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A week later I was clearly impressed with this new ship. Granted there were a few hiccups with the automated systems, but it was nothing that either Vicky or I could get worked out. So, for the most part everything was running smoothly. As part of the deal that company got first crack at the new ship I had to send in regular reports on our status. This was what I was doing at the moment up on the flight deck. I had my music play, and singing along to a little Zach Brown Band at the moment as I typed in the days report.

Yeah I knew that it was country and that I could not really sing on key but it helped me keep my mind off the messages that I would get every few days from Alex. It seemed like every message I got from him thing kept get more out of hand between Lilia and Damon. It was like they were fighting every day, and then the message that I got yesterday burned me with anger. It seemed that they had a big blow out again. About what Alex never said, but whatever it was got Damon so upset that he hit Lilia. I sent Alex a quick message back telling him that I ever laid hands on him that the mutt would be lucky to walk again. He only answered me back saying that he took care of it for me.

I could only imagine what Alex had done to him and only wished that I was about to see what he had done. In a way I was glad that Alex was there to watch over Lilia but another part of me was beating myself up for not being there for the woman I loved. It was my own fault. If I had stayed there I'm sure that it would have never happened. Yet, I just couldn't keep watching them together. It was one of those damned if you do damned if you don't times.

I shook my head of those thoughts and sent out the report getting a beep from the computer letting me know that the nearest relay satellite had received it and was sending it on towards earth. Once that was done I sat back in my chair and closed my eyes and sang along to the next song. Typical country song it was about heartbreak and drinking but as much as it hurt to even listen in a way if felt comfortable to me. I was tapping my foot and really getting into the song putting my emotions into it not even hearing the Vicky had stepped into the cockpit. When the song finished she made her presence know. I jumped in my seat and switched off the music feeling my cheeks redden from being caught. See most of the time I would listen and sing along it was during my watch and Vicky was asleep.

"Please don't turn it off because of me." She said in an apologetic tone. "I liked it, you're really good."

"No I'm not." I said shaking my head. "I'm off key can't really carry a tune. I just do it for the hell of it."

"There was sure a lot of emotion you put into it regardless." She said sitting down in her seat. "Almost like you can relate to what the singer was talking about."

"Yeah just a bit." I said off handily thinking about the lyrics. I looked out the window staring at the red planet slowly growing in front of us as we got closer.

"Marcus, I've wanted to ask this for a while now but been a little..." She said the paused clearly trying to find the right words not to offend me.

"Vicky it's alright you can ask." I said looking over to her and smiling.

"Okay" She started then paused again. "I wanted to know why you took this job, with..."

"You mean why I accepted taking a job flying a brand new ship with only myself and a Morph first officer?" I asked and she only nodded. I could see a small blush under her furred cheeks. "To be honest Vicky I was running away from something on Earth, and to tell you the truth I don't have an issue like some humans do with Morphs. In fact my best friend is a tiger Morph."

"Is he the one that you keep getting messages from?" She asked.

"Yup, that you be Alex." I said with a nod of my head. "He just has been keeping me up to date on what going on back home." I said with a sigh. "It's something that really doesn't have anything to do with me." I said.

"Must be the reason you put so much emotion when you where singing." She said and I turned my head looking away from her my cheeks blushing again. "I'm sorry Marcus I didn't...."

"It's alright Vicky." I said looking back to her and placing a hand on hers for a moment. "You didn't say anything wrong. It's just painful to think about. It's about the thing I was running away from." I said and pulled my hand away.

This was the first time we had spoken so much since we had left Earth station. It was not that I didn't try it was just that Vicky was so shy that she tended to speak only when she needed to. It was hard to believe that she was able to make it past the flight training program being this quite. Yet, over the past week I saw just why she made it thru. She was very good at her job and knew just about every aspect of the job. So much so that she could be instead of me.

"I'm sorry that she broke your heart Marcus." She said giving me a slight smile.

Hearing that about nearly made me fall out of my chair. That was if I wasn't strapped into it. I had forgotten for a moment that some Morph's were very perceptive, and it seems that we humans just made it easy for them to read us. That why it was so easy for Alex to read me on what I was thinking and feeling. However, if that was the case. Then why didn't Lilia not pick up on how I really felt about her. As I thought about this I felt my heart twist in my chest. The answer was simple she knew how I felt about her but she didn't feel the same in return. That thought alone made me feel like my heart was just ripped out and stomped on. I could feel my eyes start to water and I swore that I would not let Vicky see me cry.

"I'm going to grab something to drink. I'll be back in a little bit." I said unbuckling myself from my seat and getting up before she could see the tears start.

I made it into my cabin and then leaned against the back of the door and let the tears fall. All this time she knew how I truly felt about her but even when she knew this she still started dating Damon. I was not only hurt but pissed off at myself. She knew and she was waiting for me to say something and make my move like a male should have. Yet I didn't and let her slip thru my fingers and now she was hurting. I pushed off the door and walked over to the desk and turned on the screen. I started recording a message. When I was done I sent it off to Alex. I just hope that he would not be too pissed off at me for what I had said.

