"Lucy F--." I told her my name and shook her hand a bit longer than I should have. She pulled free. "So tell me," she said.I told her briefly what had...taken place. "If Ginny had wanted to lie with him, it would have been different," I said."Have Sophie or Melinda visited you?" she asked.I shook my head."I'm surprised." They've offered," I said."Not your style?" Something like that. Mainly the work out there does not leave me needing much but sleep." I see," she said. "What about now?" I've only. It was definitely, at least partially, the tequila. Before she could sit back down I glanced over at the corner Max had indicated and said to her, "Max tells me that corner is a little more private..." She looked over at it. Then she drained her beer in progress and grabbed her fresh pint. With her empty hand she took mine. Her skin was soft as silk. "Come on then." I grabbed my fresh pint and let her pull me to the table in the corner. I sat down first and she sat next to me, proping her legs. Looking left and right, I saw myclassmates. All eyes were on me; I started to fidget and get nervous. Iwas in a panic. A cute classmate of mine jumped up out of her chair andwent towards me. She gave me a long embracing hug. She looked me straightin the eye and said, "I'm sorry we forced you. You are very beautiful andyou dont deserve to be humiliated like this. When class is over, I'llshow you what it really means to be a woman. Her comforting words calmedme down. I felt much better now. I. "You know where they sent me, Gemstone Six." The last CA Colonization planet?" he answered."Oh Jeffrey, it's horrible. They imported Fusion Powered MiningEquipment. That planet is nothing but slag, they drilled all the way tothe core, Jeffery. There is nothing left, we have to stop those Arks.Jeffery, this isn't the first Colony where this has happened." There wassomething she wasn't saying."Star, I'm meeting with the leaders of both Pern and Between. I want tobring you into the conference," he.