She came upright, allowing Steve to pull himself free of her depths before turning around and leaning back on the counter."Mmm, holy shit, that felt s... good," she said, smiling."You're damn right about that," Steve said, reaching down to pull up his underwear and jeans. "What got into you?" Nothing, I just, I was looking at you," Jenny said, finding her own panties around her right foot and stepping back into them. "And I suddenly thought about how short life is. I wanted to be taken, and I. Students were standing around staring at them."Sorry, sir," Geoghan was saying. "Tachyon showed up and started toapproach Mr. Holcomb, and I gave chase, out the door and up the street-- he was zigzagging through crowds so I couldn't get a clear shot.He's faster than me, I think, but he was letting me follow him... ThenI tripped over a wire he'd stretched between a street sign and a fenceon Courtland Street, and lost sight of him by the time I got up. WhileI was calling you, removing the wire. You know they will kid us, but we'll be able to kid someone else tomorrow." Uh, maybe not. Aren't the General and his women scheduled for tonight? He told me they had been living together for years. They just want to have the Prime and his Queen marry them. Surely that wouldn't be the same as our having never been with each other before." Guess we'll have to wait and see," Sandra allowed.Their walk down the hallways was at a moderate pace with arms around each other, all hoping that no one. Lunch was a delicious tomato soup with grilled cheese and bacon. Between Dad and I, we got the rest of the stuff out of her room and into garbage bags or on the curb for pickup. When we finally got the warped headboard to the curb, Dad nonchalantly asks me, “So Mike, are you dating anyone?” “No, not since Melissa.” “That’s too bad. You’re a sharp looking man and I know you’ll make a great guy for any lucky lady.” “Thanks for the vote of confidence, but...what’s up? You’ve never asked me this.