My capsule exploded down the drop shoot, “ABORT!”I glanced at my readouts but no other capsules followed mine. I looked back at the white faced ad...iral, “status?”His lips were thin, “plasma generators.”I glanced at my heat shield status, command capsules had triple redundant heat shields. I switched to the regiment comm, “colonel Beckman you are in charge.”He nodded as plasma surrounded my capsule and cut the comm signal. I bypassed the anti grav program to keep it from going active and armed. The two of you sharing is not a good idea. I will think about it tomorrow and I will discuss it with you tomorrow night. The next day we were scared shitless, Dianna and I could not concentrate on schoolwork and whenever we saw the teacher we started to shake with fear.I had the teacher for my last period and she told me to wait back – she wanted to talk to me.After everybody had left she closed the door and locked it. Then she came to me and told me to undress. I was shocked and after she told. She slipped on a coat as she left the house and skipped barefoot to the pavement to wait for the car. I resisted the temptation to watch from the window and I went to bed instead.The sonorous cadences of the Book of Common Prayer marriage service rolled around us as the minister took delight in the theatricality of the language and the all too infrequent chance to use the service. I reflected that the medieval church had it right; you only get to do these things once in your life. The ceremony. .”Lauren tensed. “Uh...”“I initiated it. This time, at least. Well, there was no earlier time, not exactly. But I started it. I suggested we ... we...”Lauren’s eyebrows raised. “Yes?”“I teased him a bit ... just a bit ... he was looking anyway. You know how he likes to look...”Lauren rolled her eyes. “Oh, he looks alright. Can’t seem to help himself.”“Do you know he watched me ... uh ... taking care of myself a couple of days ago? He also ... watched me pee. When we went riding ... then ....