What's really fun about it is that Ed knows him so well, so he's bound to play the protective older brother to the hilt! *snicker*  God, I love it! 

"if anyone could do it, it’s her…"

Okay.  Now you've done it!  You have to write a side story where the two of them get together!  Come on, Matt!  You know Alec's just been waiting for the right girl to tame him!  :

Happy dance! 
Happy dance! 

"Not only does Alec find himself at Barb's mercy, he's going to be indebted to Dr. Jackson!"

     

Thank's Deb, just fixed it in the original.

Those lines by themself seemed to make no sense unless you took them as friendly banter. The bit about moon speeds would have been an insult to her intelligence. I tried to make the conversation leading up to this point support that.  How'd I do?

Done! Still need to do final edit before I send it to the library.

Yes Denise, I've commited myself to writing more about Barb and Alec.

Probably not for a while yet, Soul Mates is going to need a rewrite, and I want to expand A Matter of Principle and add it to the saga, just after Silver Star. I'm not going to change too much, just the format. Soul Mates will become three separate stories and the part where Ed and Virginia tie the knot, will become part of Lines of Communications. Genetics is next, look for a lot of Alec and Barb in that story followed by Dark SHADO. As you can see, I've got a lot of work to do. I also have to do the last two stories, For Better or For Worse, and The Omega Conundrum. Lots of plot bunnies to chase.