Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in Memory: Tales of Christmas Past

Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in Memory: Tales of Christmas Past
Helena’s trip home over the short winter break had been decided last minute. Her flight exam was taking her back to the East Coast and she was able to arrange to take another Cessna the rest of the way home. It has been a short trip, but now she was back and excited for the new semester and classes to start. Her room mate chattered at her for over two hours when she got back, about some little box she was messing with that was now spread in parts across their entire room.

Helena escaped to find food and other friends. Their squads would be determined this semester and they would work, study, and live together the rest of their four years. Helena was excited for it. In the Galley she grabbed a tray, food and then looked around. She spotted a mop of curly red-brown hair and grinned. “Hey Marceau! How was your break?” She set her tray down and sat down across from him

Helena

Marceau’s own roommate had gone home for the holidays, most of the school had. Marceau had stayed here and spent most of his time with his girlfriend Lucy. When Helena sat across from him, Marceau smiled. “Helena! Two weeks is too long.” He said, meaning not seeing each other for the length of the break. “It was okay.” He shrugged. “How was yours? You went home, yes?”

~ Marceau

Helena nodded around taking a sip of her drink. “It is far too long. I did go home. My flight exam took me to NY and with my tutoring money and our stipends I was able to charter a Cessna for the trip.” She didn’t sound as excited as normal for the trip.

“My brother is giving my parents a hard time, but it was good to see them.” Then her eyes gleamed. The first thing she’d done when she got back was check the scores for the final assessment. “I took top score!” Helena was taking 3rd year flight classes already, and was ranked top of her class. Unbeknownst to her, her instructors were planning to put her in one-on-one classes with them to improve her skills. Her skill and scores also drive the older cadets crazy.

“What did you do? You said you were planning on staying. How was that?”

Helena