Life is too short."As I sat staring at the mirror another sharp pain tore through my head.It was Gabriela in my head this time."Practice smiling," the...voice said. "A cute smile is a girl's strongestasset."I smiled at myself in the mirror. Another pain."Show your teeth. Your smile should always look natural and not forced.It should come from a place deep inside your heart and shine from youreyes."I smiled a dozen different ways. The stylist asked if anything waswrong."I'm practicing smiling," I. My first play received a standing ovation. I took Jolene’s hand and pulled her down to me kissing her passionately. As we stood, I bid the royals a fond farewell and led Jolene by her hand towards the waiting limo.I sat opposite Jolene, not trusting myself to sit next to her, wanting to savour what was to come. I didn’t want to just take her while in the limo. I looked into her eyes, seeing the happiness and joy there. My eyes trailed down studying her face, taking in all the minute details,. Sitting down in the chair further lowered my apprehension to the point that putting on the safety harness had me feeling pretty good having put on the harness every time I had taken the controls before. Swiveling the chair into the forward position I inserted my headpiece and after turning on the batteries though it was not necessary as the ship had power from the base, I called up the lead engineer saying I was ready.Sitting there I had no idea what I was really expecting as starting a space. We moved around the chambers and the guide was explaining us the details. We came close to brushing each other many times and she did not show any signs of discomfort. We came down and she told me that we can have a juice, so that she may get the change to repay me. I told her not to mind it but she insisted while walking towards the shop and she told me that she had come from Visakhapatnam for a function. Her name was Vani and she was married with two c***dren. Her husband was a businessman.