The mood on the bridge was jubilant. Miles and Lena had reheated a bunch of the bagged meals and brought them up so that everyone could eat together, and there was a lot of animated chatter among the crew. They were being bombarded with questions and demands from back on Earth, now that the pictures had been sent back, most of them wanting to see what the alien looked like out of the suit.

"Piece of cake, tomorrow we go to one of the other ships, cut through the cockpit and see what kind of creature we're dealing with," Brody said nonchalantly.

"We need to treat these remains honorably," Miles disagreed. "They're not just objects. We're not going to desecrate their remains."

"Nobody on earth can dictate what we're going to do out here," Anton agreed. "We'll stick with the plan, set up something here in a cargo bay for Miles and Emily. Any body examined will be treated with respect." That elicited a series of agreements and nods, or in Brody's case a shrug.

"I think we should continue with our plan. Get two more ships before we worry anything about what NASA or the Europeans are asking for," Vanessa suggested. "We had a set of projects we wanted to do, so I say we do them. If we want to, then when we send some teams into the first large ship, then we can start others on examining bodies. Respectfully of course."

"Agreed!" Lena yelled. "Fuck those guys, we're the ones out here, not them."

"We're going to bring so much back they won't be able to process it for years," Xavier predicted. "They can wait on us to give them the information."

"I think we're all in concurrence then," Anton stated in his booming voice. "No risking ourselves for directives from Earth unless they come up with ideas that benefit us, and we stick to our current plan." With the decisions made, everyone started heading back to their respective bunk rooms, except for Emily, who stayed on watch up on the bridge.

"Hey, I'll meet you in our bunks?" Pepper whispered to Nessa. "I just have something to take care of first."

"I'll meet you there!" Vanessa whispered back through the earpiece.

Pepper waited behind, putting a hand on Lena's arm to get her attention. She was currently involved in giggling about something with Miles. "Hey Lena, can I talk to you for a second?" She asked nervously.

"Of course!" Lena grinned at her; the excitement of the day had left everyone in a great mood. "Go get naked big man!" She called out to Miles with a slap on his ass, causing the large man to lower his head in a blush. Lena seemed to have that effect on everyone.

Once they were alone, Pepper pulled Lena closer to whisper. "Hey, so, Nessa and I might be trying out a relationship."

"Hey! Great! You fuck yet?" Lena asked enthusiastically.

"Shhhhh!!!" Pepper commanded. "Not so loud!"

"Sorry!" Lena whispered back with a cheesy grin. "But did you?"

Pepper blushed madly. "Well, we kind of fooled around in the shower. Or, she did with me, but I want to return the favor and I'm not sure how. Any tips?"

"Oh! Lots of them! How crazy do you want to get?"

"I'm new at this, so don't melt my brain the first time out." Pepper warned the pilot.

"Well, the good thing is, anything she did to you that felt good, will feel good to her as well. You're both women, you have the same parts. We all get turned on by different things, but the basic concepts are the same." Lena assured the younger blonde. "Fingers and tongue for the first time out. Touch her, taste her, explore her. Have fun."

"You make it sound so easy!"

"It is! The most important thing is to let her know that you want to make her happy, that you want to please her. Your attitude and enthusiasm will go a long way in making everything great."

"My attitude is scared to death right now."

"Pepper, did you enjoy what she did to you?"

Pepper blushed at the recollection and nodded shyly.

"Then just remember what she was doing to you while you do some fun stuff to her. Kiss her neck, her jaw, suck her nipples, let your fingers touch her and remember the places that make her gasp or moan, then go back to them. If you want to make her feel as good as she made you feel, you'll find a way."

"All right, I'll give it a shot!" Pepper grinned. "Thanks!"

"Any time! Now, I have to go play darts with Miles!"

"Darts? You brought darts on board?" Pepper couldn't believe someone would risk pointed objects like that on board the ship.

"Well, no. Ummm. Let's just say Miles is the dart, and I'm the board. In low gravity he can launch across the cabin and hope for a bullseye," Lena smirked. "We try different positions for added degrees of difficulty."

