Might I try to calm her as it appears she is becoming quite agitated." Derrick watched as the tall, blonde woman was working at the terminal trying t... access what she could. Suddenly they heard her speak a deep rich voice ringing out. "Alright, I know I am not a prisoner of the attacking raiders. Let me out, I am knowledgeable with ship systems. I might be able to actually help you if you need it." Derrick turned to Shelby with a shocked look on his face. "Well I'll be, she's far smarter than. Finally she managed to compose herself. “Mom always told me I was born when they’d been married just over a year and a half.”Ron continued. “Mr. Dufor said your father repeated part of a conversation that he’d had with the minister. The minister told him that, and I quote, he was to leave the church and to take that bastard child with him. The long and the short of this is that it seems no one is willing to acknowledge you and take you in.” Ron paused for a moment to let those last words sink. Grinning, his expression rightly a grimace, Michael again stretched up to retrieve the Rambone. He paused, blinking.“What about lubricant?”David laughed at his agitated expression. “Behind the box. I bought it the same time as the--” He broke off as Michael’s expression turned horrified. This was becoming real to him. David, also.“No one will ever know it’s you, Michael.”“I’ll know!” Michael objected, a little hysterical-looking. His voice was two octaves higher than normal.“We’ll work on it. "Fortunately nobody minds if we show up smelling of sex."She giggled. "Yeah, good thing. Ooh, I can feel you running down my leg. I'd do something about that, but there's no time." What's your next class?" English Comp II, Room 48" I'm in 46, right next door."They supported each other to class. He gave her another kiss just before parting. She ran her fingers across his cheek, smiling. "We've got to do this again. I really enjoyed it."He'd spent the first couple of minutes in class wondering.