She looked down her nose at him. “You drink. Me and Zoe’ve had to come and get you and Hank more than once. And Jayne. Poured him into a shuttle on the odd occasion. Simon too, come to think of it.”
“That’s not the same.”
“Why not?”
“We’re men.”
“So that makes it okay.”
“Absolutely.”
“Right. Next U-day, don’t go thinking any one of us girls are going to come and get you,” she threatened. “We’ll be out having a fight of our own.”
-- Ripples - Part VII by Jane0904