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Three days later I still hadn't heard back from Alex, and to me it was a good indication that he was royally pissed off at me and refused to speak to me. Served me right, and beside that was my old life, this was all I needed. So that's what I did, I put all my efforts into my job and getting Vicky myself and our cargo to Mars. By now we were less than thirty six hours from Mars station and I was ready to get this cargo offloaded and ready for our next run.

"All done?" I asked.

"Yeah, just sent in the report." Vicky said in return. "I'm sure the government doctor will still want to check you out but I gave you the best review that I could." She said with a smile.

I smiled back and my shy first officer. In the past three day we had started talking more and getting to know each other more. Something I was grateful for, because as it looked we were going to be working together for a good while now. That is as long as I get the go ahead from both the company and the government body that monitors this type of thing. Which I really hope they will, seeing how I pretty much cut every ties I had back home. As I saw it all I had left was this ship to call home.

"Thanks Vicky, you don't know how much your help means to me." I said giving her a warm and soft smile.

"Please, don't think too much of it Marcus." She said smiling back at me. "I was worried at first working with you a human, but you're nothing like any of the human's that I've met before. Let not even get me start about the men I've met."

"I'm nothing special Vicky, if anything I'm a coward for doing what I did and running away." I told her.

"I don't think so Marcus, I think you did the best thing that you thought was right for you." She said getting up from her seat. "I think it takes a brave and big hearted person to do what you did instead of staying there and putting yourself thru more pain watching that every day. I for one am very happy to be working with you." She said then stepped up next to my chair and leaned down and kissed my cheek. "I'm going to get some shut eye. We should reach mars station first thing in the morning." She said letting her hand rest on my shoulder a moment longer before walking away. "You should get some sleep as well it going to be a busy morning in port."

I sat there in my chair for how long I wasn't sure, but my mind was whirling what Vicky had said as well as the kiss on my cheek she gave me. I tried not to think too much about it, but my hand moved up to my cheek and I swore I could still feel her warm lips and her whisker tickling my skin. It was so soft and tender, and it sent a shiver down my spine thinking about it now. Was she trying to tell me something or was it just my imagination getting the better of me. No it couldn't be, it was just my heart aching from the hurt that Lilia caused me and reaching out to something that wasn't there.

I shook my head and double check the autopilot making sure we were still on course before getting up and heading to my quarters. Vicky was right it was going to be a busy morning once we got into port and started unloading the ship, not to mention that I was going to have to head to the government doctors to get checked out on how my body reacted to such a long trip and what it was exposed to. As I made it to my cabin I stopped and looked at the door across from mine knowing that just on the other side my first officer was sleeping. A strange part of me wanted to knock on her door and ask her what she meant but I told myself no and stepped into my cabin hoping sleep would find me. Knowing full well that it would not come easily.

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"Mars Control this is Fleetwood requesting docking instructions"

"Roger Fleetwood, you're cleared to docking bay 39."

"Bay 39, roger that."

"Welcome to Mars Fleetwood."

Thing sure had changed since the last time I was here. A light path came up on my HUD guiding me towards that docking bay. As we got closer and felt the ship shudder a bit and realized the tractor beam had latched on and was now pulling us towards our assigned bay. I smirked at this realizing just how much had advance in a year since I'd been this far out.

"Whats that look for?" Vicky asked catching the look on my face.

"Oh nothing just thinking how far this station advanced in the year since I've been gone." I told her. "Last time I was here I had to manually fly my ship into the dock. Now the automated system does it for you."

"They had them installed a few months back." She said with a smile looking over at me.

There was a different look in her eyes this morning, something that I was not expecting. Yet as much as my heart was trying to tell me what that look in her eyes could mean, my head was telling me that my heart was wrong. There was no way that Vicky could start liking me other than a coworker. I was just being stupid, but then again if it was true, I would have no issue with her having feelings for me. It was not that was not smart, beautiful and now that she had started being more comfortable around me. I found Vicky very fun to be around. Then again so was Lilia at first and look how that turned out. No I'm here to do a job and that's it.

I looked back out to the window as I was thinking all this and when I looked back to Vicky again. She quickly turned her head and looking out the front screen. I was going to say something when I felt another shudder from the ship and realized it was the docking clamps attaching to the ship and pulling us the rest of the way into the bay. Another slight jolt and we where now fully docked into Mars Orbital station. Before I could say anything to Vicky she unbuckled herself from her chair and was heading towards the flight deck door.

"I'm going to get everything ready to start unloading the cargo. Can you see to making everything is secure." She said then left.

"Yeah, sure." I said looking at her walking down the hall for a bit.

What had I done, did I say something wrong for her tone to be so cold towards me. These thoughts where rattling around in my head as I shut down the ships systems. I my head was right after all, I was reading too much into the look she was giving me as well as the kiss last night. I sighed and got up from my chair. She must have sensed somewhat of I was feeling. Just like she did a few days ago when she picked up on my broken heart. I knew that I needed to do something to correct my mistake. However, first thing I needed to do was figure out what I did to upset her. I shook my head and headed toward the back to help her with getting the cargo offloaded.

