I wasn’t sure why I believed those didn’t go together, but at any rate, it did make for frequent surprises. I thought I should be used to it by no..., but I wasn’t.“And if someone sees us?” I asked cautiously.“We’ll be quick and stay low. Low and slow!” she rhymed. “That’s our motto! Unless they come close, they won’t know what’s going on. And if they do, we’ll just jump into the pool and get the hell out of here.”I sniffed. “Run away from our folks?”“They won’t hike this far to look for us. And. I had been enjoying the feeling for about 10 minutes when I heard a cough. Panic stricken I opened my eyes to see James one of my housemates looking at me with an expression of surprise and humour in his eyes.“Well...ell Dave’s a girly sissy.. I never knew” he said smiling.“Look “ I stammered, “This is not what it looks like. I’m not gay”“Yeah” he said, “Dressed like that you’ve never looked straighter. I must say you look good.” Despite myself I was flattered by that comment. I quickly tried. "You've probably wondered why Ebony is so much different than everyone else, right? Dee Dee's rechecked all her figures a thousand times, and she can't figure out what went wrong. She's at a loss to explain why Ebony's a foot bigger, upstairs and downstairs, than everyone else here on the Island. "The truth is, there's nothing wrong with Dee Dee's calculations. I give her credit for being good at her craft. Ebony turning out the way she did was the result of a little intervention by yours. Beyond the reinforced glass was the blackness of space, bright, unfiltered starlight twinkling as the haze of the atmosphere fell away beneath them. Zuki pressed her black nose up against the window, her breath fogging the glass as she peered through the small opening.Far below was the curvature of the planet, the bands of green jungle that encircled the lakes standing out like oases in the barren stretches of desert. Her green eyes brightened, her fear forgotten as a new sense of wonder.