Sholan Alliance Ch. 01

Billy growled at Sandi. "She might have problems pronouncing my name but if you do that again I am going to get you." It sounded like a girl's name when Sandi said it and he was not going with that. His ever loving father might have named him Billy Bob but he was not going by anything but Billy. When Sandi started a new pot that helped with the teasing. "Thanks."

Satasha sniffed at all the scents that were filling the kitchen as she tried to work out the difference in his name. She even said it several times but it kept coming out the same way. "I do not see the difference." Satasha said and had pulled out her datapad and after extending a claw typed on it for a moment and then shrugged. "I think it is the shape of my mouth. Sorry Yilly."

The girls laughed and he reached over and grasped her hand lightly and gave it a squeeze. "It's okay Satasha. I don't mind it from you." He remembered what she had said about touching and twitched away. "Sorry, forgot since we ain't got no telepaths." He took the cup handed to him and fixed it to his liking and started sipping on it.

She lightly squeezed back. "It isn't nearly as bad with aliens since we don't know what your emotions mean. Sandi felt solid though she is going to be a tease. When I touched Jenna I got a sense of a solid trust worthy person. Yilly comes across as sort of dependable yet you have what we call traveling feet." It was almost written on his body that he was itching to get moving again.

Sandi smirked. "Well since you are a girl if you ever want..." Jenna didn't even look when she reached over and smacked her. "No hitting on the alien till she knows our culture better." Jenna glanced at her and frowned. "I understand you are alien but if you are female why don't you have boobs?" That had really thrown her since she looked so androgynous.

Billy dropped his head on the table. "Yes I want to get back into space if only to get away from these two frenemies." He shifted his head and winked at Satasha. He finally sat up and took another slurp of the coffee and had to blink at her description of him and smiled. "I do love being in space traveling from one location to another. I like the freedom and time alone." His expression darkened. "Only drawback to a small one man operation is sometimes repairs happen and I am doing that right now."

Jenna's question definitely caught him off guard and he instantly blushed. "Oh god Jenna now she is going to think you are hitting on her or at least want to get her nekid to see her body." He was sort of horrified by the question.

Satasha didn't even blink at the question since she had pretty much asked the same when she had been talking to Sandi but it had been forgotten. "Um, well we don't develop breasts till pregnant and they develop over the six or so months we are pregnant. Otherwise we don't have them. Yes we have nipples but no..." She sort of pantomimed breasts. Other than being somewhat shorter and less muscular than our males we tend to look much the same. What is beautiful in one is in many cases beautiful in the other." She couldn't help but think of her last lover and smiled.

Both women looked startled. "Ah hell I wish we only carried for six months. We carry for 9 months and as much as we want kids we haven't managed to convince Billy to donate." She turned to him. "Why don't you go and get those yearbooks that you have." Sandi told him and grinned when he grumbled at her.

Jenna looked at her. "Once we start becoming sexually mature we develop breasts and both arm pit hair as well as groin hair indicating we are becoming fertile." She checked the steak and flipped it as Sandi gave the marinade a swirl in the pan to both cook it and thicken it. "That is usually when we start deciding on our sexual preferences." Jenna leaned over and kissed Sandi. "I noticed her well before that but as a child it was just a sort of preference to be with girls."

Billy made it back with several books and groaned. "I almost wish I had a few of my guy friends around. We could go and have man talk while you talk about chests and such." He passed the books over to Jenna and smile as she sat down.

Satasha was carefully sipping on the coffee and was definitely starting to feel relaxed and was talking more than she probably should. She looked at Billy. "Might be able to help you with repairs if you can help me. I am going to need some molycirc blocks programed." She was trying to carry on two conversations but the coffee was starting to kick in and affect her. Satasha didn't realize it but she was reacting to the caffeine in the coffee and getting mildly buzzed.

When Billy was muttering she couldn't help but grin at him. "But doesn't it feel good to have the attention of three lovely ladies paying attention to you?" She turned to Jenna and smiled. "I have a feeling it is harder for us since we can also run on all fours and once close to the end we have trouble moving."

