Page 93 of Mistakes Were Made

Have you decided what kind of astronaut you want to be yet?

Cassie liked that Erin included the emoji, like it wouldn’t have been obvious she was joking otherwise. It was how she always teased:gently. It was too damn sweet, and made Cassie feel way too rude for her most of the time.

Cassie went through the pros and cons of aeronautical versus astronautical specialties. Every time she thought she’d figured out which was right for her, she’d come up with another pro for the other one.

Cassie [11:34 AM]

I wanna make things that go fast. That’s all I know for sure

Erin [11:35 AM]

You’ll figure it out and kick ass in whatever you decide

Cassie grinned. She appreciated people who didn’t underestimate her.

Cassie [11:35 AM]

What about you?

Erin lit up when she talked about the free clinic that was opening that fall. They’d just gotten the final approvals, but Erin couldn’t shake the feeling that this dream was gonna get pulled away from her at the last minute.

Not all their conversation topics were so heavy though. Sometimes Erin would just complain about patients, or Cassie about classes. Cassie liked to send selfies from the gym, pre-workout, so she was in her sports bra and tight pants but wasn’t sweaty yet. Selfies from the shop, though, came after she’d finished working but before she cleaned up—Erin liked her a little dirty. They talked about vacations they wanted to take—Cassie had never left the eastern time zone, so she wasn’t particularly picky. Erin wanted to go anywhere warm.

Erin [4:51 PM]

I went snorkeling in the Bahamas once. It was amazing, but I’d love to go scuba diving

Cassie [4:51 PM]

Oh hell no

Erin [4:52 PM]

???

Cassie [4:52 PM]

The ocean is terrifying!!!!! Why do you willingly want to go into its depths?

Erin [4:52 PM]

From the woman who wants to go to space

Cassie [4:52 PM]

Okay, first of all, I’m not going to space, I’m just going to make things that do. And second, the ocean is way scarier than space!

Erin [4:53 PM]

Absolutely not. Black holes? Possible alien life-forms?

Cassie [4:53 PM]

You wanna talk about aliens? Have you seen some of the organisms that live in the deep ocean? Space is mostly nothing. We don’t even know what is in the ocean

Erin [4:53 PM]

You’re ridiculous.

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