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Walking into the cargo area I heard voices. The first one was Vicky and it was clear by her tone that she was not very comfortable with whoever she was talking to. The second voice came close to sending a shiver down my own spine. I shook off the feeling knowing deep down that whatever the two were talking about I was going to be needed. As I got closer I could finally hear what was being the said.

"I said no Rick, now please get back to work and get the cargo off loaded." Vicky said.

"Aw come on Vicky, you know you're just too hard to resist." Rick said.

"Rick I said no, now let go of me." Vicky said her voice now more panicky.

"Come on baby."

I rounded the corner of a container just in time to see the Rick person pull Vicky closer to her and lean down licking her cheek. He was a Lizard Morph of some breed I could not tell, but it was clear by the way Vicky was struggling that she was non to happy with him advances. His back was to me so I walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"I think it's best you let her go." I said in a stern voice.

"Go away buddy, can't you see that I'm trying to get a little here." He replied.

"If you mean getting some by forcing yourself on her then I would call that rape and I don't think the ship's Captain would like that too much." I told him folding my arms across my chest.

"What are you talking about she's the ships Captain." He said his s coming out more of an annoyed hiss.

"Wrong buddy I am." I said pulling him off Vicky tossing him into a nearby container.

Being from Earth with a heavier gravity than here on Mars, I was a bit stronger than this Rick. I saw as his back slammed into the container and looked up me and hissed. I looked down to Vicky who has stumbled back a bit when I pulled Rick off her. I made sure she was alright, and when I noticed the look in her eyes I turned around in time to catch a fist in my jaw. Man for a skinny Lizard he hit hard.

"Sssssssputid human, no one gets in the way of me mating this little mouse." He hissed at me. "She's mine."

"I don't think so and I don't think she ever was." I said rubbing my jaw. "Now you've got about three second to get off my ship before I toss your skinny green ass off my ship and call the port security about an attempted rape and assault on a human." I said looking down at Rick who was about foot shorter than me.

A Morph assaulting a human carried a heavy charge and fines especially her on Mars. It was no different than when human's hunted endanger species back before the war. We were a near extinct species after all. Yet any type of criminal activity was not taken lightly by the government within any space port.

I stood my ground and made sure that I was between Vicky and Rick, showing him that he was going to have to get throw me to get to her. I waited for him to make his move and sure enough it came. I was ready for him this time. He threw a punch my way and I easily caught it. I guess a few years in martial art training were helping. I squeezed the wrist that I caught hard, m bigger hand easily wrapping around his slender wrist. With his forward momentum I spun him to the right away from Vicky and slammed him into another container. I pinned him there using my forearm on his neck.

"Vicky please go get Port Security, tell them that we got an aslant and trespasser on our ship." I told her not looking at her but keeping my focus on Rick. I heard her make a nose then run out the cargo door. "You're lucky that I'm normally a peaceful man Rick, because if not I would be beating the shit out of you right now."

"You're not going to get away with this human."

"Oh I think you're not going to getting away with attacking Vicky and myself." I said leaning in close to him. "She's my partner and I will do everything to protect her. So if I ever see you around her or my ship again it will be the last time, are we clear." I said bearing my teeth and speaking in an almost predatory tone.

"We'll take it from here Captain." I heard a voice behind me say then felt a hand on my shoulder.

"He's all yours officer" I said with a nod then back away.

"When you're done off loading your cargo we'll need you to come over to the station and file a report." Another Officer said.

"I'll be their officer, both of us will." I told the security officers as the escorted Rick of the ship.

After the cleared the ship I looked over to where Vicky was standing with her arms folded under her chest. It was easy to see the she was shacking after what had just happened. With thinking more on it I walked over to her as the rest of the dock crew started unloading our cargo. As I got closer to her and could see a few stray tears rolling down her cheeks.

"You okay?" I asked her softly.

"I was so scared." She said with a whimper, and then leaned against my chest.

I thought nothing of it as I wrapped my arms around her and held her. I ran my hand threw her hair in hopes that it would help calm her. She pressed herself tighter against me and cried harder. I did nothing but stood there letting her get it out. I didn't say anything seeing that there really wasn't anything I could say or do other than what I was doing already. After a few moments the lifted her head and looked at me. I took a free hand and whipped the tear from her cheeks.

"Thank you Marcus." She told me softly.

"There nothing to thank me for Vicky, I was happy to come to your rescue." I said with a playful tone.

"Thank you regardless. No one's ever done anything like that for me before." She said with a soft smile.

I just smiled at her and told her that I was going to stat helping unloading the cargo. I told her that she was more than welcome to head to her cabin and not to worry about unloading. However, Vicky was a trooper, even almost being raped she pushed on and together we started empting the cargo hold.

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"Alright, that the last of it Captain." The Dock Master said handing me the manifest to sign over to him.

"Thanks for the help." I said taking a deep breath after working harder than I had in close to a year.

It had taken us a few hours to get everything offloaded. A little longer then it should have but we had run into a few issues with the motorized rollers in the cargo hold. However, after some time Vicky was able to get them working again and saved us from having to move each piece by hand.

