" I didn't think of that," Allie said. "What do you two suggest?"Sarah glanced at Shelly for a moment."You're not going to like it," she said with rel...ctance. "But I think it'll work."It was Allie's turn to exchange a glance with Shelly, who simply shrugged as well as she could while lying on her back."Go ahead and tell us," Allie said, there was a hint of worry in her voice, Adam thought."Well, I figure we've got about 10 days to shower him with love and kindness to the point he doesn't even. You think about it until tomorrow morning, then you can tell me if you want the car or you want me to sell it. You think being a girl is just wearing girly clothes. This may make you a better person when the high heeled shoe is on your foot." "Alright I will think about it." ---That night Terry dreamed he was at the doctor's office, and the nurse asked him to fill out a form. He turned it in and the nurse said, "You forgot to fill in your gender!" "Can't you tell?" "Sure honey, some girls are. " It's going to ruin my GPA. I hate it!" It was not an intentional opening on her part, but he took it and offered his help. Ready to reject him out of hand, she paused for just a moment, genuinely concerned about her grade."We could meet in the library," he offered. "Try it once and see if you think it helps." To her, Matt seemed totally open and guileless, which he in fact was."Are you free next hour?" she asked, thinking that would get rid of him gracefully."I am now," was his answer. Not. We’re still running under EMCON and we haven’t been picked up by the Sa’arm.”He looked hard at me. “Getting ready to bug out?”I looked him in the eye. “What are your orders, Captain?”He relaxed. “We got the intelligence that we came for. They’re Sa’arm. Get my ship home.”“Aye Aye, Captain.”LeCroix closed his eyes with a smile and the medtube lid closed down.“What’s our status, NAV?” I asked.“Drifting sir. Engines are off line. In our current orbit we will intersect Thesius in 207 hours.”I.