A minute later you appeared beside me and I waited while you looked at the film times, picking out the two I'd selected as possibles.I didn't want to ...ecide, always nervous of picking the wrong one, but you didn't either and eventually I told you we'd see the one that started soonest, pushing you in front of me in the queue so that you would have to choose the seats and telling the cashier "the same" when she asked. You'd handed her your parking ticket when you paid, so that it could be. ’ Feeling his arms around her she heard his deep voice rumble in her ear, ‘Shhh…its okay…..shhhhh.’ A prison officer came over and told them to let go and sit down opposite each other. Taking their places, hands holding hands across the scratched Formica table they stared at each other. Patrick reached up and with the pad of his thumb wiped away the tears on her cheeks. ‘You look so beautiful…..I’ve dream of you every night…..and you look more beautiful here in real life than my mind could ever. “He’s fine,” Datz blurted before he could reply, “he knows where he is, ain’t that right James?”He looked back and forth between them, unsure of how to respond, nursing his drink uncomfortably.“Oh, we’re overwhelming the poor thing,” Railha crooned. “He might never have seen an alien before today if he’s come straight from Earth.”“You’re the one overwhelming him, puffball,” Datz grumbled over another mouthful of her pink beverage. “We were getting along just fine before you showed up.”“Datz and. Tired and thinking only of their beds, they would be less alert, McAllister knew, and thus unwary. Men in the barracks would be asleep, and the returning guards were wont to move quietly so as to not awaken their fellowsQuickly, then the five made their way across the roof, and dropped down the rope again into the courtyard.The first pair of guards returning to their beds were taken silently, only the sound of sand-filled bags striking the base of each head in rapid succession disturbed the.