"It's I that should be thanking you both. Most flight crews just leave that ship after they arrive and let us deal with it." He said taking the pad back that held the manifest on it. "That partner of yours really knows this ship."

"Yeah I'm lucky to have been paired up with her." I said looking over as Vicky as she closed an access panel after replacing the part that went out for the roller system.

"The boys told me what happen with her and Rick, I'm glad that you where here. That slime ball been eyeing her up for months now, and personally I hope they throw the book at him." The big Bear Morph said.

"By the time I'm done with him, he's never going to be able to get a job at any space dock again." I said with smirk.

"Good." He answered with a chuckle. "Well enjoy the rest of your time here, and we'll no doubt be seeing each other before you leave." He said starting to walk out then stopped. "Don't let her slip away." He said then left before I could say anything.

Did he think that Vicky and I were together outside of our jobs? No, we're just partners, coworkers, but then again as I stood there watching her move I could see myself easily growing more attracted to her. No, I couldn't think about stuff like that. I came out here to get away from one relationship that I lost the chance on. I was not looking for another.

"I take everything is alright." Vicky asked me bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Yup paperwork's all signed and we're clear till we get our next assignment." I said with a smile.

"That's good, I'm going to get cleaned up, and would suggest you do the same, you've got an appointment soon." She said with a smirk.

"Way to kill my good mood." I teased. "But you're right." I agreed as we started heading towards the front of the ship. "I was thinking that we should go out later and celebrate the completion of our first trip as a team in this new girl." I suggested.

"Really?" She asked looking up at me outside her cabin. I could not help but smile at how her face light up at my suggestion. "I would love that, were would you like to go?"

"Ladies choice. You find us a nice place to eat while I'm at my appointment, and we'll go." I told her.

"Okay." She said in an almost excited squeak before she headed into her cabin.

I just shook my head and laughed a little myself. Never thought that such a little thing would make her smile so big, but I had to admit to myself that I like seeing her smiling and her being happy. As I got cleaned up, I started wondering if I was starting to fall for her. Or was it just the fact that my heart had been broken and I was looking for something to repair it. No I couldn't do that to Vicky, she was just too sweet of a woman to use like that.

I finished getting cleaned up and changed into to a pair of jeans a button down shirt, and my boots. I stepped out of my cabin and the rhythmic beeping from the console on the flight deck. No doubt it was Vicky looking for a place to go eat when I got back. I climbed up on the flight deck and saw her sitting in her seat with a huge smile on her face. I stepped behind her and leaned over her chair.

"So did you find us somewhere yet?" I asked.

"No there so many choices, is there anything that you are in the mood for?"

"Nope I'm easy to please." I said getting a good whiff of her freshly showered scent. I felt something stirring in me that I never thought would happen again. I did my best to push it down as looked down at her, but it was hard when she was sitting there with a loose shirt on and clearly not wearing a bra. "Any were you want to go is fine with me." I told her.

"You don't know how much this means to me Marcus." She said turning to look at me.

When I turned to look at her myself our faces were only mere inches apart. We were so close that I could feel her whiskers brushing up against my cheeks. Her scent was even stronger now and I could not only feel her warm breath but smell it. It filled my senses and everything around me was gone expect this shy sweet little mouse Morph in front of me.

"I'm happy to do it." I said softly.

I could feel myself being drawn closer to those sweet lips that seemed to just beg me to kiss. I barely noticed that she was also moving closer to me as well as tilting her head to the side. My head was telling me to take her lips to mine, but my heart was telling not to because how much it hurt after Lilia. Thing is for once my head was winning out. Unless it was my little head that was now doing the thinking. All I know was that just as we were about to kiss the comm system gone off. It was like reality crashed over us and we both realized what just came close to happening. Both of us pulled apart quickly and I reached up to the over head console and answered the call.

"This is Fleetwood, go ahead." I answered.

"Fleetwood this is Doctor Zacchary, I'm looking for Captain Lockley." And older human male said showing up in the center screen on the dash.

"I'm Lockley, what can I do for you Doc." I asked.

"Captain, I expected you to be in my office ten minutes ago." He said in a very annoyed tone.

"Sorry Doc I was just on my way to come see you. Things took a little longer to get unload then planned." I said in return.

"I don't want to hear excuses Captain, if you want to have a chance to keep on with your job I expect to see you here in five minutes or you'll be taking a passenger liner home." He said then cut the line.

"Well this is going to be fun." I said sarcastically.

"You'll do fine Marcus, I have faith in you." She said with a warm smile that could melt even the toughest man's heart. "But you better get going. I don't want to lose my partner."

"Yes dear." I said with a wink, and then headed to the fight deck door. "I'll call you when I'm done and then we can go get something to eat and maybe some shopping."

Yup there was no doubt about it now, I was attracted to Vicky, and even though I was not looking for it I couldn't be happier at the fact. I left the ship now looking forward to spending more time with Vicky outside of work. Now I'm sure you're asking yourself, what about Lilia? Well I still loved her and I'm sure that will never change, but she was a part of my past. However, unlike Lilia I was not going to take the chance and lose out on a chance with Vicky. I made that mistake once and I'm not going to do it again.

