“Bloody hell, Vic, what on earth are you playing at?” he said wearily. “I missed it, and ..., and sort of fell over,” she giggled as James pu...hed the duvet back to examine his aching foot.“Missed it, missed what?” he asked with a puzzled expression as he watched the fly on the ceiling free fall momentarily before taking flight. “That fly! I hate flies, they always ..., what’s so funny about that?” she replied as James turned to her and began to laugh.“Just go and look in the mirror,” he said,. "When I was welcomed by the Scout's AI and stepped aboard for what was really the first time, I had no doubts about the ship, its controls, or my ability to operate it, because I had already flown it many times, and generally under some rather trying circumstances. I didn't have just simulator knowledge, but for all practical purposes, I had actual physical knowledge of flying it. Operating the scout was so thoroughly ingrained into me that I didn't even think about it when I sat in the pilot's. Despite the other lovely girls around, I found myself looking for this skinny girl and hoping she'd swim so I could admire those wonderful nipples. One afternoon, I came to the pool after lunch and the parents weren't there, and neither was the girl. Disappointed, I sat for a while, the decided to take a walk down to the soft-sand beach to have a look-see at the ladies down there. When I got to the beach, it was quiet - presumably still too near lunchtime. I wandered along the beach for a. She paid more attention to me than her classmates sometimes. I was convinced that it was just a young girl's infatuation and that once she went to college she would meet someone and forget all about the folks she had known growing up, including her high school history teacher. It turns out I was wrong.Our dinner arrived and we ate quietly. Since it was Valentine's Day, a photographer came by and took our picture together. I also told the server that it was her birthday, so the wait staff.