Colonial Prime by KD Jones Page A

started kissing.  Everything was fantastic.  I didn’t want it to stop.  I wanted to feel him touching me but he wouldn’t initiate it.  So I took his hand and put it on me.  That intensified things a great deal.  We were both lost in kissing and touching.”
    “ So when did it go wrong?” Dr. Garrett prompted her.
    “ When he moved to get on top of me.  His weight and him moving my legs apart…I started to remember things the Morins had done.  It was like I was living the past and present at the same time.  I couldn’t breathe.  I started to panic and kicked and hit him, screaming at him.”  She looked out the window completely embarrassed that she reacted that way.
    Dr. Garrett had to wait patiently for Lola to finally turn back and look at her.  “ It is understandable to be fearful after you experienced the torture that you did.  Maybe you are being too hard on yourself.”
    “ I wanted him.  I still want him.  But I don’t know if I can be with him that way.”
    “ Perhaps we can invite him to a couple’s session, to help work on your intimacy issues.”
    “ He probably wants nothing to do with me.”
    “ That’s bull poopy right there,” Lizzie finally spoke.
    Both women turned to her and laughed.  Lizzie had a special way with words.  She was a linguist but her southern roots showed through.
    “Could you elaborate on the bull poopy?” Dr. Garrett asked, straining to keep a straight face.
    Lizzie spoke directly to Lola.  “ That man is in love with you.  There isn’t another woman on this planet or the next he’d look at like he does you. Ya’ll just need to work this out is all.”
    Dr. Garrett cleared her throat.  “ Would you feel more comfortable if I asked him to come for you?”
    Lola shook her head.  “ I’ll ask him.”
    “ Very well.  Let me know if tomorrow morning after the Morning Meal is a good time for both of you.”
    Lola and Lizzie left heading back to their suite.  Lola stopped Lizzie in the hallway. 
    “Do you really think he’ll come to therapy with me?  I didn’t leave on good terms with him yesterday.”
    “ Yeah, he will.  Just give him a chance, ‘kay.”
    “ Okay.”
    *****
    “What do you propose?” Commander TylOR asked.
    “ We need to have transports and warships from all three nations join forces and actively seek out the Morins.  Let us hunt them,” LarIS told him.  Maybe he was bitter over what the Morins did to his people, and maybe even more so over what they did to Lola.
    “ I cannot speak for Prime Leader RendEL or KydEL.”
    “ We will have to meet with them.  Is Prime Leader KadEN planning to attend the mating ceremony on Katiera?”
    “ Yes, despite protests by several council members.  He insists he wants to show there are no bad feelings that AriELa and he didn't mate,” TylOR explained with frustration.  He would prefer that KadEN remained safely on Kiljorn.  But you cannot explain that to the stubborn male.
    “ Then it looks like I will be attending as well,” LarIS said.
    “ What?  You cannot do that!” AshOR protested.
    “ I have to get our nations united in this effort.  Otherwise, we are all sitting ducks.  AshOR, I need you to double security around the perimeter of the Colonial Planet.”
    AshOR was not happy but he knew his duty.  “ Yes, Leader, I will do that immediately.”
    “ This meeting is adjourned then.”
    *****
    Lola was nervous as hell as she slowly approached LarIS in the hallway.  He must have had a meeting with the other men.  They looked her way and nodded.  Then they moved away.  LarIS turned toward her and she felt the world shift beneath her feet.  He made her feel lightheaded.
    “ Lola?  Are you okay?” he asked, using the silent language.
    “ I am fine,” she signed back.  “Could I speak with you privately?”
    “ Of course, let’s step outside in the garden.”  He led her to the beautiful garden with the strange colored flowers.  She came here often to