He chuckled as he said he wished he could see those pics. I thought I felt my heart stop and my stomach drop. The way he looked at me out of the corne... of his eye, for sure he knew I was the culprit. His hardy laugh broke an eerie silence that had befallen us, telling me he would love to meet the teacher who would be so reckless yet so dynamic to engage in such roguishness. I remained speechless as he turned and locked the equipment room door.As he approached me his smile disappeared and a. “Our enemies gather at our borders. Ever since you, in all your ‘wisdom’ decreed that fifty percent of our army and workforce must be female, our economy has grown weaker and our military discipline lax. The nearby kingdom arms itself for war. They intend to invade us. I beg you, for the sake of the kingdom, let me martial our forces to defend our lands before its too late!”The Princess, standing beside her mother, the Queen, shifts awkwardly. By the look on her face you can tell she agrees. I dare say, any other junior officer who would have been tossed in the command chair would have stayed there for the duration of the emergency. And, we would have wanted him to stay on the Bridge. Yet, in his maturity and from his personal experiences on Haven, Ensign Solon judged it necessary to gather an ad hoc welcoming committee for the raiders. He was right.Julie and a few others laughed at the welcoming committee comment. Dr. Cina was holding back tears, perhaps even giving me a softer. I took her hand as we climbed to the uppermost section of the stands."This is fun. I can't remember the last time I went to the circus," she said.She had to crane her neck in order to see what was happening in the center ring. I didn't mind having her head next to mine. Her perfume was very appealing. I felt her hand squeeze my thigh when a high-wire walker nearly tumbled to the net below. I was sure it was intentional, and I believe Ginny knew it was too. I turned to see her eyes on me,.