Lera was laughing as she walked around the shared quarters. “No, Jessica…” she laughed. “I’m not gonna tell you. You’ll have to wait and see.”

Jessica was kneeling on her desk chair, her arms resting on the back as she watched Lera go back and forth, looking for a missing bracelet. “I bet it’s Martin… that amazing engineer that works third shift? You said he was cute. Did he ‘finally’ ask you out?”

Lera shook her head. “Guess you will see… Where is that damned bracelet?”

Jessica held it up, where she had been holding it since seeing it on the bookshelf five minutes ago. She dangled it in front of Lera. “You meant this one?” As Lera reached for it, she yanked it back out of her reach. “Come on… tell me. I have watch tonight in the shuttle bay. Give me something to dream about. Please?”

Lera lunged again and Jessica jumped out of the way. When Mar arrived, he would hear the two women laughing and hollering at one another like a couple of kids at a party.

Lt Auleraine Brison
Engineer