Sandi grabbed the first of the yearbooks. "This is from 6th grade. Most girls start changing about then. That and most boys start noticing." She didn't look at Billy. "We called it puppy crushes or kitty crushes for you I suppose. I know one boy who crushed on me from when I was about 12 till I started dating Jenna." She had flipped through the book which had 3-d pictures. Here I was when I was 12. Most of us, boys and girls tend towards a gangly stage."

Satasha looked at the book and flipped through the pictures and smiled. "Well Sandi you were rather cute when you were twelve." She found Billy and had to grin. "Goodness even then you looked like you had the traveling itch." She didn't realize she was touching on a sensitive subject.

When she found Jenna she had to smile. "Jenna you definitely were taller than all the others. I am average height for a Sholan." She sort of sighed and sipped some more coffee. "This is a really good drink and especially with the cream and sugar.

Sandi showed her the other books and how they developed and Satasha tilted her head. "How interesting. It seems so odd to have breasts when you have no use for them." Her finger was tracing a few of the pictures. She pulled her datapad out and lowered her ears slightly. To her she had been an awkward young Sholan. Once she had gone through the officer training that had changed for her though.

When she showed the two women they whistled. "Damn cute, I almost wish I had been on your planet." The feline bit was just totally sexy.

Billy looked as well and managed not to gasp at the display. "They are right. You were really cute." He groaned. "God now I sound like a pedo. I need to go and paint my van brown..." It was a joke and Sandi started snickering and then full out giggles and finally ended up collapsed on the table as she laughed her ass off.

Satasha looked totally confused since she had no idea what the pedo-van was and had never heard of pedo-bear since it was a facebook thing. Sandi reached over and smacked him.

"Good god Billy that was horrible. You need to wash your brain out again." She looked at Satasha. "Forget that since it is a horrible reference." At this point she wanted to die. "It is really interesting seeing others of your kind. Who is this?" She pointed at a young boy.

Satasha quieted down a bit. "That is my little brother and my parents." Her voice was quiet and obviously sad. "I miss them. I have been away for close to a year." One of her fingers almost stroked the image that was on the screen.

She gave them a sad smile. "Thanks for saying that but I know I was an awkward kit though I out grew it." Satasha kept her ears and eyes down as she looked at the table. "I want to see my family again and don't want to end up an experiment for years." It was stupid for her to say but that was how she felt.

Sandi reached over and touched her. "Not useless since it shows that we are sexually available." She move over next to her and wrapped an arm around her. "We won't turn you in if that is what you are worried about. Billy is one of our closest friends and we would never do anything to upset him." She blushed. "Well except for becoming a couple." She leaned against Satasha. "The boy that had a crush on me was Billy and it was so hard to tell him that Jenna was the one I really loved."

Satasha leaned into the hug and relaxed. "I could smell that as well as he still cares for you. I can also tell that he would never come between the two of you." That damn coffee was starting to kick in and she didn't really notice Billy's reaction. "Thank you. I just want to find out who attacked our ship and get back home." She snuggled with Sandi and relaxed in her arms. "I shouldn't trust you but we have been searching every system we can find. Normally we have three to a crew but recently we have been doing one or maybe two at a time."

The others didn't really understand what she was saying since they weren't as tactile as Sholan's were. "Well if you need someone to snuggle with we are here for you." She wasn't indicating any sort of sex.

"But then I would have to leave my ship and I can't do that. I just want someone to curl up with and either hold onto or to be held onto. Not asking for sex but... comfort." The coffee hit and she yawned and was suddenly asleep on Sandi's shoulder.

When they looked at her she looked totally exhausted and it really didn't look like she was going to wake soon. Jenna's face softened. "Poor woman so far from home, Billy you had better take care of her or else." She moved over and lightly touched her face. "Looks like you are going to have a bed mate tonight."

