Beside me, Jay kicked the seat in front of him. “Why couldn’t we just teleport?” The Stargate Amusement Colony was going to be amazing. Getting there? Hyperspace detention.
Three hours later the ship lurched. Beep-beep-beep filled the cabin. “Uh... minor issue,” the speaker crackled. “Time for a rest stop.”
We dropped out of hyperspace behind a lonely transport site. Planet signs drifted everywhere. Jay grinned. “Great. The universe’s worst pit stop.”
“Stretch your legs, people.” Mr. Hanley threw us each a moonsuit.
I stepped into space and my suit-to-ship magnet died. I smacked it to life and went to find Jay. He was sneaking a cigarette with a helmet full of smoke. “Seriously? Hanley’s going to know.”
“So? What’s he going to do, leave me here?”
The engines roared. “Back on board everyone!”
In the jostling to get in I lost track of Jay. But when I glanced outside, there he was, spinning slowly, neatly anchored to a floating EARTH sign. Striding past, Mr. Hanley looked over his glasses and winked. “Let that be a lesson. No shenanigans during school outings.”
The ship lept forward and a galaxy behind us, Jay was learning that lesson. But knowing Jay, probably not.
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