It was the best hug she could give without getting her arms around me. She was shaking and jerking in what I later was told were aftershocks from her ...rgasm. Then in a whispered voice I heard those words.“Mick, I love you.”“What?”“Damn it! I said, I love you.”“Great. Now I’ve got four.”“I would have never thought. Are you sure that you’re a virgin?”“Yes.”“Well you sure are a fast learner. You almost won the bet right there.”“I just did what you said and paid attention to what caused you to. Some were balls of slithering tentacles, others resembled larvae, others resembled fully grown insects or spiders, some even had humanoid features. After over a dozen creatures emerged from her womb, her labor appeared to finally be over. The tentacles reinserted themselves into her orifices. Her eyes half closed and she lay limp. Slowly tentacles lifted up two of her brood up to her chest and the creatures began to nurse at her swollen teats. Other tentacles emerged from the pool and carried. I hoped it never would. I had never loved another woman like I do Michelle. She did something to me. The feelings I had for her were not anything like the feelings I had with the women of my past. They went deeper. Much deeper. To tell the truth, I would not know what I would do if Michelle was not in my life.I glanced at the clock on the hall wall and it was almost six fifteen. Michelle would be arriving soon. My heart began to pound faster just knowing she would be coming through the front. The rear cargo space had been emptied out and some collapsible emergency folding seats had been added. Of course the Q-Space Engines were just past the bulkhead to the aft of those new seats, but Rob wasn't going to mention it until they had made their first trip.Everyone ate their meal and left, heading to their quarters to get ready, a last minute chance for everyone to 'freshen up', empty a nervous bladder or calm a queasy bowel, and then meet in the shuttle bay. The Cherenkov, with her new.