Description

Whoever said Earth girls were easy was lying.

Janey "Tommy" Thompson is so close to having enough money saved for her own garage she can smell it. Old oil, hot tires, exhaust smoke—success. But before she can finish touching up her flawless tan, an alien lands in her papaw's field.

She might be late for her job at the strip club, because when will she ever have the chance to check out the engines on an actual spaceship again?

She's still questioning Sigurthurk "Sig" Felixiuh about his thruster when her neighbor comes to her rescue with an attitude and a shotgun. Tommy agrees to lift off with the aliens for all their safety. Besides, it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel in space, and Sig swears he'll bring her right back…

…in a week or two.

Maybe.

Originally published in the Passionate Ink Hot & Sticky anthology.