" Even if I were to put aside any personal feelings, an alliance between us makes sense. The only reason something like it hasn't happened before was ...ecause those who came before us could not see past their hatred." Paul explained."But what about your pack? Will they accept your decision?" Persephone asked."You're assuming my pack lives in a democracy. I am the Alpha, and what I say goes." Paul said."One of them could challenge you for your authority." Persephone said with a worried face."You. " Permission granted. Have Lt. Taylor take ops." Aye, Captain." Still as enthusiastic as on the first trip," Jon said."Who wouldn't be," Trip said with a grin and a look at T'Pol. "The Vulcans were all over him the last two weeks. Not that the Vulcans would ever hero-worship, of course, but he had to take Enterprise out three times to show them how he flew the ship with just a few mechanical instruments." So now you are not only ruining my former XO, but other Vulcans as well," Jon said, giving. "Who's it from?" Actually there's two e-mails I want you to see," Dannie said as she pulled up the first one so her brother could read it over her shoulder. "Before I left camp Beth gave me the e-mail address for Jake's little sister Karen and I've been exchanging e-mails with her for the last couple weeks. It took me a few letters to build up to it but I finally told her about my pregnancy and told her I knew about Jake knocking up her and her mom." Did you tell her the truth about your. I used to help her with gardening every morning as she was fond of it. When she got free from household chores she used to tell about her college life, about her boyfriends, how she ended up into arrange marriage as her parents were quite narrow minded and all. I also listened intently to these stories as those were something beyond my age and were new to me; after all I was in my teenage and somehow her stories had made me restless inside. Till that time watching fashion tv and hot pics in the.