The rain had been so heavy the week before that the dirt-track back down into Seven Lakes - a rustic town so stuck-in-the-past that they were still us...ng horse and cart to get around - had been washed away.He had been living at the cabin in the hills above Seven Lakes for just over a year, earning just enough money from his paintings to buy new supplies and put aside a little for a rainy day.'Well', he thought to himself turning back to the drawings on his desk, 'this is certainly one of. Beth and Mira Spio, Anu and Joe and their sets made it at 0930 as required.We no more than got in our seats and buckled our seat belts when I heard the hatch close and seal. Fran lifted us off at 1100 as scheduled. Lift off was so smooth we did not feel anything until the ion drives kicked in We were on our way (not to home but to our Earth families.)I went and made up our bed. Sushi and I sacked out for the first eight hours of our trip. When we woke I found an email on my PDA inviting Sushi. Thinking of you posing nude turns me on." She was listening to every word he said. He had her total attention. "I'm not a shrink, Marcy. I don't know why but the idea turns me on. Hell, what you were wearing last night didn't leave much to the imagination. Also, who knows, I might not be able to find a photographer on short notice.Why don't you take a long hot bath while I try to find a photographer." Don't make any commitment," she warned as she walked back into the bathroom.Kevin went to his. "Derek got up and said goodbye to the man before we headed back to hisapartment. As we made our way down the sidewalk, two young guys weremaking fun of us after they got a good look at my face. I ignored themas did Derek. One of them then made a sexual suggestive, homophobicremark that was clearly directed at me.Derek reached for my hand and clutched it and said, "Don't worry. I'vekicked bigger guys asses than those two."I smiled at Derek. He always had a protective instinct with.