"I was in reception at six fifty-five. Angela was on the desk so I told her that Millie was joining me for Dinner."She was a little worried that you w...n't approve, as she is on the staff so to speak." Rubbish. We don't have that kind of stuffy attitude here. You should know that, Greg." I do know. But I asked just to put Millie at her ease." The subject of our conversation came in at that moment. Angela smiled and told Millie to enjoy her meal. She was wearing a shawl against the evening chill. ” “I'm not really sure. Even this morning, I wasn't all that sure he really disapproved. I think he is secretly pleased that I'm developing an open mind about such things. On the other hand he isn't quite ready for me to stop being a little girl. I kind of think he might like knowing -” “Knowing what? You're not going to tell him are you?” “Hey, he's not stupid. He's knows I met you yesterday and he knew I was meeting you today and he knew how I was dressed, well at least yesterday, and not. He was left with a pilot, a plumber, an electrician, a mechanic and a helm engineer who had to double as the drive engineer as no one else was trained to do it. The ship had ended up two days behind the Firefly when it first jumped.Things were kept in better control aboard the Firefly, just. Captain Manning of the Firefly had been assigned the bombing of Futura but made damn sure the crew didn’t know this.To complete the trip in less than six weeks, they had to do six jumps. The marker buoys. .." I faltered, "you know. When you go on a date you sort of expect... well... you know." No," she grinned, "I don't know. Why don't you tell me?" Aw mum," I squirmed in my seat, "come on... you know... kissing and stuff." Ah, you mean sex." She chuckled.My face was blushing so red by now that you could have fried an egg on it, what made it worse was having my own mother talking about the subject with me."Yes." I almost squeaked in reply."I see," she said tilting her head to one side, "and you.