” Natasha glanced at her pad. “But he’s just gone into a meeting and is sequestered except for class three emergencies or higher. Is there somet...ing I can help you with?”“Uh...” Ed wasn’t sure what a class three emergency was, but apparently there were two whole classes of emergency less severe that Nick was ready to ignore right now. “I actually have an appointment to talk to Antonio Girardi-Ferrari-Stone later tonight and figured I’d come a little bit early to see Nick. I really should have. I returned the remote activator to the trunk, started the car and while driving back into the airport traffic loops, I woke up Kasumi with another call and a gentle shoulder shake. "Wake up. We're here, Kasumi."I pulled into the pickup area not far from where I left Rei and waited in the car as I sent Kasumi into the terminal area to look for her. After about 5 minutes, Kasumi emerged, pulling a small suitcase and leading Rei Ayanami out to our car.I got out and introduced myself."Hello, Rei, I. When we got to the small shower room it was engaged so we waited with our bags until a guy came out. When he had finished and left, I suggested that we both go into together to save time, thinking that one could be showering whilst the other was dressing etc, how naïve could I be! We entered the room together and locked the door and I suggested that Bob take first shower whilst I relaxed and I would jump in after him, I suppose a look of minor disappointment came across his face, but he said. "We need to talk," Jamie said. Something in her tone suggested that this was not going to be good news."Oh, that can't be good," I said softly."What's that?" Allison asked."Jamie just said those four words guys hate to hear." Really," she said, sitting up and ticking off points on her fingers. "Let's see, 'Fine' is one word. 'I'm pregnant' is two. 'Size doesn't matter' is three, so it has to be, 'We need to talk'. How did I do?" Sometimes you scare me," I said. Then I just asked, "What's up,.