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An hour and half later I was walking out of the office with a satisfied smiled my face for two reasons. One I was headed back to Vicky to head out on our date, and yes that what I decided this was going to be. The second was that as much as the Doc was annoyed he couldn't find anything wrong with me. Which of course I already knew was going to be that case, but it aggravated the older human off more. He had no choice to give me a clean bill of health. The only stipulation was that every six months I had to have another physical. Twice a year was a small price to pay seeing now that I had my pilots license again and was legal.

I was so happy about what the rest of the evening had in store that I arrived at our docking bay before I knew it. I stepped into the common area from the airlock and was stopped dead in my tracks at the sight before me. Vicky was checking her hair in the mirror on the far side of the common area with her back to me. What she was wearing had my slacked jawed. I looked her up and down a few times admiring how the skirt hugged her hips and rear. It stopped just above her knees showing off her well tone calves. Her hair was normally held up in some sort of bun while she wares her flight suit, but not her light brown locks flowed down her shoulders.

She must have seen me back in the mirror and she turned to greet me. He top didn't dip to low but it hugged her in what I could only guess high c to low d cup breasts. I watched as her tail twitched back and forth behind her as we just looked at each other. I must have said something about how good she looked because I could tell even through her fur that she blushed.

"You really think I look good?" She asked being shy once again.

"Absolutely!" I said with a nod walking towards her. "You're beautiful Vicky."

"Thank you." She said softly. "How'd your appointment go?" She asked.

"What you think." I said handing her my new license the smiled.

She took it and looked it over for a few moments before she almost squealed then hugged my neck. I hugged back and breathed in her perfume that she was wearing and had to fight hard to not let my body react to it.

"Oh god Marcus, I knew you could do it." She said very happily.

"Well what you say we go out and celebrate our good day." I said with a smile still holding onto her. It felt so natural to have her in my arms and I hoped that I would have more chances to do it tonight.

"Yeah let's go, I made reservation for us at a nice little bistro." She said wrapping her arm around mine.

I felt like the luckiest guy in the solar system having Vicky on my arm as we left the ship and headed toward to lift that would take us up toward the main part of the station. This feeling was something that I never thought I would have a chance to experience, and when I thought it might, I thought that it would have been with Lilia, but it wasn't and both my head and heart where in agreement that it was Vicky that I was sharing this evening with her. Life had a strange way of changing the way you thought your life would turn out. All I knew was this felt right as we headed out into the station.

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The Bistro that she picked for us was a little more high class than I was use to, but to me it was worth. Vicky had a rough morning and there was cause for us to celebrate our permanent partnership. The hours seemed to pass by as we talked about this and that. I found out about her family and how much her father hated that she joined the spacing industry. I told her how I lost both my parents not long after graduating high school in a car crash. We shared just about every aspect of our lives before we met. I was thankful to her for not asking about Lilia. Of course if my hunch was right why would she want to about hear about another woman that I loved? I knew that I was not interested in hearing about her previous relationships.

After we paid for our meal we headed out into the shopping center and looked about what they offered. The shopping center was laid out like the mall on earth before the war. Different shops lined each side of the walk with small vendors down the middle. You wouldn't even know that you where in an orbiting space station around Mars if you didn't look up and see the planet pass by now and again from the rotation of the station.

I had stepped into a shop to grab a few personal things that I needed and when I came back out I noticed from a distance that Vicky was looking at something from a small vendor. I started heading over toward her and wanted to see what she was looking at, but before I got over to her she was heading in my direction. I don't know what it was but something about the look in her eyes had me wondering what she was looking at.

"Did you find everything you need?" She asked me with a smile.

'Yeah for the most part, even got us a few things to make the ship a little homier." I said surprising myself by the way I had just said that. To me it was like we were talking about turning the ship a home for the two of us.

"Oh that good, it does need a few touches doesn't it." She said with a smile. "Maybe I should go see if they've got anything I could use."

"Alright I'll wait out here for you." I told her.

"Okay." She said touching my arm lightly sending a electric pulse through it.

I turned and watched her walk into the shop and I was mesmerized by the sway of her hips and the swish of her tail as she disappeared into the store. I shook my head and scolded myself at the way I was looking at her and the thoughts running through my head. I took a deep breath and was about to go find a bench to sit on when someone called behind me.

"She's quite lovely young woman isn't she?" I turned to see it was the vendor that Vicky was standing at when I walked out. He was an older Squirrel Morph.

"Very much so." I answered without hesitation.

"A lovely thing like her deserves something just as lovely for her to wear."

I sighed seeing just what he was trying to do, but this was an opportunity for me to see what had Vicky's interest here. I walked over to his cart and looked at his wares. I could see that some of them were just cheep costume jewelry, but there was something amongst them all that caught my eye. It was a silver necklace with an amethyst stone for the pendent. The old Squirrel must have notice the one I was looking at, because he spoke up.

"You have a good eye young man, and must knew exactly what your female likes." He said grabbing the necklace and showing it to me.

"So this is what she was looking at earlier." I said more to myself than to him.

