Alex couldn't take her eyes off of her.Startled by the ping of aluminum, Alex saw the ball floating towards centerfield, a little Texas Leaguer. Colby...raced in, slid, and had the ball skip under her glove. By the time the leftfielder backed her up, two runs had scored. Colby got up with a scowl, and went back to her position in centerfield.The next batter struck out, and the St. Thomas girls ran to the bench. Colby didn't even look up into the stands to notice Alex there to cheer her on. She. Soon I'll get to sleep in my own bed, I kept thinking. I was flying first class. Not that I usually rated first class, but travel was covered in the contract.Angel, whose hand was still squeezing mine desperately, had been visiting her grandparents and was now flying home. We'd struck up a conversation. After all, there's not a lot to do for six hours on a jet. This was her first time traveling alone. She was fifteen and frankly a real looker. If she hadn't said fifteen I would have taken her. ” She then added with a smile, “I guess you had better go and wash your face before we go back downstairs.”Lucy smiled back at Emma who she now saw as being a mixture of the authoritative Miss Hoskins and a loving girlfriend, and knew she would now happily accept Emma’s authority over her. It was with a, ‘Now I’m a good girl thanks to you smacking my legs,’ smile that Lucy went into the en-suite bathroom and washed her face and tidied up her make-up before coming back out to face a now smiling. .."Suddenly, I was over swarmed by three women, each of whom tried to kiss me and talk at the same time. That I was holding an infant in my arms didn't seem to bother them the least. When the commotion finally died down we started to make some serious plans and we decided that I should pop over to Die Freude the next day, partly to help Fritz with his tracking device but mostly to set up a date for our wedding - and christening.The next day I hopped into the one way Machine and took the short.