There she dug under a big pile of towels and pulled out her birth control pills. Smiling broadly, she popped one into her mouth and said, “I sure c...n't forget these. I know you don't want to knock me up right away.” I grinned at her. “No, not right away. If you're ready to go, lead the way. I love watching your butt wiggle as you walk?” Kerry giggled and said, “I think you are a bit of a perv. That's okay though, I love it when you perv on me.” She then trotted out to my pickup. We. ”“Steve, get your ass over to my house right now. Stella’s here and there some big mean guys are asking questions about what happened that morning and they’re not too polite, if you know what I mean, so get over here pronto!”“Is she ok? Greg! Greg!” He had hung up. I thought about calling back but figured I had better get over to his house and then I could say whatever I needed to there.I grabbed my car keys and briskly walked out of my office. I told Becky as I’m rushing out the door. “I have. They nodded and saluted, and he came back to Tony. “Let’s go, Captain.”Tony grabbed his rucksack and walked with his escort back to the helicopter. Five minutes later they were strapped in and heading south. Two hours later Tony saw a ship heading towards them. Jack Williams said, “Home sweet home. As soon as we land, I’m to get you to the sickbay for a checkup. Then you’re to get cleaned up and report to the skipper.”Tony nodded. “Figures. You just lead the way, Lieutenant. I guess I belong to. Why you wearing that old shirt?” “I ripped some stitches in this old suit. Guess I’m getting fat.” She then half turned away from me and lifted the shirt above her waist to show me a small tear running up the side seam.“Good. Get rid of that old thing. The color reminds me of Grandmas bathing suit with the frills and I hate it.” I was teasing now trying to lighten her mood and it worked. She smiled and I remember thinking how pretty she was. She looked more like our mom than I did back then..