"Am I gonna stay in here for the rest of the trip?" asked Jim in Aisha's stomach.

"Well.." said Aisha. She was getting used to having Jim in her stomach. She was liking that one of her best friends was so near her. But, Jim couldn't stay in her stomach forever. He had to come out sometime. "...at least until we get to my homeworld"

"Can't you disguise me as a ctarl-ctarl?" asked Jim.

"Hmmm...." said Aisha. "I don't know if that would fool another Ctarl-Ctarl"
Jim sighed. He liked it inside Aisha a lot, sure, but he liked being outside too. Aisha's heartbeat comforted Jim, filling him with well-being. He didn't know why he felt that way, but he couldn't deny it. He just hoped that Aisha would take another one of those pills before she digested him.

"We'll figure something out" said Connie.

Aisha glared at the little Ctarl-Ctarl.
"You know, this is all your mother's fault" said Aisha. "she works for that slime Jerome"
"Don't say bad things about my mom" growled Connie.
"Oh, so the little one has a temper" mocked Aisha.
"You bet I do!" said Connie.
"Well, bring it on!"

"We'll be arriving at the homeworld in 30 minutes" came an annoucement over the speakers in the bathroom.

"This is hardly the place to fight" said the muffled voice of Jim.

"Jim's right" said Connie.

The commander was far to busy to notice that Aisha still had a bloated stomach when she came out of the bathroom. Aisha could see the homeworld from the main viewscreen.
"Home..." breathed Aisha. "I haven't been home for a long time"
They landed on the homeworld at a fairly small spaceport. The ship had been a cargo barge that came from Heifong. Aisha and Connie managed to not get too noticed when they left the spaceport.
"Where are we going to go first?" asked Connie.
Aisha had rented a car from the spaceport. She and Connie were in the front seat. Jim was still in Aisha's stomach.
"First, I wanna visit my folks" said Aisha. "they'll be surprised to see me after so long"
"What about me?" asked Jim.
"My family won't eat you as long as I say you're my friend" said Aisha. "my family don't eat thier friends...even if they're Terran"
"And how many Terrans do they know?" asked Jim, sounding unconvinced.
"Uhh...good point" said Aisha.