” Erika inserted, “We love you, Reg, and love that you want to do your best for us; but we will love you whether you do that or not. You don’t h...ve to continually strive to do your best all the time. Being yourself – our loving husband – is quite enough, you darling man.” Reg blushed at the praise, and muttered, “I still want to protect you all, no matter what.” He got up and excused himself to go to his study, claiming he needed to get some work done, but the girls all knew he was hiding his. "The screens blinked to life, and Jane forced the doubts and reservations down into a hard pit in her stomach, pulling the image of the strict Captain around her like a protective shield."A planetary run consists of two teams. The first team will be in a satellite recon skiff, a 'satflyer', about ninety feet above the surface, just below the fog. The second team will be on the ground, set up in a temporary bunker. The satflyer team will be relaying information, giving forward warning of. Sarah agreed nodding alongside Cindy, her friend and lover. I could see in my best friend’s face that she wasn’t surprised over my concern about Jessica. The ladies had a plan. I was probably participating in a neatly scripted conversation, complete with talking points. Now I just needed to own up to my answer. ‘I think I love her,’ was my reply. Sarah slapped me. The shock of her open palm broke against my cheek. The pain was an explosion. My head whipped back under the force of the blow.. .''HEY, i was talking to her first'', ''i was like whats this like the last sweet in the shop'' , what do you mean you saw her first who the hell are you.He had left to go buy more booze and after the most polite argument iv ever had the raven as i nicknamed her said..ok guys i'm going into thoes trees over there when you guys sort it out one of you come over to me.As she was really fit i wasnt about to give up. I thought there was going to be a fight which i couldn't have won, this was a big.