“As soon as you’re back at the academy, Ship will give you a refresher course on the scouts, but remember, you must not be detected. We want these...guys fat, dumb and happy when they reach Earth. No heroics, and I do mean none. Remain at the maximum range possible and remember, the aliens are doubtlessly intelligent, so don’t be suckered into giving yourselves away. As you all know, they almost detected us when that asteroid came close to colliding with one of our scouts. We don’t want something. I moaned again and wrapped my fingers in his hair. We kissed until I was on the edge of exploding. I finally wrenched my mouth from his.“Make love to me, Joey,” I panted.He gave me that little one dimple smile of his and swung his legs across me until he had his knees on either side of my hips.“All in good time, Sweetie,” he said.Then he pressed me against the back of the couch and kissed me some more. As he kissed me Joey’s clever fingers unbuttoned my crisp white blouse and pulled it loose. Fun! Three weeks into the course things were nice and dandy until a panicked Indian girl, Jas, stood in my face and asked if I had done the 3000 word essay that was required in a couple of days. I hadn’t, and I didn’t even know what the assignment was about. That was just the kick up the bum I needed. I started quizzing her about the question and what we could do to get us through this. The essay required pairing up and presenting an essay based in the real world cut throat business. She stepped on to the bus as it pulled up to the stop, and the driver looked a little suspiciously at the senior's pass she produced. He grunted and nodded, letting her on.May was astonished. Before, the driver wouldn't have given a second glance to her. She sat down and smiled, pulling the bottle of X-Hot-Ic out of her purse to read the back."Miracle stuff," she murmured. "Hmm, 'side effects include...' Oh dear, I forgot my glasses!" She might have been a little younger, but she still squinted.