"Aye, the very one, It caught her eye but told me that she could not afford it." He told me. I looked at him for a second and raised an eyebrow. I knew that both of us had just been paid after our delivery so what was the reason why, or was this guy just playing me.

"How much?" I asked without thinking much about it.

"For you, two hundred credits." He said.

I raised an eyebrow at him about the price. I was not even sure that the necklace was made of real silver let alone it the stone was real. As much as I wanted to get it for her I had a gut instinct that he was sending me for a ride and trying to rip me off.

"I'll pass, for that much I can get something I knew is real." I said baiting him at his own game. Didn't realize how stupid this guy was when it came to haggling.

"Okay, okay, I can part with it for one fifty but not a penny less."

I was still not biting, at his offer. I looked at it again and the handed it back to him.

"Sorry, but still way too steep for me. I'll give you a hundred or nothing at all." I countered and watched him debate the offer before he finally nodded. "Good." I handed him the money and placed the item in my pocket as well as the receipt that I made him write up. "Pleasure doing business, not often you find and Martian Amethyst like this at such a low price." I smiled and walked off just as he started coughing about what I just told him.

These stone were very rare now a day and to fine one of its size was even rarer. I was just amazed that no one had noticed it before. I went over to a bench and sat down and waited another ten minutes before Vicky came walking back out with two big bags full of stuff. I raised an eyebrow at her struggling to carry them. I quickly got up and helped her with them. After this we headed back to the ship.

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It was a bit of a challenge carrying the heavy bags back to the ship but eventually we made it. Vicky got the airlock door for me and I made it into the kitchen area just before I thought my arms were going to fall off. The look on my face must have been funny because the next thing I knew I heard the sweet laughter of Vicky's. I stood up and rubbed my hand and shoulders.

"Very funny, what the heck did you buy?" I asked her.

"You'll see." She said with a warm smile that made me smile in return. "I'm going to get changed, why don't you start unpacking." She said.

"Aye, aye ma'am." I said with a chuckle.

I watched her leave for a moment before started unpacking our purchases. As I did I was surprised at what she got. Here I thought that I was feeling like an idiot thinking about turning the ship into a home, but what she got was just exactly to do that. I put away some of the groceries that we had bought and as I was putting the last item in the cabinets I heard Vicky come back into the room.

"Well I've got everything put up as ordered. I........." I started to say more until I turned around seeing what she was wearing now.

"I forgot that we needed to do laundry when I went to go find my sleep ware. I hope you don't mind."

Any of you guy out there every thought just how sexy it would be to see your woman in one of your dress shirt or even a button down flannel shirt. Well while Vicky was not my woman but that exactly she was wearing. Now being I'm about a foot taller than her the blue flannel shirt of mine that she was wearing came just about half way up her thighs. The top two buttons of the shirt was left undone and she had the log sleeves rolled up. God did she know what she was doing to me standing there looking so damn cute and sexy. I wasn't sure if she knew but my body sure did. I felt something in me stir as I looked at her. There was no doubt in my mind anymore. I was attracted to Vicky.

"No I don't at all." I finally said after finally getting my sense about me.

"Thanks." She said shyly.

From there we went about setting up the items we bought were we thought they should go. I had to catch myself from staring at Vicky every time she either bent down to place an item or reach up to a shelf. Though it was hard not to look. Not when every time I would catch a glimpse of her pink silk panties that framed her little tush oh so nicely. It had me wondering if she was doing it on purpose or by accident. Either way it was having affect on me that in a way I was ashamed to admit that I was having those feeling towards her.

Once we were finished we stood there side by side and looked at the common area of the ship. It looked less like a ship and more like a small apartment. Vicky hugged my arm and I could not help smile due to the look on her face.

"Well, not sure about you but I could use some coffee and then some sleep." I said still standing there.

"I'd like that." She answered.

I made my way to the kitchen and started making some coffee for us. As I moved about my task I could feel her watching me. When I turned around and smiled at her, she had a look of deep thought on her face. I raised an eyebrow at it and wondered what was on her mind.

"Marcus," She started as I turned back around and poured us both a cup. "Thank you again for today." She said.

"Vicky I already told you it was nothing." I said handing her mug. "I would do it again without hesitation." I said with a smile.

"Still no one's ever done anything like that for me before." She was looking into her mug as I took a seat next to her at the table. "I get harassed by men a lot, just about at every port. All of them want the same thing from me and most of the time I can make them stop, but no one comes and helps when it happens."

It made me feel bad for eyeing her up like I was when we were working. I felt like I was no better than the other men that she had been around in her life. I had to be better than that. She deserved at least that much. She must have noticed my inner turmoil because I felt her soft paw on mine and give it a light squeeze. I looked up and noticed that once again we were very close to each other. Not as close as we were in the cockpit but I was enough that I could feel our breaths mingling. I looked right into her eyes and became lost in them. Without thinking I reached up with a free hand and brushed and stray stranded of hair out of her face and then rested it on her cheek.

