<div class="floatleft">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/___lightning_pin_up____by_vincentxyooj-d57yr3c_zps75e2c067.png)</div><br/>Allia continued staring at Kari for a moment, part of her mind locked on Kari's grand plan, the other part locked on the woman.  This had really been the first time she'd had a chance to be alone with Kari, and something about the proximity of her new boss made her feel almost free.  There she was, sitting totally naked in a shower, emotional and crazy and Kari only saw the headstrong determined officer they had hired so many months ago to bring some discipline to the recon lance.  The lance had lacked true officer leadership for a long time, and just as they had started to come together as a unit, the Falcons had torn them to pieces.  But none of that mattered now.  Kari needed her to be a friend and a trusted member of her staff, and at the moment there was nothing more that Allia wanted than to be as close to Kari as possible.  She couldn't read Kari's reactions to her current situation, but something about the warmth and comfort she felt around Kari made her wonder if there wasn't something there, no matter how deep.<br/><br/><em>“I have to do this...I can’t just roll over and die, and I can’t let this defeat me. And…I’m going to need people to make this work. And knowing that you’ll be there means an awful lot to me. I…I can’t thank you enough for this. Really”</em><br/><br/>Pushing the water from her face, her hands trailed back along her head until she pushed the water from her thick pink hair and pulled the long braid over her shoulder in a solid tail.  The light hair hung down along her left breast as she pushed herself up off the floor and stood, her back to the tile wall.  "You don't have to thank me Kari.  You're father had enough faith in me when he hired me that he almost immediately put me in charge of people who'd been in the unit for years."  Allia felt no shame or embarrassment standing fully naked in front of Kari, her back against the wall, her full round breasts and closely trimmed crotch dripped with water as she moved to her bodysuit hanging on a hook.  "I'm hungry and need some sleep.  Will you join me......"  She grinned, a bit of a giggle escaping her throat.  "....I mean for food of course!  Not that I wouldn't mind curling up with you."  Uncertain how her inadvertent flirtatious nature had been received by Kari, her eyes dropped to the floor, a little embarrassed before she pulled the bodysuit on and zipped it to just below her breasts.