To love an Alien - Sholan Alliance 1

Chapter 7

The next morning Billy climbed into his old truck and headed to the metal shop and parked before heading in, "Yo anyone home?" A voice called back and told him where the tube was and he headed back and broke out the instruments and started a detailed examination of it and by the time he was done he was satisfied with it, "Hey Sue Anne help me get this on the flatbed and you can start the second one." He was looking pleased, "Oh, can you download the changes the system made? I would like to get them in my VR and check them."

Once that was done he headed home and parked. He would take the set of tubes off later, "Hey Satasha got one of the tubes and we will pull it off the truck later. I am going to be making some changes to the engines." Or making parts to exchange once he was up checked he would swap the parts out and update the software.

She was working on some of the items she could repair or rebuild, "So you are that sure of the changes you want to make? I would hate to blow the engine or get stuck in hyper and have to get towed out."

Billy blew a raspberry at her and started searching through his parts bins and pulling out various items, "Now for the fun part." The first thing he did was to modify the hardware and firmware needed to handle his changes to the software. He was having a great time and his brain was processing more ideas as he was working but he was going to stick with his original changes and if they worked he might consider getting a beater ship for use as a test bed.

They did break for lunch but as soon as they were done he went back to work. He did however wrap an arm around her as they walked out and gave her a good kiss, "If the crystallization process works correctly we will hopefully have you back to your ship in a few weeks." One last kiss and hug and he went back to work. By the end of the day he had the modified parts he needed. Unfortunately, he couldn't test them at the moment since the engines were torn apart.

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That evening they curled up on the couch and talked about general things mixed in with some kissing and a bit of tickling and such.

Sally watched them and then turned to the other two, "Tell me did he act like this in high school or while mama was alive? It is almost disturbing watching my Pappa acting like a teen." She had a slightly horrified expression on her face as the two giggled at something he had whispered in her ear in Sholan.

The two women started laughing, "God no, he was entirely too tied up in stretching his brain and making the rest of us look like congenital morons." Jenna commented and then snickered, "Well until he met your Mother and his scores dropped from a 4.0 to a 3.9. We still felt like idiots with him around."

Billy had been paying attention to Sally and the others even though he was enjoying playing with Satasha. He blew a raspberry at his daughter, "Deal with it kiddo. Your father is having fun with his girlfriend and if it is bothering you go watch TV in your room." There was amusement in his voice when he said that.

Satasha snickered as well and then nibbled on one of his ears before giving it a good licking. She giggled when he said Gah and rubbed his ear. She started nibbling again and he smiled. She was having more fun relaxing with him than most of her former lovers. Sally's reaction was great and she was partially doing this to tease her.

Sally simply settled for doing her best to ignore them until they left for Satasha's ship for the evening, "I am not sure I can handle this. I feel like the adult now over seeing an oversized teen." That got laughs from the other two and she groan and headed for her room.

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By the end of the week all three sets of tubes were finished. Billy had also finished modifying the software to run the changes he was making to the engines. The actual changes would take about a day once they were in space and that shouldn't draw any attention. The attention would be when he kicked the pig and made her squeal. The hyper signature change would be noticed by anyone paying attention and if they functioned as he expected he would be in hyper a fair amount faster than almost any other boat out there.