Well... She kind of wanted Sam to see... well, see that you spank us. I think she figured that if it wasn't her that if he freaked out or something th...t she had a way to deny it or something." Her eyes got wider and she continued, "You're not mad, are you?" Pete smiled and said in a voice he hoped sounded reassuring, "No, it's alright, Linda. I'm not mad. And I understand. Let me ask you this... How was it for you hearing him talking with all of us while your naked, pink bottom was on display?". "That was an interesting conversation I just had," Gerry said quietly."How's that?" He interviewed me for Bill's job!" So? Maybe he thinks you're the best qualified!" I turned him down Janet. I'm pregnant, and when the baby is born I planto stay at home! I can't take that job! Besides, I told him you were thebest qualified, and if he didn't give you the job we would all quit onhim!" Pregnant? When? How come you didn't tell me?" I wasn't," Gerry said, "going to say anything until I started to. I'll call you from my office before I meet with the football team before the game."I was on thin ice. I didn't know how Larry would react. Would he think I was meddling in his life, or accept my help in the spirit in which it was offered.The young man sat in front of me with heavy, black clouds on his face ready to rain all over me at the slightest provocation."Larry, you have a cancer growth on your soul," I said. "You expect the worse, and that's what you get most of the time. I don't know. . impossible. I can easily relate the number of hours we spent on exercise, in class, studying, and so forth. Two hours of Earth time seems utterly impossible..." You have been gone only two hours," Helen affirmed."I need a hug, My Prime," the six-year-old said, climbing into Jeff's lap as he sat next to Diana.Jeff crushed the child to him. "Ship has informed me that the two of you are at the head of your classes, and you have even set up a study group where you have been tutoring your fellow.