They were more like big sisters to me. You scare the hell out of me.”Olivia gently kissed him. He returned the kiss as softly as the one she placed ...n his lips. She knew they affected each other, and she had slept with a man for lesser reasons, but like him, she wasn’t sure it was enough. He was a man she could see herself growing old with. Even his flirtatious nature didn’t bother her.She surmised he had a real issue with insecurity and the girl who cracked that shell would get a very loving. ”“Sorry. You know I’m a history buff. Before World War II, Hitler managed to take over Austria and part of Czechoslovakia without firing a shot. It was when he demanded a corridor to Danzig from Poland and they refused that the shooting war actually started. Well, that’s not even true, because Japan and China were at war long before that.”“If something happened, could any of your friends be involved?”“Aimee; she’s in the Seventh Fleet based in Japan, but otherwise? It’s not very likely. Sure,. "We had better call mom, or either go home, she will worry about us."Tina turned, pulled him close and said, "I told mom we would not return tonight." She enjoyed the look JJ gave her, and the grin. She just knew the remainder of the night was going to be first-rate, as the last hours were.They were silent a few minutes as each toyed with the others bodies, becoming familiar as they lay in the light cast by a lone lamp in the corner. JJ finally broke the silence, "You have another week, and. Beatrice played back her recording of this fantastic event over and over again, not just for her own benefit but for the accompanying space fleet.There wasn't much that Beatrice could see of the Anomaly. Even at this relatively close proximity, the view was of an absence of stars that would otherwise have been visible through a relatively narrow aperture in space. It was a three-dimensional aperture insofar as the opening faced all directions from back, front and sideways. It narrowed very.