the modifications to Shelly we were going to work on. That bird will have to twaddle along at her rated speed like any good dark pigeon!”
“It’s ‘Black Hawk’ and for the love of god, man. Take a chill pill. I’m on your team, no need to pull out of helping Shelly, that’s just mean. She’s not done anything against you. Tell me you didn’t enjoy the ride last week?”
“Well,” Marcus grumped, “it was good.” Bobcat thought the worst was over, “But not as good as space would be!”
Oh shit, Bobcat thought, here we go again.
Jeffrey asked, “Have you guys been up there yet?”
Marcus turned, “Up where?” Jeffrey turned his hand and pointed a finger up. Marcus answered, “Only for a minimum amount of time when we were testing something. We are always on a timeline.”
Jeffrey shrugged, “So, let’s go. Seems like we might need to do a little research right?”
Bobcat threw back his chair, Marcus bent to get the marker off the floor while William shoved his chair under the table.
“Don’t just stand there man!” Bobcat said, “We are going to play hooky!” Bobcat walked over to the fridge and pulled out a six pack, paused for a moment then reached in and pulled a second six-pack out of the fridge and closed it. He turned around and started back towards the guys. Bobcat noticed Jeffrey eyeing the beers and answered Jeffrey’s unasked question, “It’s for research.”
Jeffrey said, “Ok. What about the second six pack?”
Bobcat lifted it up and smiled, “You always need a second round of research. Even Marcus will tell you not to trust the first results.”
Marcus’s voice came out of his office, “That’s true!”
Jeffrey just shook his head. These guys were changing him more than he was changing them
The speaker squawked, “Marcus?”
Jeffrey heard him call out in his office, “Yes?”
“It’s Wayne. I have Ms. Tina here to see you about an astronomy discussion?”
Marcus popped his head around the corner of his office door, “Oh damn, I forgot about that. What should I do?”
Jeffrey was the only parent in the group, “You ask her Mom if you can take her on a field trip.”
“To outer space?”
“Yes. Although if you describe the reason for the fieldtrip as something scientific and have been completely honest and if she doesn’t ask, well that’s on her, right?”
“You get in trouble with your wife, don’t you?
Jeffrey answered, “All the damn time.”
Bethany Anne was working out in her area again. She needed to get her form back in control. Her night spent with Michael had been … a lot. A lot to enjoy, and a lot to take in. Leaving his house had taken a huge amount of willpower. Truthfully, she snuck in a request to TOM. Asking him to dampen her emotions so she could get through it. She had, however, made that last kiss take forever. Tabitha had hugged her goodbye and whispered to her, “At least now he won’t be moping so much!”
While Bethany Anne had been able to keep her face from giving her away, she noticed Michael rolling his eyes behind the two of them. When he noticed Bethany Anne eyeing him, he simply shrugged his shoulders in response.
That sneaky rat bastard! He HAD wanted her badly.
Bethany Anne?
Yes TOM.
The spaceship has been requested to pilot three Pods up into space.
Who’s taking them up?
I see that Jeffrey has authorized Team BMW some research time in outer space, and one request from Marcus for a ‘field trip.’
Wait, what? What field trip?
It seems that he has made a request of Cheryl Lynn for Tina to go with them.
Really? I wonder if she is going to stay with genetics. Marcus must be doing a full court press to get her interested in outer space.
Any reason she can’t do both?
Oh, I don’t care if she studies everything. I do care that she is able to cope with the work load and
“It’s ‘Black Hawk’ and for the love of god, man. Take a chill pill. I’m on your team, no need to pull out of helping Shelly, that’s just mean. She’s not done anything against you. Tell me you didn’t enjoy the ride last week?”
“Well,” Marcus grumped, “it was good.” Bobcat thought the worst was over, “But not as good as space would be!”
Oh shit, Bobcat thought, here we go again.
Jeffrey asked, “Have you guys been up there yet?”
Marcus turned, “Up where?” Jeffrey turned his hand and pointed a finger up. Marcus answered, “Only for a minimum amount of time when we were testing something. We are always on a timeline.”
Jeffrey shrugged, “So, let’s go. Seems like we might need to do a little research right?”
Bobcat threw back his chair, Marcus bent to get the marker off the floor while William shoved his chair under the table.
“Don’t just stand there man!” Bobcat said, “We are going to play hooky!” Bobcat walked over to the fridge and pulled out a six pack, paused for a moment then reached in and pulled a second six-pack out of the fridge and closed it. He turned around and started back towards the guys. Bobcat noticed Jeffrey eyeing the beers and answered Jeffrey’s unasked question, “It’s for research.”
Jeffrey said, “Ok. What about the second six pack?”
Bobcat lifted it up and smiled, “You always need a second round of research. Even Marcus will tell you not to trust the first results.”
Marcus’s voice came out of his office, “That’s true!”
Jeffrey just shook his head. These guys were changing him more than he was changing them
The speaker squawked, “Marcus?”
Jeffrey heard him call out in his office, “Yes?”
“It’s Wayne. I have Ms. Tina here to see you about an astronomy discussion?”
Marcus popped his head around the corner of his office door, “Oh damn, I forgot about that. What should I do?”
Jeffrey was the only parent in the group, “You ask her Mom if you can take her on a field trip.”
“To outer space?”
“Yes. Although if you describe the reason for the fieldtrip as something scientific and have been completely honest and if she doesn’t ask, well that’s on her, right?”
“You get in trouble with your wife, don’t you?
Jeffrey answered, “All the damn time.”
Bethany Anne was working out in her area again. She needed to get her form back in control. Her night spent with Michael had been … a lot. A lot to enjoy, and a lot to take in. Leaving his house had taken a huge amount of willpower. Truthfully, she snuck in a request to TOM. Asking him to dampen her emotions so she could get through it. She had, however, made that last kiss take forever. Tabitha had hugged her goodbye and whispered to her, “At least now he won’t be moping so much!”
While Bethany Anne had been able to keep her face from giving her away, she noticed Michael rolling his eyes behind the two of them. When he noticed Bethany Anne eyeing him, he simply shrugged his shoulders in response.
That sneaky rat bastard! He HAD wanted her badly.
Bethany Anne?
Yes TOM.
The spaceship has been requested to pilot three Pods up into space.
Who’s taking them up?
I see that Jeffrey has authorized Team BMW some research time in outer space, and one request from Marcus for a ‘field trip.’
Wait, what? What field trip?
It seems that he has made a request of Cheryl Lynn for Tina to go with them.
Really? I wonder if she is going to stay with genetics. Marcus must be doing a full court press to get her interested in outer space.
Any reason she can’t do both?
Oh, I don’t care if she studies everything. I do care that she is able to cope with the work load and
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