Of course, we couldn't be 100% certain that we were germ free, but we tried the best we could manage. We certainly spent enough money on the fumigatio... process, as Joe was heard to say.We launched right on schedule and scooted to 120 miles altitude as fast as possible. On the edge of space, we figured to be out of everybody's way as we made our final preparations for the trip. We had added a rocket poking what amounted to straight down through the aluminum grid so that we could lock on the sun. Julie just “got” how to curl up with him in a way other women never could.He leaned his head in a little closer, careful not to bump into hers, closed his eyes again, and inhaled the scent of her freshly shampooed hair, and beneath that, a scent he hadn’t smelled in far too long; her scent. He’d never really considered anything to compare it to, because it was just Julie’s Scent to him, and any other would have to be compared to it instead of the other way around. His eyes opened, and he could. He’s probably the last of the really traditional male country singers out there. Just like Conny is probably the last of the traditional female country singers out there. The genre has really changed in the last 10 years. It’s got a lot more pop and rap influences than it used to. Ben is more of the old-time Southern Rock. Lucas is the face of the change. He brought in a rapper for a duet a few years ago and radio loved it.“Ben had put together a really solid disc, front to back, but he lost. Just do it and get it over with and hope he doesn't kill you. After the panties were gone, I stood there, eyes downcast, waiting, shaking, crying. But when I realized he had stopped moving as well, I finally raised my eyes and gasped. He was all muscle. A bodybuilder, perhaps? He appeared to be sculpted, something off the cover of a cheap romance novel, every housewife's wet dream. All except the eyes, that is, which were still wild and panicky. He looked like a trapped animal, undecided.