written by: Christina
"BBBBBRRRRRRRIIInnnnnggggg!!!"
Zenon leaned across her bed and reached for the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey Ze! How are you?" Zenon smiled as she recognized Nebula's voice.
"Stellar minor. You?"
"Well, guess what. I have tickets to Protazoa's concert in 2 weeks!! He is even coming to space!"
"Wow, Neb. That sure is stellar."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just Orion just dumped me."
" Cedis Lupedius!! Why? Is he like in stellar mode minor?"
"I'm not sure, Neb. He just keeps saying we should expand our likenesses more, and not continue with what is now our minor relationship."
"Well, I think you'd better talk to him. Tell him your mind."
"Thanks, Neb. I always knew you were a good friend."
"Bye."
"Bye." Zenon put her phone back on the charger, and stood up. Time to visit Orion.
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Ze knocked on the door labeled: Space Study: Stage 3.
The door opened, and Orion peeked his head out. "Uh, hi, Zenon. What do you want?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Fine." Orion shut the door, and looked at Zenon. "Well?"
"I think that you are taking our relationship too seriously, Orion."
"Why?"
"You are like overreacting major."
"Sorry, but I think we take the relationship too seriously."
"Fine, but don't blame me when you regret it."
"I-"
"It is too late, Orion." Just then, Greg walked up.
"Hi Ze." Zenon spun around.
"Greg? What are you doing here?"
"Umm…I'll tell you, but can I talk to you?"
"Sure." Orion started to say something, but then closed his mouth. Zenon and Greg walked away.
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"Soo….why are you here?" asked Zenon, eyeing Greg nervously.
"Uh, I know this sounds dumb, but I missed you."
"But you dumped me, so how could you miss me?"
"That is why I came here. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Zenon gasped to herself. Was he being serious? "Um..Greg, you dumped me."
"I'm sorry. I didn't think that I would get heartbroken, and eventually lose you."
"Greg, I have to go."
"Just think it over, and tell me in the morning. I have room 1924, down the hall from you. Alright?" Zenon nodded, and walked off.
Greg really still liked her? It felt weird to Ze. She had never thought Greg would ask her to be his girlfriend again.
As Ze reached her door, she pressed the code. The automatic doors opened, and Ze walked in. She sat down on her bed, and picked up her mom's stress helmet. She put it on, and yanked the chain. A little bit after, she fell asleep.
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Later that evening, Zenon met her friends in the Space Module cafeteria.
"Ugh- what the heck is that?" asked Margie, pointing to a lump of orange and green stuff.
"I have no idea, but don't get it!!" said Greg, who had just joined Ze, Neb, Margie, and Orion.
"Hi Greg," said Margie, batting her eyelashes.
"Uh- Hi Marge-" Greg looked oddly at Margie, being that he had told her to bug off him a long time ago.
"Hey, Zenon. Would you like some help with your tray?" asked Greg, putting a hand out.
"No thankyou. I think I will be able to manage." Zenon turned very red. They all walked to a 4-seating table, and added a chair.
"You got that- STUFF?" asked Margie, looking at what Orion had gotten.
"It's really not that bad, actually. It is just mash potatoes mixed with sweet potatoes and spinach." Margie, Nebula, and Zenon gagged. After that, they mainly just talked.
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After a while, Orion, Neb, and Marge decided to go take their trays.
"Alone at last." Said Greg, silently putting his hand on top of Zenon's, "Have you decided?" Zenon wasn't sure what to say.
Zenon finally said, "Fine. But no one can know."
"Yes!" shouted Greg. A lot of people stared, but some went back to eating their dinner.
"I have to go to my room now, see ya tomorrow- we can discuss it later." Zenon got up from the table, and walked out the doorway.
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"Zenon!" Zenon spun around. Greg was running towards her.
"I-I was thinking,-may-be-" Greg stopped to catch his breath, "Later-we- could go- to the- movies and dinner."
"Greg, I’ve been busy. We will go to dinner. Meet me at the Stellar Supper at 7:00. Later!"
Zenon pressed in the code, and walked into her room.
"Ugh!" Zenon sighed as she fell onto her bed, "Greg is so annoying."
"Beep.Beep.Beep. Time for going to Margie's room. Now!" Zenon's Time reminder said.
"Cedis Lupedus!!" shouted Zenon. "I have to go!" Zenon opened her door and walked into the hall.
"Greg! There you are!" Zenon said to Greg's back.
Greg didn't answer.
Zenon walked around to his side.
He was kissing another girl!!
"Greg!! CEDIS LUPEDUS!! How can you do this to me?"
Greg turned around," Zenon! It's not what it seems!!"
"Believe me. It IS what it seems!" Tears sprung to her eyes.
Zenon ran down the hall.
Zenon ran faster.
'How could Greg do this to me?' thought Zenon.
Tears were flowing down her cheeks. As she was running, she ran into Orion.
"Whoa, Whoa! Slow down, I need to talk t-what's wrong?" asked Orion.
Zenon ran past him, towards her room. She could hear Orion calling her, but she didn't care. She pressed in the code for her room, and dived into her bed, sobbing.
Zenon eventually fell asleep, and didn't know when she woke up.
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"Ze?"
"Is she awake?"
"What's wrong?"
"I didn't do anything."
"We know, Greg."
"She was running yesterday."
Zenon couldn't recognize the voices, but knew they were there.
She opened her eyes.
Nebula, Margie, Orion, Greg, Mrs. Karr, and a girl Zenon had never seen before were standing around her bed.
"Ze, baby, is that you?" asked Greg.
"Shut up!" cried Zenon," You know what you did."
"What?" Greg looked confused.
Zenon scowled at him. WHAT a dork.
Later that day, Zenon had totally been ignoring Greg. He still acted like nothing had happened. Orion was working all day in his lab, so Zenon didn't get a chance to talk to him. Nebula and Margie had gone down to earth to see a band they both loved. Zenon was alone, in the computer lab, uploading stories on fanfiction.net(*smiles, what else would a bored teenager do?*). Just as she finished, Greg walked in.
"Hey, babe."
"SHUT UP!" yelled Zenon through clenched teeth.
"Yesterday-it's not what it looked like. That was-uh-my cousin, going down to earth, I was saying goodbye."
"Idiot. First of all, all shuttle flights were canceled because of the September 11th earth attack. Ok? Second of all, if you kissed your cousin like that, you would have problems. In fact, you'd be gay!"
Zenon stood up and walked out of the computer lab.
"Hey, Ze." came a voice from behind her.
She turned around, finding it was Orion.
"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry...I was a REAL jerk the last few days," Orion said.
"It's OK. At least you don't have Greg hovering over you.." Her voice trailed off.
"Well, would you, a, go steady with me?"
"Sure, Orion."
"OK- meet me in the space code 8755 module today, k?" he asked.
"Sure, see you at seven?" Ze asked.
"Sure."
"Bye."
"See you."
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That night, Zenon was getting ready for going to the code 8755 module. It was a place where you could see into space, and that night a stellar meteor shower was going on.
Ze walked out of the room and headed down the hall.
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Orion was there. They talked for hours and watched the shower.
Afterward, Orion gave her a kiss.
Their lips broke, and Zenon knew the relationship would last forever.