Her fur was soft to the touch, it felt like silk. Everything about this woman in front of me seemed just perfect to me. I glanced at her lips and wondered with it would feel like to kiss them. She must have been thinking that same thing because the next thing I noticed I felt her soft lips touching my in a quick kiss, before she pulled away. We looked into each other's eyes and it was me that made the move this time. With my hand on her cheek I leaned in and kissed her just as tender but with passion behind it. I think she was shocked at first but very shortly she started kissing me. I felt her tongue lick my lips asking for entrance and I readily allowed it access.

I felt her arms wrap around my neck. I circled my arms around her waist and practically pulled her into my lap and deepened the kiss. I heard her moan as I was now using my tongue to invade her mouth and feel every part of it before she used her to tangle around mine. I could feel myself growing hard from just kissing her. I could feel myself growing more and more aroused and all I could think about was making this woman mine. Then it happened, she pulled even close to me and I felt her l bump into my erection. She quickly broke the kiss and got up. I was at a loss at first what had happen when I saw her glance down at my lap. I looked down and then up to her and noticed the look of fear and regret in her eyes.

"Vicky..." I started but she cut me off.

"Goodnight Marcus." She said quickly then turned around and was gone before I could say anything.

The last thing I saw of her was her tail wiping around the corner of the corridor. I heard her let out a sob that wrenched my heart in my chest. Here she was just thanking her for helping her with all the men around her that only one thing and I couldn't even keep myself under control. It was making me look like all the others. I hung my head and cussed myself out for even thinking those things. I wanted a relationship with Vicky, I knew that now but I didn't want her to think all I wanted her around for was for sex.

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I spent another half hour sitting there in the common area before I got up and cleaned up our mug before I headed to my cabin. As I got to it I looked across the hall to Vicky's and sighed. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the necklace that I had bought her. I looked at the stone in my hand and then shook my head. I had been so careless with her feeling, but that didn't mean that she didn't deserve the gift. I stepped up to the door and thought about knocking to at least give it to her but thought better of it. Instead I just hung it on the access panel next to the door for her to find later. With that I headed for my cabin and got ready for bed.

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Hours passed and sleep had still not come to me. I was laying there with only a sheet covering my lower half as I stared out the small window of my cabin. My thoughts where on the fact that I now had two relationships ruined. Both where all because of my actions or lack thereof. With Lilia I didn't act in time to tell her how I felt and now with Vicky I rushed things with that kiss. I just hoped that he could still patch thing between them and start over. As I ran thru my mistake, I heard nose outside my cabin door. Looking over at the clock on my desk I noticed it was just a little after three am. I knew it had to be Vicky but what was she doing I didn't know. However, my question was answered when I heard to my cabin open.

"Vicky" I questioned as I propped myself on my elbow and looked towards the door.

It was dark enough that I couldn't see her face but it was enough to know that she was making her way towards my bunk. I watched her for a moment as the she stepped into the light that came thru my cabin widow. Her face was still hard to make out but there was enough like for me to see her start to unbutton the shirt of mine she was still wearing. I had to be dreaming this that was the only explanation to what I was seeing. Yet that thought went out the window when I felt her pull my sheet off leaving me completely exposed to her as she was to me now.

"Vicky..."I started to protest, but she cut me off.

"Shhh." She said leaning down and kissing me ever so tenderly but filled with passion.

I kissed her back and then felt her climb onto my bunk and straddle my lap. The feeling of her soft fur against my bare skin was incredible. I quickly became hard under her and my erection was pressed between us. She was taking the lead and I was content on letting her do. I had a feeling that this was taking all her courage to do this. I was both proud and scared myself. My head rushed with the thought of what this could mean for us or what could happen after. Would we still be friends or was this the start of something more.

I sat up and little more freeing my hand to rub along her sides getting more excited at the feeling of her soft her fur running threw my fingers. She must have enjoyed my light touch on her sides the moan the she let out into our still joined mouths. I kept my exploring hands limited to areas that I thought safe, even though a few times they wondered towards that wonderful tail of hers. I squeezed it a few times getting a light squeal of enjoyment from what I was doing. Finally she broke the kiss and leaned forehead to mine and was breathing deep.

"Marcus," she started in a clear aroused state. "Please touch me more."

I just looked into her eyes and nodded. With a bit of a tentative move I slide my hands up to her breasts and gave them a light rub. Her breathing became more ragged than it was before when I gently started playing with her nipples. Her head was now on my shoulder which made it a little difficult to play with her chest but I did my best to please my partner sitting naked on my lap. I started kissing her neck just as she did the same to me. Then she spoke again and had me stop.

"Please take me, I want you."

"Are you sure?" I asked, yeah it was stupid to ask as some might think but I cared and respected this female.

"Yes, I've wanted it for a week now, but been too scared." She almost whispered as she buried her face into my neck more.

"How can I refuse you Vicky." I told her lifting her off my chest and then twisting around to lay her onto my bunk. I held myself over her and looked down at this wonderful creature that was offering herself to me. "You look absolutely beautiful." I told her then leaned down and started kissing her again.

I started kissing down her body taking time to pleasure and tease of her nipples. She squirmed and moaned more as I did. I could smell her arousal the further I went down, and was about to partake of her sweet smelling nectar. Yet just as I started to she stopped me.

