Knowing the ship was going to travel back to the Event Horizon after their current mission ended, Zef took stock of her personal inventories and sent in an order to be filled. She would pick it up when they docked for repair and resupply.

Since the night Alex confessed his love to her, nearly a month ago, she’d been working on a special gift for him. But the most important piece of it was in the order she was there to get. He was going to accompany her on the outing today and she was really looking forward to them having some time away from the ship.

In jeans and a pink t-shirt that declared: ‘I’m just a girl standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a donut.’, Zef stood outside Alex’s quarters at the agreed upon time and rang the chime.

—Zef