The flight was uneventful, and Kelly was waiting for me at baggage claim at Boston Logan International. We got some sideways looks when we ran to each...other, and some people looked shocked when we kissed, I picked her up and spun her around. I didn't care. I was just happy to be back with the girl I loved. When I finally pulled my tongue out of her mouth, I told her how much I had missed her. "I missed you too baby. Now get your bag and let's go. I want to get to the hotel." I grabbed my bag. Hell, run his ass ragged all day and night.”I asked, “I suppose I don’t have a say in this?”Colonel Maggie laughed, “You supposed right.”I had one more hope, “What about when Banzai comes back since they are the same rank.”Colonel Maggie said, “We will deal with that when it happens, but get used to it Jack - starting tonight he’s your new aide.”Flashback – Masha – That eveningWe sat at the table, Louise helped with the plates and silverware while Gwen remarked, “Something smells. And Lori could tell that Bobby actually meant what he'd said.Bobby blushed when he realized he'd spoken out loud. "Uh... sorry." he said."Why?" questioned his sister. "It was a nice thing to say." Yeah, but I don't talk that way to girls." said her brother. "Especially not my sister." Well you should." she sniffed. "You made me feel really good. Nobody's ever said I was beautiful before." You're kidding." Bobby was truly astonished. It was obvious his sister was a stone fox... once you took the. Why?"I sighed."It's hard to explain. But I think that in some fundamental part of me,I'm a girl. But I can never be seen as one."For a while afterward, there was silence.Then Helva said, "When I first decided I wanted to sing, someone mighthave told me it was impossible. Yet I found a way. Can you find a way tobe seen as a girl? What makes me a girl that you can't do?"Her saying that cut through my pity-party and got me thinking like ashell-person again."I ... could just ask them to call me by.