(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7d/6a00e55003818f883401543213d274970c-320wi.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Sue, the Cook</span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>On the bridge (Keri)<br/><strong>With (open):</strong>Keri<br/><strong>Mentioned:</strong><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"No. You can't watch."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I didn't figure she would say no, but she kept on talking at me.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"We don't have to break or enter atmo, we certainly aren't running from anyone, time I let you have a little practice at the controls. You fly her to the landing pad."[/b]</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>My one raised eyebrow lowered and a smile crossed my face.  She had me going there for a sec.  I put my big meaty fists together and tilted my head from one shoulder to another, cracking my knuckles and neck like I was getting ready to do something requiring concentration.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"In exchange, do me a favor and keep your toys in your bunk from now on. You and the Captain have the right to sex when y'all can get it, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should have to watch."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>"Huh?  Toys?  You mean the handcuffs?  That was just Sophie getting into mah stuff and fooling around."</strong><br/><br/>Then I realized what she maybe really meant.<br/><br/><strong>"Wait, do you mean... Sophie?  It ain't like that, Keri, not like that at all, not like what Captain and Mya have.  She's not some girl I just picked up in town.  She's someone I have to take care of, that's all.  Someone who gets into trouble and who sometimes makes bad decisions, but someone I care about deeply all the same.  I was... I was actually hoping maybe you could help me take care of her.  I don't know nothing about raising no teenage girl.  Maybe you could give me pointers and what not, being that you was a teenage girl yourself not too long ago."</strong><br/><br/>I kind of shrugged as I sat in Keri's seat.  It was nice and warm from when Keri was in it, but the curves felt like they had conformed to her figure only.<br/><br/><strong>"I wouldn't want to upset you, Keri.  After our meal, Captain and I argued about him and Mya making a spectacle of themselves and he was pretty close to puttin' a bullet in me.  I agree that it's his business what he does with his women, but he shouldn't be doing that in front of the crew and passengers."</strong><br/><br/>I started going through the routine of getting<em>The Line</em>ready for the hop to the landing pad.<br/><br/><strong>"Uh, would you mind kind of standing behind me while I fly her?  This ain't no shuttle or mule and I'd feel better if you talked me through it."</strong><br/><br/>I actually didn't really need her there.  I just wanted a reason for her to be closer to me.  I could already kind of smell her from where I was, or maybe it was just the whole bridge that reminded me of her.  Lugging around the fuel cells got me perspiring a bit myself.  As I looked at the readouts, I spoke to her over my shoulder.<br/><br/><strong>"Looks like you got some sun while you were planetside, Keri.  I like it.  Keep it up and maybe you'll have my own skin tone."</strong><br/><br/><br/>