"No, not that, I need you now Marcus, please." She sounded so desperately yet there was a hint of her being scared.

Something made me wonder if she was starting to have second thoughts and knew that if I didn't take her right now that she would lose all the resolve to go this far. So I crawled up and hovered over her lining myself with her entrance. When my tip touched her lips I felt another shock of electricity run threw me, and knew that if I didn't keep myself under control that this would be ending very soon. It had been almost a year since the last I been with any female let alone a Morph.

I started pushing in and heard her hiss, I could understand why she was really tight, and I was a lot bigger than the average male Mouse Morph. I got a few inches in when I met further resistance, and she grimaced more as I did. Then it hit me when I noticed the almost fear in her eyes as she looked up at me. It explained why she was so scared and just wanted me to take her.

"Vicky, this is your first time isn't it?" I asked her.

She only nodded her head and explained everything to me now. However it also told me something to that was common for most but not all Morph females. It was tradition for a lot of female Morphs to only give their first time to the one they chose to be their mate. Not all of the race's of Morph's did this but as I thought about it, the mice Morph where one of those that did. I looked down at Vicky half closed eyes with tears in her eyes. The look on her face told me that I had finally figured it all out and what this was going to mean to her.

"Are you sure that it me that you want?" I asked pulling back just a bit to ease her pain. "I don't have anything to offer you, and I'm sure that you can find a better male to..." I was cut off when she reached up and kissed me.

"I'm positive Marcus. You're better than any male I've ever met or even considered to be my mate." She said after breaking out kiss. "I knew after tonight that you are the male I want to be with, to be my mate. I just wasn't sure because..." She started but paused, knowing what she was getting at.

"That my past Vicky, you're my future, and you are making me a very happy man right now." I told her reaching a free hand up and wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Then please take me and make me your female, your mate my love." She said then wrapped her legs around my waist and with more strength that I thought she had shoved me into her to the hilt.

I watched as she bit her lower lip to keep herself from screaming from the sudden intrusion of my member into her. She held onto me tight and I did my best to not to move to let her get use to being invaded by me. After a few minutes she let up on the tight grip and told me to go ahead. I started with slow gentle thrust into her tight passage, but the longer we went the wetter and more arouse she became. Soon I was thrusting into her not with completely unbridle passion but right there on the boarder of it. Her moans and begging for more only spurred me on.

The feeling of her tight inner walls gripping me and trying to pull me in further with each forward thrust was having me fight to hang on. This was her first time and I wanted her to enjoy every moment and not to make it a bad memory that all I cared about myself. Yet that became hard when I felt her dig her nails into my arms that she was hanging onto and her inner walls clamp down on my as her first orgasm hit. A gush or her warm juices splashed onto my crotch

"Oh god Marcus.....please don't stop......make me yours.....mark me" She said panting hard as her orgasm seemed like there was no end to it as I somehow kept moving inside her.

It was getting to hard to hang on much longer but I was able to ride through her fist orgasm, but when her second hit her none the minute or two later I couldn't last any longer. I could feel my sack tighten and knew that I was going to very soon.

"Vicky...I'm going to..." I said.

"Please Marcus give it to me." She begged.

It was not like I could refuse her, and after a few more pumps into her I filled her passage and womb with my seed. I could feel her have another small orgasm as I shot into her. It felt like an eternity before I stopped unloading into her, and when I did I had to catch myself from falling on her. We were both breathing very hard. I rested on my elbows looking into her half closed eyes. I was still inside her for sometime amazed on even how I started to soften that her inner walls did it best to milk every last drop of my seed that it could get.

When I finally slipped back out of her I rolled over to my back, and Vicky was right there cuddling against my chest. I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her nice and tight next to me. We both just laid there and enjoyed the afterglow of our love making. For a few minutes I thought that Vicky had fallen asleep till I heard her soft voice speak up.

"Thank you Marcus, that was wonderful, and I'm happy that you where my first my love." She said as she started rubbing her hand through my chest hair.

"You don't have to thank me darlin." I said kissing the top of her head. "I'm just happy that I could make your first time be enjoyable."

"It was very much so." She said. "I look forward to doing it again, and carrying your children." She said and I was a little taken back by this but, as I thought about it. In Vicky point of view we were mates and that it was only logical next step for us to start a family together. "That is if you would like for me to carry you're..."

"I couldn't be happier if you did, but let's hold off a bit for that. Let just enjoy each other first. We don't have to rush now do we." I said with a smile at just how amazing how my life changed after I left Earth.

"No we don't, I want more of just us before sharing you." She said and snuggled closer.

I laid there for a few more minutes and thought about this new future. I was still hurt at losing this chance with Lilia, but this sweet little mouse lying on my chest was making it easy to forget about the past and look to the future. After five minutes I noticed Vicky's steady breathing told me that she had fallen asleep. I pulled the blanket over us and smiled as I drift off to sleep with my new mate. Life had a real odd way of changing what you thought you wanted to give you what you needed. As I started to dream about this new future with Vicky I had no idea that life was going to throw me a curve ball the next day.