Jenna might be a bit over weight but she was very strong and picked the alien up and started towards his room. "Hey, what do you mean?" He had been listening but it hadn't really connected.

Jenna looked at him. "She needs someone to hold onto when you go to bed. Think feline. You get piles of cats and dogs right? Well she is feline and is going to need someone to hold onto." She moved over to Sandi. "Think of when Sandi was kicked out by her father. I know she slept next to you for a while and held on tight."

Sandi turned to Jenna and buried her head in her shoulder. "Worst weeks of my life you know Billy. God knows I cried on your shoulder for several days." She might be an outwardly strong person but she was a very sensitive woman and Billy knew it.

He sighed and took a drink of the coffee and tried to relax. "God all I wanted to do was to get back into space and now this. I just want to see new places and people. I didn't want to have an alien landing in my yard or anything like that." He looked stressed. "My traveling boots are already itching and ready to go."

Jenna settled next to him and gave him a hug. "Just think of her as Sandi needing help. You will know what to do from there. Simply support her and maybe she can help you. Having two people working on your Ship will get you into space that much sooner." She hugged him and then checked the meat and slid it off the grill on the stove and moved it off to one side to rest for a few. "We will leave plenty for her."

Billy kept sipping on the coffee and considered what they were saying and it sort of made sense. It really made sense after the reference to Sandi being kicked out. That still angered him and when he thought about it he had to keep from going and beating the living shit out of her father. "Good idea. I would hate to wake up and find her chewing on my leg or something." Billy had to wonder what the tech of her Ship was like but managed to resist going and waking her up to ask.

Sandi smacked him and then smiled as Jenna started slicing the meat. She got up and grabbed the salad and carried it over before getting the veggies that were steaming. Eventually all the food was on the table and Sandi settled down and leaned over and kissed Jenna. "Thank you love, it smells wonderful."

Billy inhaled and had to smile as well. "Thanks for not freaking too much when you saw Satasha. You did better than I did. I actually came back in and dumped the coffee out and wondered if the beans were bad." He told them about his reaction to seeing her and both struggled not to laugh.

They had their mouths covered and were snorting and trying to breathe while laughing. They didn't know how heavy a sleeper Satasha might be and didn't want to wake her. By the time they were done laughing he had eaten a good portion of his plate. "That and I had wondered what you might have put in my beer as well." He was quietly chuckling as well. "I felt like a total idiot when I finally realized she did exist. Part of it was she had to ask for something to eat. I had completely forgotten all hospitality."

Jenna reached over and squeezed his arm since she knew how much he valued being hospitable. He would serve virtually anyone that came to his house and needed a plate. The same went for a shower or even a bed for a day or two. Now they couldn't just move in, or normally not but with Satasha that was a different case. "I probably would have reacted strangely as well if that helps Billy."

He gave her a grateful look and finished eating. They cleaned up and made a plate for Satasha for when she might wake up. Since they didn't want to wake her up they went out to the porch and talked for a while before the women decided it was time for them to leave.

"We will make sure and check in on the two of you. We will make sure you have what you need and to keep her fed." Sandi grinned at him and gave him a hug. Jenna did as well and both climbed into their vehicle and with a wave left.

Billy sat on the porch for a while and realized he was tired as well and stood up with a stretch. This was going to be weird since normally the only time he had someone in his bed was when they were being intimate. He walked into the house and to his room. After grabbing some shorts he walked into the bathroom and quickly stripped down and pulled them on. He had grabbed a shower earlier that day and he hadn't done anything strenuous so he didn't worry about a shower.

When he walked back into the room he stared at her and she was curled up on one side looking very comfortable. Billy walked over to the bed and settled down on his side and curled up with his back to hers. She was warm and he could feel slight brushes of soft silky fur and that really distracted him as he tried to go to sleep. Eventually he did fall asleep and at some point rolled over and curled around her. What was amusing was that she was taller than he was.

