“How bad did it get?”“Bad enough to where I had to get up in my cargo vessel to bait the bastards into getting close enough. Shot a few of them ...own before they retreated. We eventually got to the point where we were capable of defending ourselves from their attacks. Called in a few favors and got my hands on some heavy lasturrets. Once they were in place over at the settlement, no way were those bastards going to come at us!”“Heavy lasturrets? The ones with the ship grade plating to protect. “A little better,” she says.I don’t know what’s happening, but I really want to kiss her right now. As peculiar as that sounds, Ashley and I have never fooled around without Emily - except the very first time, when we were on a business trip together. My girlfriend says when I can fuck her, and even if she’s half asleep when Ashley and I play, she’s still involved.The way Ashley and I are looking at each other feels like betrayal, and yet, it doesn’t. Like I said, the lines between us are. Petite, strong, strong-willed, and massively intelligent – the list of similarities is long, even to doing martial arts. Ryan and Amy had been buddies since kindy. With Amy quite the tom-boy, she was considered one of the boys and Ryan suffered no derision from hanging out with her. "Girl cooties" and Amy simply didn't mix.Now was different – the boys were busy catching up with the notion that girls were great. I was impressed that nerdy Rick had attracted the attention of Jeanette – perhaps he. At least not the way you think.”“Steve,” Kara said, touching my arm.I shook my head, “No, Kara. She needs to get it through that thick skull of hers that she’s not Commander Data, she’s Doctor Crusher. Cool and collected when she’s the doctor; passionate and vulnerable when she’s a mom or Picard’s lover.”Kara giggled, then said, “Sorry, I was just thinking of Jennifer’s joke about that!”“I missed that one,” I said.“The Prime Directive isn’t the only thing I’ve violated while aboard this ship,.