get a little bit. Right now, it’s the middle of summer—as much as something like summer exists here. Beatrice, however, could afford to wait. In the meantime, she studied what she could through the Intrepid’s nanobot-enhanced instruments. Beatrice was perplexed to see that although the Intrepid was charging forward at a terrific rate through empty nothingness it wasn’t actually moving at all. There was forward thrust but no change of relative position. Beatrice traced back the route travelled by the Intrepid in the weeks since it entered the Anomaly. The telescopic sensors were powerful. I heard her turn the water on and my mind began to fantasize on what she was doing. I imagined her leaving the water running until it was at the right temperature, then striping her clothes off her gorgeous body. As my mind was reeling with these ideas I heard her calling for me. I arrived at the bathroom door and she smiled at me wickedly."Would you like to join me in the shower?"In the shower we washed each other's bodies; I slowly started to wash her back as Jessi pressed her bum against my.