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“Yeah, one for each hand and one for your mouth.” Jared began to laugh and Rene was not amused.
She’d wanted an adventure and now it was on her doorstep. Just like a bag of dog poop lit on fire.
“You guys don’t eat people, do you?”
“Sometimes. If she asks for it.” Jared smiled and licked his lips.
BINGO, hot flash.
“Oh, quit it, Jared.”
“Come here, Rene. I’ll give you a tour.” Tommy took her hand and led her out the sliding doors to a wide-open room.
“WOW, this is…wow.” Rene stared as the main room was a vision of elegance and style.
The main living room area had a burgundy-colored wraparound sectional couch.
There was a very expensive Persian rug under the couch and angular coffee table. From anywhere on the couch you could see the enormous flat panel television hovering against the wall. The room was painted a very light peach color, accentuating the couch and cherry wood table.
“Sonovabitch! Did you decorate this?” Rene looked over to Tommy.
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S.L. Carpenter
“Yep, it’s all me.” He puffed his chest out proudly. “There are no damn windows on the ship except in the control area so I couldn’t do curtains. Oh, how I love curtains and wall coverings. But you can’t hang anything on terilium metal so I got screwed.” They walked away from the living room and toward a hallway.
“Over here is the bathroom.” Tommy pushed open the blue door to the right.
“Dammit, Jared, you left the seat up again.”
Peeking inside Rene saw marble everywhere. It had a tropical theme with blues and splashes of bright colors on the walls.
“This is the sleeping chamber past this wall. We have a kitchen-type area with dehydrated food—it’s opposite the sleeping area. Most foods only take a few minutes to make. I’ll show you sometime. I can make a killer soufflé.”
“He is a good cook. But his chili is HOT. It burns going in and burns worse coming out.” Jared strolled in and walked toward the television area.
“Ahem, to continue, the black door down the hallway there leads to the engine room and cockpit. Cockpit…cockpit… I just love that word.” Tommy paused and walked away.
“Cockpit,” he sighed and walked over to the door on the right. “I’m going to get undressed, Jared. I am bushed.”
He peeked back into the room and yelled, “COCKPIT,” then was gone.
Rene walked around in a daze. While it contained items familiar to her, they were all placed in an obvious alien setting. “You know, I have always loved science fiction movies but never thought I’d be in one. This is something I’ll have to write down.
“Okay, so now what?” she asked Jared who was rubbing his stubbed toe and looking around the room.
“Where’s the damn remote? We always lose the remote for the Celestial vision. I missed the Uranus playoffs, and now I’m going to miss the Big Bang Game. This sucks!” Jared shrugged and faced Rene. “Take your clothes off.” 40
In the End
“Excuse me?” Rene’s eyes opened wide.
“Get naked.” Jared made those obnoxious quotes with his fingers like Tommy had earlier.
“For space travel we need to be naked so we don’t get all tangled in our clothing when we sleep,” Jared continued.
“Ohhhhh, so, um, what do we wear instead?”
