He ran his hand up my inner leg, from my knee to my balls, barely touching me, the movement only felt as a reaction to the heat omitted from his hand ...nd possibly, the slight disturbance of the coarse blonde hair on my leg. A shiver traveled up my spine.What the fuck am I doing?Finally! A conscious thought. My mind raced, confused and desperate to make sense of this dreadful chain of events. This is way, way passed dicks just not being that clever! I thought, frantically. He reached up and. Understand?”I knew he was right and nodded my head—slightly embarrassed that I hadn’t thought of that myself. I asked, “How will I know for sure when I’m ready?”Chief said matter-of-factly, “You’ll just know. You won’t wonder if you are ready: you will KNOW that you are ready.”I put my hand out to shake hands and thank Chief for always giving me good advice. To my surprise, he took my hand and pulled me in for one of those ‘manly hug/slaps on the back’. Luckily for me it was the other. However, since I overheard Michael, I have felt a purpose to my life that I also haven't felt in years. The problem is, I'm still unsure why I was so driven to find you. It's like my dad used to say about dogs chasing cars; that they wouldn't know what to do with it if they caught it." Then I guess the question is, what's next?" I said."Why, the questions, of course. I want to know how long you've been an empath, how you discovered that you were an empath, and how you cope with it day-to-day.. . and I ... a child? I...” was all that Derrick was able to get out.“As I seem to remember you telling Admiral Hartwell, Derrick close your mouth, it’s undignified.” Shelby told him as she gently reached up and closed Derrick’s open mouth with a giggle.Derrick nodded as he could only stare at the human Shelby in front of him. Again he reached out to touch her face and arms tentatively. Then suddenly, unexpectedly Derrick grabbed her and crushed her to him as he kissed her long and deep. Coming.