Well Rita here is your second birthday snippet. When you reach this age you deserve a whole bunch but my muse only gave me this one sorry. I know it needs a better title but this was the best I could do. Apollo`s Birthday Bemusement by Betty (er.br.sympatico.ca) Dedicated to Rita in honour of her big birthday. Note: I`m hoping I stump at least one person on the list with at least one word in this thing. Summary: Apollo shows off his linguistic abilities. It was the evening of Apollo`s birthday and the entire blue squadron had gone over to the Rising Star to celebrate and buy their captain a drink. The men had planned a private party but, even though she was part of silver spar squadron, Sheba had somehow found a way to get herself invited. When they arrived at their table, which was located in dark corner of the lounge for better privacy, she promptly plopped herself down beside Apollo, in the spot usually reserved for Boomer. She had tried to sit on his other side, but Starbuck had beat her to it, just like he always did. Apollo pulled a face when he noticed her, but quickly hid it with a grin so as not to hurt the girls feelings. As the drinks arrived and the men started to feel the effect of the alcohol, Sheba started making her moves. She would run her hand up and down Apollo`s arm, and whisper in his ear, telling him how sexy she thought he was. Apollo tried hard to shut her words out, he had plans of his own for this night and they didn`t include Sheba. Tonight Apollo planned on seducing Starbuck. After a few centars Apollo had enough and turned to Sheba and smiled as he innocently said. "I`m sorry Sheba but it`s impossible for the two of to have a relationship, you see I`m suffering from a bad case of zwischenstufe." Sheba had no idea what Apollo was talking about, she had never heard the term before, but when she glanced at Starbuck she could tell by the shocked look on his face he knew exactly what was wrong with the captain. Not wanting to seem like a fool, she tried to console her target. "Oh that`s too bad, well don`t worry Apollo, I`m willing to wait until Dr. Salik clears you of your ailment, unless there is a way for me to help." She thought if she could help nurse him back to health, maybe she could get him into bed. "Oh no sorry Sheba, but I`m afraid you wouldn`t be able to help me achieve acmegenesis, but Starbuck would." Apollo glanced at Starbuck when he said this and saw the way his best friend grinned. So Starbuck could understand what he was saying, and it didn`t seem too bother him. Sheba was starting to get miffed by fact that Apollo wanted Starbuck`s help and not hers. She also didn`t like the fact that Apollo kept using these strange words she had never heard before. She wasn`t about to let on that she had no idea what Apollo was talking about. "Oh come on Apollo, if Starbuck could help you then I`m sure I could, I bet I would do an even better job than he would." "To tell you the truth Sheba, if you tried to help you might cause me to suffer from amokoscisia, and that`s really bad." Sheba heard Starbuck choke as he fought to hold back his laughter, now she was getting angry. "Just what can Starbuck do that I can`t?" Apollo leaned back in his chair, looked at best friend, who grinned back at him, and said, "Well I was thinking he could start with a little analinctus," Starbuck raised his eyebrows at this "then maybe some analingus," Starbuck`s mouth dropped open "and then maybe a whole lot of androsodomy." Starbuck flashed Apollo his biggest, brightest smile. 'I think I just might pull this seduction off' Apollo thought to himself. "Apollo," Starbuck spoke up, "have you ever tried agonophilia?" Apollo started chuckling. "No but I`m willing to if you want" "How about a little amaurophilia to go with it?" Starbuck asked. "That would make it even better." Apollo smiled as he answered. "How about acomoclitic, you into that as well?" "Never tried it, but I will for you." "Then once that`s done I`ll may just perform a little anophilemia on you." Starbuck`s voice had taken on a seductive tone. "Oh promise?" "That a few other things we haven`t discussed yet." At this point Boomer spoke up for the first time. "So does this mean the two of you are androgynophilias?" The two looked at their friend and Starbuck said "Nope, just zwischenstufe." "*All right that`s it, what the hell are you two talking about?*" Sheba fumed. Greenbean was the one who answered. "Oh their both confessing to the fact that their homosexual." Sheba`s mouth dropped open and she gasped in surprise and anger as Apollo leaned over and kissed Starbuck on the lips. Her face flushed red and her nostrils flared when the kiss ended and Starbuck looked her in the eye and said. "If you really want to know what all those big words mean, then go to http://www.odd-sex.com/info/index2.htm and look them up , I really don`t have time to explain them all right now because I really think it`s time I gave Apollo his birthday present."