"Maddie? What on God's name are you doing?" I finally was able to speak out.She said nothing. She pulled the covers back and climbed back into bed."Jo...y? I like you. You know that." Maddie said.I said nothing. I just stared at her. And I just chose to make a decision I had hopes that would not be wrong.I leaned over, leaned into her, looked into her eyes, and said, "I do."She stared at me. Reached her arms out, put them around me, pulled me a bit closer to her, and said "I really want to do. Despite the neutralization of the artillery by the Martian 250s, this was not the result he'd been anticipating. And they weren't even at the main line of defense yet."What the hell is going on out there?" he demanded of his subordinates. "We were supposed to sweep right through them! How in the hell are the greenies slaughtering our tanks like that?"Colonel Houston Fowler was the commander of the 27th Armored Division. It was his tanks, his men, that were taking the brunt of the Martian. Dan reached down cupped her butt cheeks lifted her, she wrapped her legs around his hips, and she hugged laying her head on his chest, they melted together and bonded into one as the water rained down on them. When they got out of the shower Sally told him to put his good clothes on and start cooking the ribs and I’ll get the table set. Once she had the table set, she walked out put her arm around his waist and he wraps his arm around her back, bends down and gives her a kiss. She said the ribs. ”Shit! I hadn’t thought of that but they were right - not only did they look like refugees, they smelled even worse. I thought for a moment and decided, “You’re right, I will go into the store and get clothes for you.”Yasmeen reminds me, “Ben, if we change into our new clothes before we shower, we will get them dirty.”I say, “Okay, change of plans. I will get the clothes and you can wait to change until after we’re back at the hotel.”Yasmeen continues pestering me, “Ben, I also need some.