. we..." I mumbled. That was as far as I got. Jackie's turn."Frank! What the FUCK is this?" She dropped the shopping bags she was carrying and moved t...ward us. Sam quickly followed. "Are you two crazy? What if the kids had come in for crying out loud?" I ... we ... we know, Jackie," I stammered. "We just ... I don't know. We got caught up in a moment and kind of lost our heads." I'll say you lost your heads," Sam chimed back in. "What were you two thinking? And exactly what moment did you get. It was just a small one—a little tremor that shook her from her ankles to her shoulders as if she were cold.I pulled my underwear back over her face. Then I lay down again to read.When I thought it was time to let her know I was still there I got up again and went over to her. I lifted her t-shirt and left it bunched above her breasts. To my surprise her white brassiere was unlike her normal underthings—it was extremely romantic and feminine, covered with lace and trimmed with frills. I picked. A few moments later the two stood up and came and sat at my table."Merry Xmas thief." The local woman said with a laugh.It was a laugh that I immediately joined in when I saw the look of horror on Bernie's face."Same to you pixie." I said with a grin, remembering what we had ended up calling each other the last time we'd met.Seeing Bernie's bewilderment, I explained. "This little pixie swears blind that I stole some of her height."Obviously knowing her friend's manner she nodded and said. "I. Air Force personnel were not included, for the President realized his people would not be able to support the use of aircraft when they returned to the surface. I suppose he may have retained a portion of the Air Force, but he didn’t mention it to me.The CMF had not been declared an official military organization. The best one could say about its unit organization was, the CMF was in a constant state of change from the time of its inception until the arrival of the meteoroids.The only fixed.