“It’s going to be hard for you two...” he stopped as first Bernadette then Candy began to giggle. “Okay, okay ... Look, we can all live in her.... I’d suggest leaving much of your dunnage in the fo’c’sle, but in here we’ll be warmer...”“And we can sleep together,” Candy finished for him.“And we can sleep together,” he agreed. “I think the bed’s a bit cramped for three...”“It should be Candy with you,” Bernadette asserted, firmly.“I want to try all three of us,” Candy corrected. “If not, turn and. "So I did," the captain said. He thought on it a moment and said, "That's odd! Why would they do that?" Sir, I believe the complement may be their way of saying that the surrender was not necessary." I don't get it," Captain Rainer said. "They are more advanced in their technology than we are, and yet that communication sounded more like a father telling his child that though he lost the game, he did a good job." Sensors?" the First Officer asked, "do you have any idea what kind of weapon that. "This really feels awkward." Jackie thought to herself as she banished the brief encounter with Judith from her mind and left any other remaining thought of being Mrs. Billy Esposito behind. "I don't even know how to describe it."Then, as she walked down the block toward the elevated station where she could pick up the N train, it suddenly came to her. The perfect word to describe how she felt. Quietly, she repeated the word out loud, smiling broadly at how nice it sounded."Virginal." she said. Just my luck, I had a chance to meet this incredible woman and I blew it over a silly dream of cycling across the continent. I got myself a job for six months, until I had enough money to go again, this time on the Greyhound. It might seem funny for a guy who works in aerospace, but I don’t like planes. March of 2005 found me living in Florida. It didn’t take me long to start chatting with Joanne again. By this time I was 36 and she was 49. We spent a lot of time talking online, just the two of.