I didn't think..." Patty's voice stuttered to a stop at a single look from Stephanie."So you thought we were going to do what, come up here and sit ar...und down here all night? Maybe tell ghost stories? Hell no. I want to see the spot it happened. I heard if you are here on the anniversary at the exact time it happened, you can see their ghosts." Stephanie grinned. Something new, something interesting, anything that took the dullness out of small town living. God she couldn't wait to get out of. “I didn’t know Ensign Daniels had a sense of humor.”“Good one too,” I mused. I turned on my displays and could see that the countdown was just under thirteen minutes.“Engine room?” I asked.“This is Lance Corporal Moore,” was the quick response. “How can I help you Captain?”“I doubt we’ll need it, but is the secondary jump drive operational?” I asked.“We’re missing several of the charging cables due to the damage to the hull, but we can have enough power for a jump in twenty minutes,” Moore. She’s a very nice girl. You should be nice to her.”“Okay, I’ll be nice. I wonder what caught Charlie’s attention first, the legs or the...”“CARL!”“Just wondering, honey, just wondering.”She punched my arm. “You’re not supposed to notice those things!”“Well, I can guarantee Charlie noticed them!” I got a finger wag at that and decided to keep my mouth shut from that point on.Ultimately, everything worked out. The women’s bridal party spent Friday night in the Residence, and I hid in my bedroom.. "I opened the door for Kelli and helped her slip into the passenger seat, then thanked our two pilots on my way back around the car. "See you Sunday," I told them."Maybe," Eliana the pilot told me. "It depends on which plane you draw for the return trip. You probably would have gotten a Citation II for a flight this length, but we were what was free on such short notice."I eased myself into the driver's seat, leaned over and kissed Kelli before buckling up my seat belt. The Hertz agent was.