“Yes, of course, father...” he looked across to James, and caught his eye, and then gave a little nod.James gave a sigh, as he gently pushed Iris ...way from him. “Come along you two,” he said in a low voice.“Father, this is my landlady, Ms Rowena Beaumont,” he indicated the older woman. “And her niece Iris, and Iris’s mate and husband – James Atherton,” he glanced quickly at his father and half smiled. “And this is my father – Jonathon Richards.”“Welcome to my home,” Michael’s father greeted. ‘Attention,’ said a female voice that Buck recognized as belonging to the communications officer on the ISS. ‘Shuttle Odyssey arriving. Captain Rogers to the docking bay.’ ‘Damn,’ he thought to himself as he removed the V.R. helmet. ‘Just when it was getting interesting.’ He rose from the chair and made his way down the corridor to the docking bay. As he did, he thought about his situation. He was on the last two days of a six week stay at the International Space Station. It was his first time. "He smiled and squeezed her hand, "Is the tension gone now?" Yes, but I feel very strange. There is a tingling in my chest. It feels good but strange. I feel very calm and have the feeling that everything is going to be all right in your time. I feel warm and feel like I want to hold you so tight that I pull you inside of my body so that you and I become one person."He laughed, "I think that your tension is gone."He threw the covers back and told her that he had to use the bathroom and would be. We got out of the shower, dried each other off. Wrapping the towels around our bodies, her one around her hair, we went into the living room, where her mom had already pulled the bed out for us.As I removed my towel and crawled onto the bed, I saw Bhavna peeking down the hallway, “Why don’t you turn off the lights Babita, just in case your mom comes out for a glass of water or something, we’ll have the light from the TV, but it should be dark enough so she won’t know what’s going on.” I told.