Pepper just stared at Lena, trying not to imagine that game. But much like the donuts, it was just too easy to see in her mind. One day she hoped that she could be as free with Nessa as Lena seemed to be with her entire life. "You should switch it, have him stand still and then you can play horseshoes!" She finally blurted out.

Lena broke into a huge grin. "Damn Pepper, I didn't know you had it in you! But that was a great idea!"

"Then go play and have fun!"

"Will do, you too!"

Pepper made it back to her bunk room and palmed the hatch open to find Vanessa laying in the bed under the covers and the lights dimmed. Once she closed the hatch, Nessa threw the covers over to reveal her body in all its naked glory.

"Sorry, just had to make sure it was you, and not Brody or someone else!" Vanessa grinned.

"I'm sure Lena wouldn't have minded the view," Pepper replied, trying to stop the pounding of her heart and the anxiety trying to stop her breathing. "Can I assume you want to continue where we left off earlier?"

"Well, you did mention something about me being all yours. So, if that offer still stands, then hell yes."

Pepper slowly made her way over to the bunk, stripping off her tee shirt and boots as she did. She stumbled taking off her sweatpants because she was too busy staring at the vision in front of her and heard Nessa giggle as she tumbled head over heels while stripping off her bra and panties. "Can I get a hand?" she cried out, reaching down for Vanessa.

Vanessa quickly grabbed Pepper's ankle, since that was closest, and pulled her gently downward while keeping a hand on the bed to avoid floating off with her. "I have you Honey." Pepper was able to swing around and catch her hand, and Vanessa reeled her in to her embrace.

"What a turn on, right?" Pepper giggled while blushing.

"Actually, I enjoyed the view. You have a great ass while you're floating around."

"So, my bunkmate is into asses?"

"Only your ass Pepper," Nessa nuzzled her neck.

"Stop that! It's my turn to do stuff to you!" Pepper complained, pulling away from Nessa's mouth.

"Well then at least give me a few kisses to start!"

Pepper smiled and softly pressed her lips against the Nessa's. She still couldn't believe that the naked woman under her liked her, that she was kissing her, that they were together as a couple. She sighed happily as their lips moved together, their tongues teasing each other lightly. Pepper slowly moved her hand down, lightly grazing her fingertips over Nessa's skin and feeling her arch her body into her touch while moaning softly. Damn, Lena was right! She just had to remember all the places that made her move and moan like that.

"It would be weird to take a sharpie and make little X's on you, right?" Pepper asked while kissing along Nessa's neck.

Vanessa burst into confused laughter, looking down at her. "Wait, is this one of those stereotypical blonde moments? Because you've always been the most brilliant blonde I've ever met."

"I was just thinking I should mark all the places I can touch that make you feel good," Pepper muttered shyly under her breath.

"Then you're going to need a lot of ink, because everywhere you touch makes me feel good."

Pepper moved down and kissed between Nessa's breasts, nipping a little with her teeth. "Everywhere?"

"Uh huh," Nessa sighed in satisfaction.

Pepper kissed her way over the swell of Vanessa's right breast, flicking her tongue over the nipple. "This too?" She took the nipple into her mouth and suckled lightly, hearing the moans coming from deep within Nessa's throat answered the question for her.

Vanessa was enjoying this so much. She knew that Pepper was inexperienced, but she seemed to be having fun trying to determine what she could do to pleasure her, and so far, was doing a stupendous job. "Please don't stop Honey," was the last coherent thing she was able to say for a while. She was surprised when Pepper lifted herself up a little, so that she was hovering in the low gravity overhead.

Pepper looked up into her eyes, while her lips were wrapped around her left nipple now. "Don't let me float off, okay?"

Vanessa could merely nod spastically, as she felt one of Pepper's hands gliding low across her belly, while the other started to pinch her other nipple. With the gravity holding Pepper up, she could more easily use her hands to pleasure her partner, and Vanessa was having a hard time doing anything but writhe and moan.

