“Shit, I still can’t believe my father let me come,” a rather tall athletic girl, brunette with greenish-hazel eyes, gushed happily. “This is ...o freaking cool!”Kieran grinned at her. “Oh, I don’t know, Maddie,” he teased his old friend. “I’m pretty sure your mom played a part in it.”“Well, doesn’t matter who did it, what matters is that we’re here,” she bumped his arm with an excited smile. “You remembered to pack your costume, right?”“Obviously, duh,” he retorted. “You texted me a hundred. ’ Allison sat up, stroking his scarred face, ‘Now you’re getting me mad. I don’t like to hear you talk like that. I don’t care what people think – I know you. I know you better blind than I would if I could see. You’re the best thing that’s happened to me since that accident.’ She hugged him tightly, ‘Oh Brad, the only thing I’m scared of is losing you.’ He guided her lips to his and kissed her tenderly and then breaking the kiss, whispered, ‘You’re going to have to run me off to lose me. I. And as you know, we encourage people to dresscasually on Fridays. So why don't you wear a dress or a skirt to worktomorrow? We'll all support you, won't we girls?" The other girlssmiled and nodded. "You'll be fine," said one. "And it'll be nice tohave another girl in the office," giggled the other. "OK, well what doyou think, Dee?" asked Mary. "I suppose you do have something suitableto wear?" Er, yes, I do," I admitted. "Well that's settled then," said Mary."We'll expect to see a little more. The small 5-person exploration ship Neptune VI was struck by a surprise meteor storm. The two men and three women were fortunate to discover this planet. Their damaged ship crashed but all survived. It was evident that the 250 people living here were the descendants of the original five.Alexander detailed their early struggles and successes. One woman died a few years after arrival when she fell and struck her head, but she had already given birth to three children. Alexander was confident that.