Stephanieinstinctively knew that Kayla would be getting an early night ahead ofher show the following day.With a heavy sigh, Stephanie returned to the...main auditorium to drinkher coffee, before sighing again when she saw that her confidante fromthat morning was sitting eating lunch with her wife."Hey, you two," Stephanie said with as wide a smile as she could forceonto her face. "Mind if I sit?" Go right ahead," Sarah replied with a smile. "I was beginning to thinkI wouldn't get to see you this. While the Moon was supposed to be country neutral, it didn’t quite work out that way, and people have a bad habit of bringing their old problems with them. For Justin and me, terrorism wasn’t something we’d had to deal with a lot in Queensland, but it looked like we were going to get a taste of it.Dropping a bomb or exploding an ordinance on Earth was one thing. On the Moon, it created a whole lot of other problems. De-pressurising a dome was a capital offence here, and UNSEC believed in an eye. “Hi, brother!” I reached out to mess with her hair, but she evaded my attempt and poked her tongue out with a warm, dimpled smile. I just had to smile in return. “Hi sis!” “Guys, the shuttle's here, we've gotta go,” said mum, as a small bus parked at the top of the drive. “Remember, no loud parties, no street races down the street and, for God's sake, don't burn the house down,” Colin quipped. Linda and I rolled our eyes at each other. “We'll be fine,” we chorused. “And please, mow that. I decided to be cautious about making friends, being cordial to everyone but being overly friendly to no one for fear of befriending someone too low on the social ladder. I had no delusions of being chosen beauty queen but I was happy with my shape and thought I was not bad looking with the aid of just a little makeup. I observed the social standings for a few days until I decided it was time for me to do something. If I stayed on the sidelines too long, I would become a social outcast by.