"Letme finish. I drove straight to the hotel, and once I got here it waslike a wave of realization washed over me. This town seems to definitelyhave a...different attitude about sex, but who am I to judge? I wasn'texactly a puritan when I was younger either. Unfortunately you weren'there when I arrived, but your mother was quick to greet me. She was veryconcerned that I would do something drastic, that I wouldn't understandthe way people choose to live here. To be honest I wasn't sure what. It’s a slippery pole and the politico you work for or the party they claim to be a part of is irrelevant. All that matters is that each one you work for is senior to the last. I was second in line as his adviser and, to be perfectly honest, I’d done most of the work. I’d written speeches, managed his responses to events during the campaign, held the silly sod’s hand (not, I assure you, literally) when things looked bad and put some backbone into him when he needed it. There he was, tall,. She watched as Jamie called up the President's message once more and hit the reply button.Mr President,Thank you for your latest message. I have to repeat my previous response Sir, we do not wish any help from the US other than that you allow our countrymen to return to our aid.I understand that your forces have impounded the only military unit we have available to us and I would ask that you immediately release HMS Vengeance and her crew to return to the UK. Sir, stopping these men from doing. And you aren't a freak. Honest. You're really pretty. I mean,not that that's the most important thing. But if you had to be a girl,it's kind of lucky you became a pretty one. I wanted to talk to youtonight and I wasn't sure how to - well, you know. If you feel -"He was nervous talking, but it was kind of cute. I couldn't help fromgiggling a little. I looked down at my hands. I didn't want him to thinkI was laughing at him."Well, I could use a friend -" I said as nicely as I knew how. Was it.