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her, "Fix it? Who the hell do you think you are?"
    "I am Rachel Lawton - Rebel soldier and humanitarian." Sweat dripped down her forehead.
    "I'm Noah Connor - and I lived in the fucked up real world."
    "What if one person cared enough to create a change - to make a difference? What if two people cared enough and joined forces?" Lawton watched for his response.
    Connor straightened his hat with his dirty fingers and gazed up into the open sky.
    After a minute, Lawton exclaimed, "Let's get back to base. I know what we are going to do today."
    Great , Connor groaned inwardly.
    By the time they got back and signed in the Bot it was 2 p.m. They made their way to the chow hall and ate quietly. When Lawton was finished, she brought her tray up to the line and asked the food worker for a bag of ice. She carried the bag back to the table.
    "What's the ice for?"
    "You'll see." Lawton smiled.
    Connor didn't trust the smile. At least when she was angry, he knew where he stood
    Rachel stepped into the hot water pulsing through the showerhead and thought about her next move. When she finished getting clean, she dried off, slipped into her bedroom and called out, "It's all yours."
    The shower was still wet and warm from Lawton. He stood under the spray and considered the bar of soap in the tray. The same bar of soap she had just used. He worked hard to shut the idea out of his head as he lathered himself, but it was easier said then done. He finished quickly and dried off.
    "No clothes!" He huffed looking around the tiny bathroom. "Of course I forgot my clothes!"
    He wrapped a towel around his waist and hoped Lawton was still in her room.
    Nope. Of course she wasn't. She was standing next to the small kitchen table setting up two short glasses. A small bowl of ice sat in the center of the table along with the bottle of amber colored liquid she drank the other night and a tall silver can. Music was playing.
    As for Lawton, she was wearing a silk emerald green dress held by thin straps over her shoulders. The dress stopped just above her knees and as she moved the light caught the fabric and shimmered over it like sun on water. Her auburn brown hair was combed loose and draped past her shoulders.
    She sensed his presence and turned to face him. "Hi," she said pleasantly. Lawton's eyes descended from his wet tousled hair and his lightly scuffed face, down his bare chest to the towel.
    "I … I forgot my clothes." Connor forced himself into action, grabbed his clothes and got back to the bathroom.
    She had a guest coming. He'd get dressed and leave. He pulled on the cargo pants and simple white t-shirt, and rubbed the towel through his hair.
    He stood silently and motionless as he listened to the music she played. The Sovereignty only permitted sanctioned classical pieces done by the Sovereignty Life Orchestra. This definitely wasn't on the Sovereignty’s list of acceptable listening. The sounds were hard edged but flowing, and a vocalist used words to convey a message. It rhymed like the poets words they weren't allowed to read unless under specific monitoring. This song sounded… sad or expectant.
    "Give me something to believe … I need something more, to keep on breathing for,"
    Connor wondered what it would be like to have a beautiful woman like Rachel Lawton dress that way for him.
    He hung his wet towel to dry and quickly burst from the bathroom. He startled Lawton who was still recovering from his presence in the simple towel. It should have been no big deal. Here in the Territories, people didn't freak out over nudity. Modesty wasn't an issue. So why had the sight of Connor in nothing but a towel heat the temperature of her blood?
    "Hey," Connor said as he walked fast through the small room. "I'll take a walk to give you some privacy."
    "Why would you leave? This is for us." Lawton continued. "I figure it's like an 'end of the world as we know it' party. We won't be able to drink tomorrow, we'll be too busy readying for the op - and