While he was sleeping she finally woke up because she needed the bathroom. She noticed that he was curled around her back with one arm curled around her side and stomach. Satasha gave the arm a squeeze before carefully moving out from under and silently padded to the bathroom. She had used it earlier so knew how everything worked. Once done she walked out of the bathroom and back to the bedroom and stripped the tabard off before crawling back in bed. She had to smile when he curled back around her. She moved back against him and went to sleep again.

When she next awoke next she was curled around him and was wondering why he was in her bed. Whatever else it felt good to have someone to curl up with. She had slept better last night than she had since she had started the mission. When she finally opened her eyes she realized that she wasn't in her room but a different one and she assumed it was his since it had a male feel to it.

As she was looking around she took in some pictures and wondered who they were of. Some appeared sort of obvious as family but others weren't. As she was looking around Billy started to wake. Satasha didn't move towards or away from him since she was curious as to what he would do. She was pretty sure it wasn't anything sexual but simply knew so little about these humans. Right now she was essentially the first contact team.

Yes she did have some training in first contact but it was fairly basic. As bad as it sounded this was what it was aimed at, accidental meetings though normally it would be in space and not crash landed in the back yard of someone's house. "This is going to be a story for the grand kids when I am that old."

Billy woke up as he normally did, asleep one moment and awake the next. When he did he was slightly confused by the silky fur pressed against his back. The arm curled around his waist felt odd because of the fur but the thing she had been wearing the afternoon before had left her arms exposed. Having a large expanse of fur pressed against his back and legs was strange. He had to admit that she was warm and the feeling of fur was rather sensual. When she spoke he started laughing and rolled on his back and looked at her.

"Now that is something I never really considered. I have my two sister's kids to play with, aunts and uncles by the bushel. Never found another female that could deal with a person who has traveling feet." He tensed a bit when he said that. His wife had died delivering the second child. "Now maybe if I could find one to come with on my travels it might be different but haven't so far and the only female that had really caught my attention is involved and I don't mess with that." Her arm was resting across his belly and he couldn't resist stroking the fur.

Satasha relaxed as he moved and rolled over. He didn't appear to be too bothered by her being in bed with him and she hoped she could share his bed reasonably often. "I am doing the cursory military service though I might stay in a few extra years for some additional training. If I find the right male I will try either a three or five year bonding contract. Don't know if I will ever take a lifemate though."

He lay there listening and it all sounded strange to him. The military service he could sort of understand but when she started talking about bonding contracts and life mates he got confused. "Back up a minute. Why do you have cursory military service and what is a bonding contract?" It was almost like they were talking two different languages even though both were speaking English.

She laughed lightly. "It is the males fault. We females don't have to do service unless we wish and I did. Our males are sort of considered legal adults when they turn twenty for things such as bonding contracts, legal contracts and such. When they turn thirty is when they are really considered adults. When they come into their minority they tend to be rather territorial and so they are assigned to the military. Most end up as troops but some become flight crews and engineers and mechanics. They also end up as officers if they have the right personality or mind set."

Now she had to describe the bonding ceremony. "Um, as far as the bonding contracts we females can control our fertility so we don't have to worry about random pregnancies. Or I suppose I should say so incredibly rare as to be non-existent. Because of this having a child out of either a bonding ceremony or with a life mate is considered extremely wrong and carries heavy cultural penalties." She frowned slightly as she tried to think if she had forgotten anything.

"Oh, one thing I think I got from watching some of your entertainment shows is that in theory you tend towards only one lover or mate at a time. Since we can control our fertility for us there is no real purpose for that. As long as any cubs we have are with our mates then there isn't any stigma for enjoying an evening with a nice lady or male."

Billy had to blink at that. How strange it sounded and he sort of guessed that the 'life mate' was sort of like a mating contract only long term. The idea of fidelity for children only was rather odd as well. It made sense if they, the females, had control over their fertility but was just strange to him. "Interesting, I should probably get a recorder to note down these little things you are telling me since at some point your people and mine will actually meet and not in a back yard."