When the questing hand ran down between her legs, she gasped. She hadn't been sure that Pepper would try going that far, but it felt so good to feel her lover's hands touching her. Pepper was still looking up at her, studying her expressions to make sure that what she was doing worked as well as she hoped. When her fingers brushed across Nessa's clit, she saw her eyes shoot open in pleasure, and heard the most heavenly lustful groan she could have imagined. Well, she wasn't going to stop doing that! She returned her fingers, and rubbed Vanessa's button gently, slowly picking up the pressure and then the speed as the naked body under her bucked up towards her in pleasure.

But it wasn't enough. She remembered the shower, and the feeling of fingers inside her and longed to do the same for her partner. She pushed her way down Nessa's body, floating above her hips and using both of her hands, one on the sensitive nub, and the other sliding a pair of fingers within Nessa's slippery lips. She couldn't stop watching. It was an out of body experience. She had taken care of her own pleasure many times in her past, but the view when from inches away was so much better. She knew it was her hands moving and pleasuring the woman in front of her, but it was so much better than she could have imagined.

And the aroma.

She could see the glistening juices coating her fingers, as well the lips and inner thighs of Nessa, and the scent of her arousal was heightening the experience for Pepper. It never occurred to her that her sense of smell could turn her on so much, but oh did it make her want to rub her face in those juices and smell it all night.

So, she did.

Pepper may have lost a little control, her body floating almost vertical as she wrapped her hands under Nessa to grab her ass and pull her sweet wetness up into her waiting mouth, but it was worth it. She was conscious of Vanessa moaning uncontrollably, and she hoped this felt good to her as she pressed her face down into Nessa, inhaling her scent and tasting her musky juices.

Heaven.

They'd been on the ship for over four years, so none of them were clean shaven. Lena, of course, had let all the women borrow her rechargeable clippers to keep their hair trimmed, the shower conditions just didn't allow for much closer shaving. Pepper didn't care in the least. The little droplets of Nessa that were hiding amongst her curly brown hairs were on Pepper's face now, and she eagerly lapped at her to get more. She felt legs wrap around her head, as she sucked on Nessa's outer lips, pulling them lightly as she tasted every inch of her. Slipping her tongue within the folds, she probed for more of her before returning her attention to the swollen clit that Nessa kept pushing up at her. Finally realizing what her partner wanted, she wrapped her lips around it, and sucked lightly, flicking her tongue against it, and hearing a scream of pleasure in response.

She vaguely felt a hand on her thigh, as she was pulled back down to the bed. She felt hands wrapping around her hips as Nessa pulled her back, but then a tongue was invading her as well, making her gasp and release the hard little bead she had been pleasuring. Her body shuddered as hands and a warm, wet tongue invaded her too.

The pair didn't even realize that they were no longer tethered to the bunk, as they floated through the air, tongues and fingers exploring each other causing an outpouring of gasps and moans. Neither noticed as they glanced off the ceiling, and then the wall. Vanessa could feel her whole body trembling, and Pepper was there with her, digging their nails into the soft ass cheeks of the other and both moving tongues frantically in time to the pleasure they were feeling themselves. When their inevitable release finally came, the two were sobbing in relief and happiness, floating limply before pulling themselves together again, their lips meeting and smiling into one another.

"Did that really just happen?" Pepper finally gasped, after she was able to get her breathing back under control.

Vanessa pulled her closer, kissing her neck lightly. "It did. I'm so glad we're floating because there is no way I could walk after that," she whispered, sucking on Pepper's earlobe.

"We're going to do that again, right?" Pepper asked, overwhelmed with the feelings that seemed to be swirling around her.

"Not till I get some sleep!" Nessa laughed. "But we're going to do that a lot more!"

"Good. Maybe we can come up with our own game of darts too."

"What now?"

"Never mind Nessa, I'll explain later. Let's just get some sleep, you wore me out!" Pepper smiled happily at the woman she just couldn't get enough of.