I am still kinda short, and my boobs haven't really come in yet, but that's ok. As long as I'm in school, I'll be fine.The first day is orientation, w...ich I guess is like a meeting. My mom says it's where you learn about the school. And so here I am, dressed in my new uniform, a tight black skirt which barely covers my girl parts when I'm standing up, and a top that's like a bra, even though I don't have anything to put in it, sitting on the bleachers with the rest of the new girls. Some of. Twenty-five light years from where we have been hiding is a system with five gas giants and no habitable planets. A scout ship has spotted a single capital class ship resupplying on hydrogen at one of the gas giants closer to the sun. My mission is to destroy the ship.When I was a lonely little girl on the station, I had to learn to defend myself when the bullies learned my father was no threat. I guess he forgot he had a daughter. One of the things I learned was, when facing an enemy bigger. Her voice was quiet and had a note of timidity that had Topher and Estrella exchanging a look. They'd been having a normal, relaxed conversation up until that point.Topher put his arm around Allegra, addressing Reggie. "We haven't ordered anything but drinks yet. Did you have any trouble finding the place?"Reggie shook his head. "The grid's pretty straight up here and the subways were all running on time. It's nice when everything works." Where were you coming from?" Allegra asked, her voice. Instead we chose to make a shorter hike to the ridge at the western edge of the alpine bowl. We shoved a couple of things into a small daypack and by eleven thirty we were on our way. We climbed another trail which switched back and forth up the side of the western ridge. The temperature had climbed rapidly right along with us and was now well into the mid or upper eighties. Matt and I were both wearing cutoffs and tee shirts but by the time we reached the crest we were both soaked with.